Photo Illustration by Meghan Hendricks | Photo Editor

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Members of the Syracuse community gather at a Ukrainian prayer service at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church. Hundreds joined in solidarity on February 28 to protest against the violence that was facing the country.

Jaden Chen | Staff Photographer / The Daily Orange

Drag queen Dilf Dangerbottom is crowned winner of the Drag Show Finals in Goldstein Auditorium on March 10. SU Pride Union hosted its 20th annual Drag Show in the winter and featured several celebrity guests.

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Former Syracuse women’s basketball player Felisha Legette-Jack accepts the position of women’s basketball head coach in March. Legette-Jack became the first woman in Syracuse University’s history to have her jersey retired and hung in the Dome in November 2021.

Meghan Hendricks | Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

070 Shake, along with 2 Chainz, Baby Keem and A-trak, fill the Dome with their music for University Union’s Block Party event in April. This was the first in-person Block Party UU hosted since 2019.

Katie McClellan | Asst. Digital Editor / The Daily Orange

Hundreds of Syracuse locals gather in Clinton Square to protest the reported overturn of Roe v. Wade in May. The court case, which was officially overturned on June 24, sparked protests across the country.

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Syracuse holds its first Juneteenth celebration since 2019. People filled into the streets of Syracuse for parades, performances and speeches.

Malcolm Taylor | Contributing Photographer / The Daily Orange

Syracuse football wins its fifth-straight game to start the season after a 59-0 win over Wagner on October 1. For the first time since 1987, Syracuse started the season 6-0, eventually earning it a spot in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl against Minnesota.

Diana Valdivia | Contributing Photographer / The Daily Orange

Polina Shemanova breaks Syracuse volleyball’s all-time kills record on Oct. 9. Shemanova finished with 1,845 kills throughout her career and earned both the AVCA East All-Region Team honors and the AVCA honorable mention All-America honors.

Meghan Hendricks | Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

The 2022 Remembrance Scholars lay stones and roses at the annual Rose Laying Ceremony on October 21 to end Remembrance Week. The scholars decided to place the stones, a Jewish bereavement practice, as a way of not only standing up against terrorism but also antisemitism.

Meghan Hendricks | Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

The Syracuse men’s soccer team brings home its first national title in Cary, North Carolina on Dec. 12. The Orange faced No. 13 Indiana in the Men's College Cup Final after defeating Creighton in the semi-finals.