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|city=Syracuse, New York
 
|city=Syracuse, New York
 
|sports=Football, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming and diving, track and field, softball, tennis, volleyball
 
|sports=Football, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming and diving, track and field, softball, tennis, volleyball
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|mascot=Otto the Orange
 
|website=http://www.syr.edu/
 
|website=http://www.syr.edu/
 
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'''Syracuse University''' (or SU) is a [[New York]] [[private schools|private]] [[university]] chartered in 1870 by the [[Methodist]] [[Episcopal Church]].<ref>http://www.syr.edu/aboutsu/chronology/1870.html</ref> The school is located in Syracuse, New York. It currently ranks #50 in US News's 2008 "National [[University|Universities]]: Top Schools" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref>
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'''Syracuse University''' (or SU) is a [[New York]] [[private schools|private]] [[university]] founded in 1870. It grew out of a seminary chartered by the [[Methodist]] [[Episcopal Church]] in 1849.<ref>Galpin, William Freeman. ''Syracuse University'', vol. 1. Syracuse University Press: Syracuse, NY, 1952.</ref> The school is located in Syracuse, New York. It currently ranks #50 in US News's 2008 "National [[University|Universities]]: Top Schools" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref>
    
==Athletics==
 
==Athletics==
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