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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…

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…

Beth Myers

Lawrence B. Taishoff Assistant Professor of Inclusive Education
Campus & Community

COVID-19 Campus Update: Dynamic COVID Alert and Masking Framework

Friday, August 13, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: The start of a new academic year is quickly approaching. If you’ve been following media reports, you know that the pandemic remains a fluid, dynamic situation. Changes to public health guidance are still occurring…

Health & Society

Feeding the Next Generation

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, By News Staff

Less than an hour’s helicopter flight northwest of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is the town of Anse Rouge, where the coastal landscape is a patchwork of squares, white mounds and tropical vegetation. Salt farming is the subsistence livelihood that Haitians…

Campus & Community

Important Syllabus Reminders

Monday, August 9, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: I sincerely hope that you had time this summer to do many of the things you love and to be with people you care about. Whether that was vacation, stay-cation, research, professional development or get-togethers with family and…

Summer Snaps 2021

Friday, August 6, 2021, By News Staff

Summer is here–let’s see what the campus community has been doing this summer.                        

Campus & Community

College Place to Temporarily Close for Three Days Week of Aug. 9

Friday, August 6, 2021, By News Staff

Campus Planning, Design and Construction is planning to complete the second phase of the College Place crosswalk replacement project—tentatively beginning Tuesday, Aug. 10, or Wednesday, Aug. 11, weather dependent. This second phase will require three days of work and a…

Health & Society

New CSD Study Uses Electrical Brain Stimulation to Help Treat Stroke Patients With Aphasia

Thursday, August 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Researchers in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) are testing a cutting-edge method of electrical brain stimulation to help stroke patients suffering from a language disorder called aphasia. The National Institutes of Health-funded study, led by Ellyn Riley,…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Galleries and Photography Lab Reopens to the Public

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work announces the reopening of its state-of-the-art photography lab and exhibition spaces to the public. Over the last three months, Light Work staff have taken incremental steps toward pre-pandemic “normal.” At Light Work, there has been a progression from…