RISE recently received a game-changing, generational gift: 180 acres of farmland in Oswego County, to boost its Syracuse Refugee Agricultural Program incubator farm and some other aspects of its programming…
If Dreamer Glen knows one thing, it’s about turning pain into purpose. Loss, grief, and sadness have been constants for the Syracuse native over the past two decades, but she…
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"Folks have pushed the narrative of vulnerable people's lives being disposable for this entire pandemic," read a tweet earlier this month. "Rather than ignore people with complex medical conditions, or…
Funded by a contribution from Karen Colapietro Seybold G’92, a pilot project in the Center on Disability and Inclusion will create research opportunities and direct support for matriculated autistic students…
Syracuse University’s efforts at creating a more diverse and inclusive campus have now gotten financial support from New York State specifically for the disability community. New York State plans to…
Kenny Fries is often frustrated with the narrative surrounding art created by people with disabilities. “Historically, writing by writers with disabilities has been seen more as ‘therapy’ than art and…
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…
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…
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…