Libraries Celebrates 2025 Alumni Homecoming Weekend
Syracuse University Libraries is celebrating Alumni Homecoming Weekend 2025 with a few planned events in Bird Library on October 17 and 18, 2025.
- On Friday, October 17 from 12 – 3 pm, the LaunchPad in Bird Library will host an Orange Central Student Startup Showcase. Alumni are invited to engage with Blackstone LaunchPad creative and innovative student entrepreneurs.
- On Friday, October 17 at 1 pm, the Libraries will host a “Make Your Own Book” at Bird Library. The Preservation Librarian and staff and students from the Access & Resource Sharing department will instruct attendees on how to make a customized book. This event is by registration only and is currently at capacity.
- On Friday, October 17 from 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday, October 18 from 10 am to 1 pm, visitors can explore the Special Collections Research Center’s Fall 2025 exhibition “Architectural Origins: Syracuse University Buildings, 1870-1970,” on the 6th floor of Bird Library. The exhibition curator and University Archivist, Meg Mason, will be providing an exhibition tour on Friday, October 17 at 2 pm, but that event is by registration only and is currently at capacity.
- Visitors are invited to stop by Bird Library for a self-guided tour during open hours on Friday, October 17 from 8 am to 7 pm, Saturday, October 18 from 10 am to 7 pm, and Sunday, October 19 from 10 am to 7 pm.