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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…
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…
Narratio Fellows Learn the Art of Storytelling Through Poetry and Photography
Nineteen refugee youths from Central New York recently wrapped up a four-week intensive storytelling and leadership workshop on the University campus and at the North Side Learning Center in the city of Syracuse. It marked a milestone for the Narratio…
Tech to Market: The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Welcomes SyracuseCoE as a Channel Partner
The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has welcomed Syracuse University and SyracuseCoE as a Channel Partner. IN2 is a $50 million technology incubator and platform funded by the…
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…
Summer Snaps 2021
Summer is here–let’s see what the campus community has been doing this summer.
New CSD Study Uses Electrical Brain Stimulation to Help Treat Stroke Patients With Aphasia
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,…
Career Path for Fort Drum Soldier Starts at Syracuse University
Like many soldiers who are leaving the military, U.S. Army Specialist Luke McKean had an idea of what he wanted to do when he transitioned to civilian life but wasn’t exactly sure how to go about it. But thanks to…
New research: how political bias impacts believing sexual assault victims
New research from Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications reveals a relationship between political biases and attitudes about sexual assault. Authored by assistant professor Rebecca Ortiz and PhD student Andrea Smith, the article “A social identity threat perspective on why partisans…