Editing Syracuse University (section)

== Controversies ==
In 2018, the university's [[Theta Tau]] fraternity was expelled after a video showing a mock [[initiation ritual]] featuring racist, [[anti-Semitic]], [[ableist]], and [[Homophobia|homophobic language]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/us/new-video-syracuse-university-theta-thau-frat/index.html|title=Their fraternity is expelled. They're removed from classes. And another disturbing Syracuse frat video surfaces|author=Lauren del Valle|website=CNN|date=April 23, 2018 |access-date=November 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210195725/https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/us/new-video-syracuse-university-theta-thau-frat/index.html|archive-date=December 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2019/01/theta-tau-scandal-judge-upholds-syracuse-university-suspensions-of-frat-brothers.html|title=Theta Tau scandal: Judge upholds Syracuse University suspensions of frat brothers|last=McMahon|first=Julie|date=January 9, 2019|website=syracuse|language=en|access-date=November 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210195100/https://www.syracuse.com/news/2019/01/theta-tau-scandal-judge-upholds-syracuse-university-suspensions-of-frat-brothers.html|archive-date=December 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, over ten instances of racist graffiti, [[swastikas]], and other bigoted language were found around campus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/11/19/white-supremacist-manifesto-air-dropped-students-is-latest-racist-incident-syracuse-university/|title=White supremacist manifesto shared at library, students say, as racist incidents roil Syracuse University|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=November 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120185451/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/11/19/white-supremacist-manifesto-air-dropped-students-is-latest-racist-incident-syracuse-university/|archive-date=November 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> That same week, the university suspended the [[Alpha Chi Rho]] fraternity after the university determined that four of its members yelled a [[racial epithet]] at a black student on campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cnycentral.com/news/local/fraternity-at-syracuse-university-suspended-after-allegations-of-racist-language|title=Fraternity at Syracuse University suspended after allegations of racist language|last=Carter|first=Sam|date=November 18, 2019|website=WSTM|access-date=November 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210195101/https://cnycentral.com/news/local/fraternity-at-syracuse-university-suspended-after-allegations-of-racist-language|archive-date=December 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> All social activities at fraternities were suspended for the rest of the semester as a result of these racist and anti-Semitic incidents, but officials of the university were criticized for not doing enough.<ref name="Randle"/>

Days later, a [[white supremacist]] manifesto was allegedly sent to several students studying in the library using Apple's [[AirDrop]] service and was also posted on a website about Greek Life at Syracuse University—the same manifesto that had been cited prior to the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]].<ref name="Randle"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/syracuse-students-flee-campus-rocked-by-racist-incidents|title=Syracuse Students Flee Campus Rocked by Racist Incidents|last=Gelfand|first=Sam|date=November 20, 2019|access-date=November 20, 2019|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121012517/https://www.thedailybeast.com/syracuse-students-flee-campus-rocked-by-racist-incidents|archive-date=November 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the [[Syracuse, New York#Police department|Syracuse Police Department]] and the university's Department of Public Safety could not find anyone who directly received the manifesto to verify these claims.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leffert |first1=Catherine |title=Syracuse police find no devices that received white supremacist manifesto so far |url=http://dailyorange.com/2019/11/syracuse-police-department-finds-no-devices-received-white-manifesto-investigation-continues/ |access-date=November 22, 2019 |work=[[The Daily Orange]] |date=November 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126104258/https://dailyorange.com/2019/11/syracuse-police-department-finds-no-devices-received-white-manifesto-investigation-continues/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Reports of racist manifesto at Syracuse University likely a hoax, chancellor says |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/syracuse-university-kent-syverud-reports-of-racist-manifesto-likely-hoax-chancellor-says/ |access-date=November 22, 2019 |work=[[CBS News]] |date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122144940/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/syracuse-university-kent-syverud-reports-of-racist-manifesto-likely-hoax-chancellor-says/ |archive-date=November 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In response, Syracuse University denied that there was any "credible threat", and the chancellor said that the alleged circulation of the manifesto "was probably a hoax" in an address to the University Senate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aratani |first1=Lauren |title=Syracuse students call for chancellor to quit over racist incidents on campus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/21/syracuse-university-protests-chancellor-racist-incidents-kent-syverud |access-date=November 22, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122141055/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/21/syracuse-university-protests-chancellor-racist-incidents-kent-syverud |archive-date=November 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{as of|2020}}, the university had supported faculty member [[Douglas Biklen]] and his discredited pseudoscientific practice of [[facilitated communication]] for nearly 30 years. The university's Institute on Communication and Inclusion, founded by Biklen, (formerly called the "Facilitated Communication Institute"), has offered workshops with the intent of "giving a voice and a means to communicate to people with disabilities".<ref>{{cite web |title=Institute on Communication and Inclusion |url=http://soe.syr.edu/centers_institutes/institute_communication_inclusion/default.aspx |website=soe.syr.edu |publisher=Syracuse University School of Education |access-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907110203/http://soe.syr.edu/centers_institutes/institute_communication_inclusion/default.aspx |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, in a 2016 article, the editorial board of the independent student newspaper [[The Daily Orange]], condemned the university's support for this practice. "It is inexcusable and equal-parts embarrassing for Syracuse University as a research institution to stand behind facilitated communication (FC) despite it being a potentially life-destroying practice that has been empirically debunked."<ref>{{cite web |title=Syracuse University's reinforcement of facilitated communication inexcusable, concerning |url=http://dailyorange.com/2016/04/syracuse-universitys-reinforcement-of-facilitated-communication-inexcusable-concerning/ |work=The Daily Orange |date=April 12, 2016 |access-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415182457/http://dailyorange.com/2016/04/syracuse-universitys-reinforcement-of-facilitated-communication-inexcusable-concerning |archive-date=April 15, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>