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‘Britney Spears’ Case Has Shown Why Guardianship Laws Need to Change’

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, By News Staff

Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, authored an op-ed for The Guardian titled “Britney Spears’ case has shown why guardianship laws need to change.” Kohn…

Campus & Community

Volunteers Needed for 13th Coming Back Together Reunion

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, By News Staff

Coming Back Together (CBT), Syracuse University’s triennial reunion for Black and Latino/a alumni, will be held on the Syracuse campus from Thursday, Sept. 9, through Sunday, Sept. 12. Volunteers are needed to help with more than 45 events planned throughout…

Campus & Community

COVID-19 Public Health Update: CDC Recommends Additional Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance yesterday that will impact members of our community. The CDC is now encouraging individuals who are moderately or severely immunocompromised to receive…

Campus & Community

Beth Ferri Named Associate Dean for Research in the School of Education

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Beth Ferri, professor of inclusive education and disability studies, has been named associate dean for research in the School of Education. “Professor Ferri is an internationally and nationally respected scholar whose work is influential in inclusive education and disability studies….

Campus & Community

Honoring the 2021 Orange Circle Award Winners

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, By John Boccacino

Transforming people’s lives through access to affordable housing, improving literacy in some of Syracuse’s most impoverished communities, using the art of step to give back, increasing public health awareness at an area high school and providing essential medical supplies to…

Arts & Culture

Why Rhetoric Matters in Academia and Beyond

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By Eileen Korey

It is not uncommon to hear the dismissive phrase, “Oh, that’s just rhetoric!” Its use—usually lobbed as an insult—suggests that rhetoric is simply a collection of empty phrases. But the importance of rhetoric and rhetorical studies—especially at Syracuse University and…

STEM

iSchool Launches Online Information Management and Technology Undergraduate Program

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By News Staff

Beginning in fall 2021, students will have the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree in information management and technology online through the School of Information Studies (iSchool). The new online program allows students seeking a part-time degree to have access…

Campus & Community

Libraries Creates Department of Digital Stewardship

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries recently created the Department of Digital Stewardship as the next step in the ongoing development of its Digital Library Program. The new department will enhance organizationwide focus on a variety of specialized, digital activities and the necessary…

Arts & Culture

Jabberwocky Murals Installed in Bird Library

Saturday, August 14, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Visitors to the lower level of Bird Library can get a sense of what it might have been like to step into the former campus music venue Jabberwocky, which operated in the Kimmel basement from 1969-85. Original murals from Jabberwocky…

Sun Gazette

Defining Critical Race Theory and Understanding Its Nuances

Friday, August 13, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Kishi Ducre, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Associate Professor of African American History in the College of Arts and Science, was quoted in the Williamsport Sun Gazette story “What is — and isn’t — Critical Race Theory?”…