Syracuse University is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, founded in 1870. With about 15,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students, Syracuse is one of the largest private universities in the Northeast. The 200-acre Main Campus rises on a hill above downtown Syracuse, with the South Campus apartments about 1.5 miles south. Notable academic strengths include the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, the School of Architecture, the Whitman School of Management, the College of Visual & Performing Arts, and Sport Management. The Orange compete in NCAA Division I in th…