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COVID-19 Public Health Update: CDC Recommends Additional Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised
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…
Why Rhetoric Matters in Academia and Beyond
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…
New NCAA Protocols and Their Repercussions
Rick Burton, David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management in Falk College, authored an op-ed for Sportico “The next NCAA rights fight should be for para-sports athletes.” Prof. Burton was also interviewed for the Voice of America story “As…
COVID-19 Campus Update: Dynamic COVID Alert and Masking Framework
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…
Chris Cuomo Aiding His Brother During Controversy? Syracuse Professor Weighs In
Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of radio, television and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the USA Today story “CNN’s Chris Cuomo: Critics call for consequences after Andrew…
A&S Professor Scott Manning Stevens Awarded a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
In Native American cultures, it is customary to use vivid narratives to pass down traditions, life lessons and rituals. Future generations learn the ways of their ancestors through oral storytelling. While this has preserved customs among their communities, Scott Manning…
Feeding the Next Generation
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…
City Paving Project on Irving Avenue Planned for Week of Aug. 16
The City of Syracuse is planning to pave Irving Avenue between Raynor and Waverly avenues. Work is planned to begin on Monday, Aug. 16, and should take approximately one week. There are no planned road closures but the work area…