In this personal essay, posted on Syracuse.com as I graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in May 2021, I discussed my three years as an undergraduate at Syracuse University, my takeaways, and my goals.
Covered Syracuse University’s esports scene for The Daily Orange in Spring 2021.
Covered race and gender for The Daily Orange throughout the 2020-21 school year.
Covered arts and culture in Central New York for The Daily Orange in Spring 2021.
Covered local and national disability socio-cultural issues for The NewsHouse in Spring 2021.
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As Matthew Watkins entered the final weeks of his bachelor’s degree program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, the COVID-19 pandemic struck. The infectious killer shut down campuses across the…
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Xuan Liu and Natasha Breu recorded a class project at Thornden Park on March 27. In the recorded performance, Liu wore a blindfold as she touched a tree with her…
Catherine Spencer started having repressed and manipulated memories at 5 years old, caused by a change in how her body read DNA. She experienced physical and emotional pain. “My art…
Awareness months for diseases or conditions are designed with good intentions. But at the start of Autism Awareness Month that kicks off with Friday’s World Autism Awareness Day, some…
The closest thing to feeling at home for Aanchal Raisahib these last two years has been recordings of her family’s evening conversations. Raisahib, a graduate student at Syracuse University, printed…
Syracuse University held an open forum Friday for students, faculty and staff to reflect on racism against the Asian community. Yingyi Ma, director of Asian and Asian American studies at…
Academic integrity often gets in the way of college students with disabilities receiving the accommodations they need. In light of the pandemic, fears about students possibly abusing their disability-related adjustments…