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Read more about the article Analyzing SU’s Universal Design for Learning technique
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Columns / Disability Beat / Reported Features / The NewsHouse

Analyzing SU’s Universal Design for Learning technique

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…

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March 2021
Read more about the article Lender Center for Social Justice appoints new director
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Race and Gender Beat / Reported Features / The Daily Orange

Lender Center for Social Justice appoints new director

The Lender Center for Social Justice, which will operate under new leadership next fall, hopes to better engage students in social justice. James Haywood Rolling, who is a professor in…

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March 2021
Read more about the article A call for accurate disability representation in TV and films
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Columns / Disability Beat / Reported Features / The NewsHouse

A call for accurate disability representation in TV and films

When RJ Mitte burst onto the Hollywood scene a decade ago, he was surprised. He saw only three people with disabilities working as actors like himself, and the normality of…

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March 2021
Read more about the article Filmmakers of ‘What Happened’ exhibit use art as catharsis
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Arts Beat / Reported Features / The Daily Orange

Filmmakers of ‘What Happened’ exhibit use art as catharsis

As Simon Liu watched the news in his New York City apartment in November 2019, he worried about his family members and his hometown Hong Kong. The tense relationship between…

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March 2021
Read more about the article Hilda Frimpong becomes 1st Black student to lead Syracuse Law Review
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Race and Gender Beat / Reported Features / The Daily Orange

Hilda Frimpong becomes 1st Black student to lead Syracuse Law Review

Hilda Frimpong will become the first Black student to serve as editor-in-chief of the Syracuse Law Review. Frimpong, a second-year law student at Syracuse University, will assume the position for…

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February 2021
Read more about the article Syracuse resident curates art exhibit to address gun violence, racism
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Arts Beat / Featured Stories / Reported Features / The Daily Orange

Syracuse resident curates art exhibit to address gun violence, racism

Ever since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, Karen Gutfreund has watched as lawmakers have done very little to end gun violence despite multiple school shootings. During her…

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February 2021
Read more about the article Biden administration expands protections for LGBTQ employees
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Race and Gender Beat / Reported Features / The Daily Orange

Biden administration expands protections for LGBTQ employees

Hours after his inauguration, President Joe Biden issued an executive order expanding federal nondiscrimination standards for LGBTQ people that could further protect workers at Syracuse University.  The order affirms that…

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February 2021
Read more about the article Disability in diversity: Adding accessibility to diversity, equity and inclusion
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Commentary / Disability / Substack

Disability in diversity: Adding accessibility to diversity, equity and inclusion

As I worked on my story about the lack of inclusion on college campuses, I had some eye-opening conversations. I talked to Syracuse University professor Stephen Kussisto about how the…

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January 2021
Read more about the article Lessons from COVID-19: Creating a more accessible, inclusive post-pandemic reality
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Commentary / Disability / Substack

Lessons from COVID-19: Creating a more accessible, inclusive post-pandemic reality

With the COVID-19 vaccine in distribution mode, society sees a return to normal in the near future. But I don't want the normal from before the pandemic. That normal was…

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January 2021
Read more about the article COVID-19 Hits Long-term Care Facilities Hard, Exposing System
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Commentary / Disability / Substack

COVID-19 Hits Long-term Care Facilities Hard, Exposing System

The modern-day term for an institution is a long-term care facility. It's become “politically-correct,” but, I think, it's evolved into a way of softening the reality and putting a patch…

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January 2021
Read more about the article Tennesee QB Jarrett Guarantano to Transfer
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Student Union Sports

Tennesee QB Jarrett Guarantano to Transfer

Jarrett Guarantano entered the NCAA's transfer portal on Saturday. The Tennessee quarterback entered the portal as a graduate following his team's 34-13 loss to No. 5 Texas A&M. He did…

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December 2020
Read more about the article Illinois Names Bret Bielema Head Football Coach
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Student Union Sports

Illinois Names Bret Bielema Head Football Coach

Illinois announced it is hiring Bret Bielema as its next head football coach on Saturday. The school's announcement comes less than a week after it fired coach Lovie Smith. Bielema,…

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December 2020
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