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2020’s most defining stories in Syracuse
Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor
Some of the defining moments of 2020 include Joe Biden s election into the White House and protests against racial inequality throughout the year.
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In a year with a never-ending news cycle, it can be hard to recall the important moments that defined Syracuse in 2020.
COVID-19 made its way onto campus and into Onondaga County. Protests expanded on and around Syracuse University’s campus to advocate against racial inequality. An SU alumnus was even elected to the White House. Those are the big ones. But what else impacted Syracuse in a year of uncertainty and unrest?
Cited for not accommodating a medical condition
The University of Cincinnati refuses to say if John Ucker, an engineering professor, will return to the classroom this upcoming semester.
The public university placed Ucker on leave in September after he referred to COVID-19 as the Chinese virus in an email to a student.
The engineering professor “will remain on leave for the rest of the semester at least,”
The Enquirer, a Cincinnati paper in the
Ucker does not show up in the public university’s course catalog for the spring semester as of a search on December 28 though he remains on the university website.