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Student News
Ana Vîjdea G'20, an M.F.A. film candidate in the Department of Transmedia, received the Best Project Award in the experimental section of Muestra de Antropología Audiovisual de Madrid for her VR documentary “Dinners” (2019), which premiered at IDFA. The production of “Dinners” was supported in part by a Bryan Buckley Production Grant from the Department of Transmedia and a VPA Creative Opportunity Grant.
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Faculty News
Don Carr, professor of industrial and interaction design and the M.F.A. in design in the School of Design, gave a lecture at the 2020 International Forum of Digital Creative Design, which was held December 11– 15 in Guangzhou, China. The theme for the conference was "New Business, New Education" with a focus on the integration of industry and education. Read More...
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Faculty News
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted in the Vice (France) story “How conspiracy theories infect influencers," The Christian Science Monitor article “Post-truth politics: As Trump pushes ‘fraud,’ partisans pick their own reality” and the BBC article “The deep roots of Trump’s ‘voter fraud’ strategy.”
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Faculty News
Reid Davenport, visiting assistant teaching professor of film, received a 2021 Creative Capital Award for his documentary "I Didn't See You There." Projects that receive this award exemplify the risk-taking, adventurous artmaking Creative Capital seeks to sustain and will receive up to $50,000 in project funding, supplemented by additional career development services.
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Faculty News
Boryana Rossa, associate professor of art video in the Department of Transmedia, has received a grant from the National Culture Fund (Bulgaria) to work on an archival and exhibition project "Bulgarian Drag History" together with artist Yasen Zgurovski on the history of drag performance in Bulgaria with a focus on the 1990s. This project is featured as the seventh edition of Sofia Queer Forum, an annual international artistic, activist, and academic event in Sofia, Bulgaria. Read More...
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Zeke Leonard, assistant professor of environmental and interior design in the School of Design, was featured in a video by the Furniture Society for its “Noise/Makers” series about instrument makers.
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Faculty News
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, appeared on BBC News, co-authored a piece on election memes, and was quoted in The Guardian story “'Don't fuel the fire': disinformation experts on how Biden should deal with Trump's election lies.”
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Faculty News
Amos Kiewe, professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, has authored the new book, “The Rhetoric of Antisemitism: From the Origins of Christianity and Islam to the Present” (Lexington Books). It focuses on the initial struggle Christianity experienced with Judaism, intensifying a hatred thereof, and settling on a religious dogma of eternal guilt meant to perpetuate antisemitism for eternity.
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Faculty News
Ira Lombardia, instructor in the Department of Transmedia, had her work featured at the Paris Photo Art Fair, the world's largest international art fair dedicated to photography. Her work was included in Elles x ParisPhoto, a curated selection by Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandoska (photography curator of Centre Pompidou ) highlighting female artists.
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Faculty News
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted in The Guardian story “Will Trump’s false election claims gain steam? Disinformation experts weigh in” and in The New York Times article “After Biden Win, Right-Wing Sites Still Push False Vote-Fraud Claims.” She was also interviewed on the “Webby Podcast.”
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Faculty News
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was featured in The New York Times story “Stopping Online Vitriol at the Roots,” and was also quoted in the NBC News story “Inside the campaign to ‘pizzagate’ Hunter Biden,” the Vice story “The Man Who Helped Turn 4chan Into the Internet’s Racist Engine,” and The Guardian story “'Putin could only dream of it': how Trump became the biggest source of disinformation in 2020.”
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Faculty News
Alex Mendez Giner, associate professor of film in the Department of Transmedia, had his short film "Displaced" win Best International Experimental Film in Turkey. This is the film's second award this year, the first being Best Experimental Short Film at Inca Imperial International Film Festival in Peru.
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Sam Van Aken, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, had his work "Tree of 40 Fruit" included in the Los Angeles Review of Books article "Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Rahel Aima on the Rallying Cries of 2009."
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Faculty News
Blaire Koerner, instructor of bassoon in the Setnor School of Music, is a co-founder of the new podcast series Soundweavers, which focuses on the triumphs and tribulations of the chamber music community (classical, jazz, and folk). Through conversations with emerging and established performers, composers, and educators, the podcast explores creative processes, community engagement, and life skills needed in the small ensemble world.
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Faculty News
William Knuth, assistant professor of violin and viola in the Setnor School of Music, played with the Goo Goo Dolls on the band's Dizzy20 anniversary tour concerts. The show will drop over the coming year in different markets. View a broadcast promo in Brazil.
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Faculty News
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, wrote the commentary "The Election Will Bring a Hurricane of Misinformation" for Wired Magazine.
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Faculty News
Kara Herold, associate professor of film in the Department of Transmedia, won the Best Feature Director Award for her feature film "39 1/2" at the 2020 La Femme International Film Festival in Beverly Hills, California.
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Elisa Macedo Dekaney, a professor of music education in the Setnor School of Music and associate dean of research, graduate studies, and internationalization in VPA, presented as part of the First International Conference of Choral Music for Children and Adolescents Choirs sponsored by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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Faculty News
Don Carr, professor of industrial and interaction design and the M.F.A. in design in the School of Design, is the inaugural Faculty Entrepreneur in Residence at Syracuse University's Blackstone LaunchPad this fall. He will work with students on innovation, strategy, usability, sustainability, prototyping, future forecasting and product positioning.
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Faculty News
Reid Davenport, visiting assistant teaching professor of film in the Department of Transmedia, has been named a member of the Doc NYC "40 Under 40" Class of 2020. “40 Under 40” celebrates emerging talent in the documentary world, including directors, producers, cinematographers, and editors.
