News

• Faculty News

  Todd Herreman, associate teaching professor of music industry and technologies in the Setnor School of Music, is cited numerous times in the new book "Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions: 1985-1986" by Duane Tudahl (Rowman & Littlefield). Herreman was in the studio with Prince nearly every day from 1986-87; he also worked on production and tour for the "Parade" album (1986) and production for the Sign 'o the Times tour (1987).  Read More...

• Alumni News

  The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies is proud to share that Kevin M. Kern '09 G'11, who is the manager of research at the Walt Disney Archives, is co-author of the forthcoming book "A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of the Most Magical Place on Earth" (Disney Editions, September 28, 2021). The coffee table book paints a robust portrait of the Florida resort, through vibrant voices and rare Disney theme park concept art, photographs, and ephemera.

• Student News

  Mmakgosi Anita Tau, a graduate film student in the Department of Transmedia, won the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative. The fellowship empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities and local community engagement.

• Faculty News

  Marianne Solivan, assistant professor of applied music and performance (jazz and commercial voice) in the Setnor School of Music, was one of 35 faculty fellows chosen for the Cleveland Institute of Music's 2021 Future of Music Faculty Fellowship Program, a career development initiative that will engage 35 Black and Latinx music professionals who are pursuing or considering academic careers, preparing them with the skills, insights, and networks to flourish professionally and influence generations of musicians.

• Faculty News

  Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, wrote the column "Beware 'Smokescreen Trolling,' Trump Followers' Favorite Tactic" in Wired, for which she serves as a columnist.

• Faculty News

  Kelly Gallagher, assistant professor of film in the Department of Transmedia, created animations for “Chance,” an episode of “Worn Stories,” a docuseries on Netflix in which real people unpack the fascinating and quirky stories around their most meaningful pieces of clothing. “Chance” features the actress Charo.

• Faculty News

  Isabel Prochner, assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the School of Design, co-authored and co-edited “Situating Design in Alberta” (University of Alberta Press), which introduces Alberta designers and design work and their local/global contexts—social, cultural, historical, physical, political, and economic. Read More...

• Faculty News

  School of Art Director Robert Wysocki, associate professor of studio arts and the Doris E. Klein Endowed Professor of Art, co-authored the article “Imagining and constraining ferrovolcanic eruptions and landscapes through large-scale experiments,” which was published on Nature.com. Large-scale experiments carried out at the Syracuse University Lava Project offered insight into ferrovolcanism, a long-theorized idea of metallic lava flows on planets and moons in the solar system, yet to be observed in nature. Read More...

• Faculty News

  Zeke Leonard, assistant professor of environmental and interior design and design studies in the School of Design, will speak as part of the TedxSyracuseUniversity event "The New Age of Enlightenment" on Thursday, April 8. Leonard's research involves the role social responsibility and environmental stewardship play in contextually relevant design and fabrication practices. His talk addresses value constructs and posits methods for re-thinking them.

• Faculty News

  Errol Willett, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, is co-author of the article "Clay Culture: Haptek Lab," which appears in the April 2021 issue of Ceramics Monthly. Haptek Lab is a group of architects, technologists, designers, academics, and practitioners focused on introducing the unique qualities of touch in the production of industrially made architectural ceramics.

• Alumni News

  Two Setnor School of Music alumni were honored with Grammy Awards or nominations: mastering engineer Margaret Luthar '05 and baritone Malcolm J. Merriweather '07. Read More...

• Alumni News

  Singer-songwriter Joanie Leeds '00, a graduate of the Department of Drama, won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album for "All the Ladies," which is focused on gender equality, female empowerment and breaking glass ceilings. Leeds wrote the album, which was produced, recorded and performed entirely by women. The 63rd Grammy Awards were presented on March 14.

• Alumni News

  Laura Marsolek '13, G'17, who graduated from the College of Visual and Performing Arts' School of Art and the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently featured on an episode of the PBS series Postcards, a Minnesota-based public television show. Marsolek, a native of Ortonville, Minnesota, is a metalsmith, art historian and jewelry expert. Read More...

• Faculty News

  Wendy K. Moy, assistant professor of music education in the Setnor School of Music, will present on “Creating Connection and Community in the Chorus During COVID” at the National Association for Music Education Eastern Division virtual conference in April. She will serve as the American Choral Directors Association research chair for its national conference in March.

• Alumni News

  Alec Gillinder ’20 and Quinn King ’20, who graduated from the School of Design's industrial and interaction design program and are co-founders of MedUX, won the Berkshire Manufacturing Innovation Challenge. They will receive a $25,000 award to continue developing their invention. Gillinder and King created the prototype for their innovative wearable infusion device at Invent@SU and developed it into a business at the Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars.

• Faculty News

  Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, associate professors of art video in the Department of Transmedia, will be presenting their work at the panel Rethinking Agency in the Anthropocene at Videonale in Bonn, Germany, on March 6 at 1 p.m. EST. They are also exhibiting "You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born" through March 27 at Dazibao in Montreal and will participate in a "Meet the Artists" talk on Facebook on March 11 at 5 p.m. EST.

• Faculty News

  Andrew Saluti, assistant professor and program coordinator of museum studies in the School of Design, was invited to speak at the 2021 Baltic Cultural Forum in Svetlogorsk, Kalininggrad, Russia. During the panel “Museum and Education: who for whom?” Saluti discussed Syracuse University’s curriculum and approach to museology in the 21^st century, highlighting the program’s focus on strong community collaborations for practical experiences within cultural institutions. Read More...

• Faculty News

  Sam Van Aken, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, was a guest on the Urban Forestry radio show and podcast. He discussed how he creates one of his multi-graft "Trees of 40 Fruit."

• Alumni News

  Paul Leibowitz '84, president and chief creative officer of Leibowitz Branding & Design in New York City, was named to Graphic Design USA's 2021 "People to Watch" list. Leibowitz is a member of the VPA Council, a School of Design alumnus, and a past faculty member in the school's communications design program. Read More...

• Faculty News

  Marty Blake, assistant teaching professor of illustration in the School of Art, has authored the new book "Drawn to Type: Lettering for Illustrators" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London). The book teaches the craft of creative lettering: what you need to know about working with various media and how to incorporate image and text successfully. Blake recently presented a webinar on lettering and illustration for the Graphic Arts Guild, which is now available online.