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Campus & Community

Managing COVID in the Classroom

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues: As a follow-up to Chancellor Syverud’s most recent message, I am writing to address a handful of questions I have received from some of you in recent days regarding masking—inside and outside of the classroom—and faculty teaching space….

Campus & Community

Fall Construction Updates

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

While summer brought a slower pace to the Syracuse University campus, teams from Campus Planning, Design and Construction (CPDC) were hard at work on improvements to campus buildings and infrastructure to enhance the spaces where members of the University community…

Campus & Community

Navigating COVID

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff: This weekend, many of our students will begin arriving on campus for the start of a new semester. Even before move-in begins, our community has already achieved a significant milestone. In April, I asked…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Students With Disabilities Could Sue Their Schools to Require Masks’

Friday, August 20, 2021, By News Staff

Doron Dorfman, associate professor in the College of Law, co-wrote commentary for The Washington Post titled “Students with disabilities could sue their schools to require masks.” Professor Dorfman studies the intersections of health, law and social science to understand perceptions…

Campus & Community

Interim Leadership Team Named to Advance University’s DEIA Priorities, Strategic Plan

Thursday, August 19, 2021, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of an interim leadership team to advance the University’s diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility priorities and strategic planning efforts. Led by Diane Lyden Murphy ’67, G’76, G’78, G’83, dean of the David B….

Media, Law & Policy

‘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…

STEM

Department of Defense, Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering Partner to Develop Innovative Solutions for National Security

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, By News Staff

The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) announced a new partnership with the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), a Department of Defense program office that connects academia and startups to solve national security problems. NSIN has appointed Roger Misso…

Campus & Community

Graduate School Announces Initiative in Support of BIPOC Graduate Students

Monday, August 16, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The Graduate School has announced the launch of a new initiative focused on building community, peer support networks and a sense of welcome in support of graduate students who self-identify as Black, Indigenous or other persons of color (BIPOC). The…

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…