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  Three VPA Students Compete in 2025 Hult Prize Campus Qualifier

  Three students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts competed in the 2025 Hult Prize campus qualifier at Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad for a chance to pitch at the Hult Prize national qualifier at the Hult International Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. Read More...

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  Syracuse Student Co-Headlines Society for New Music Concert April 13

  Music by Syracuse University graduate student Rolando Gómez is part of the Society for New Music (SNM)’s annual Prizewinners Concert on Sunday, April 13, at 4 p.m. at CNY Jazz Central (441 East Washington St., Syracuse). A master’s student in composition in the Setnor School of Music, he was the 2024 honorable mention for SNM’s Brian Israel/Sam Pellman Award. Read More...

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  Santa Barbara International Film Festival Executive Director Roger Durling ’86 to Deliver 2025 VPA Convocation Address

  Roger Durling ’86, executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) in Santa Barbara, California, will deliver the 2025 convocation address to bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) at the college’s convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the JMA Wireless Dome. Read More...

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  Designing the Collaborative Classroom of the Future

  On the fourth floor of Bird Library sits what Associate Professor of Industrial and Interaction Design Ralf Schneider hopes will be the interactive classroom of the future. Read More...

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  Student Develops Artificial Intelligence Tools for Filmmaking

  Peter Ganunis ’25, a dual film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and computer science major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has set his sights on bringing filmmaking artificial intelligence tools up to professional standards. Read More...

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  CRS Student Organizes TEDx Syracuse University Event

   Ryan Nkongnyu ’25, a communication and rhetorical studies major, has organized a TEDx event on the theme “Changing the Narrative” for April 9 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Tan Auditorium of the National Veterans Resource Center, 101 Waverly Avenue. The free event is open to students, faculty, alumni and members of the community and will feature thinkers, doers and innovators from a variety of fields who will share groundbreaking ideas and inspiring stories. Read More...

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  VPA’s Warehouse Gallery to Present Three-Part M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition ‘Unforeseen’

  The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Warehouse Gallery will present “Unforeseen,” a three-part exhibition of thesis work by 32 master of fine arts (M.F.A.) students in the college’s School of Art and Department of Film and Media Arts. Part one of the exhibition runs March 22-28 with an opening reception on Friday, March 21, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The gallery is located in the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse. Read More...

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  VPA Spring Break Immersions Include New ‘Design in LA’ Experience

  College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) students will travel to both the East and West Coasts during Spring Break (March 9-16) for immersion trips that showcase the wide variety of career opportunities in their disciplines. The trips allow small groups of students to visit studios, theaters, museums, and other cultural institutions as well as meet with industry professionals, many of whom are Syracuse University alumni. This year's immersions include "Design in LA," a new offering in Los Angeles for School of Design students. Read More...

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  Drama Department to Remember Christina “Elise” Wobbe ’28 March 2

  The Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will host a Celebration of Life in remembrance of first-year musical theater major Christina “Elise” Wobbe on Sunday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m. The gathering, which is open to the University community, will take place in the Storch Theater of the Syracuse Stage/Drama Theater Complex, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. A reception will follow at Phoebe's Restaurant, 900 E. Genesee St. Read More...

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  Drama Students Collaborate with Mexico’s CENTRO University on ‘The Tempest’

  Department of Drama students traveled to Mexico to produce “The Tempest,” a Shakespearian play, as part of a collaboration with CENTRO University. Read More...

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  Los Angeles Program Students Help Community Members Affected by California Wildfires

  Students spending the spring semester in the University’s Dick Clark Los Angeles Program arrived in California in early January. Their first order of business was to attend orientation activities beginning Jan. 6 and acclimate to the Los Angeles area. Soon, they were immersed in the community in a way they never could not have imagined. Read More...

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  ‘A Walrus in the Body of a Crocodile’ Continues Department of Drama’s 2024/2025 Season

  The Syracuse University Department of Drama continues the 2024/2025 season with the uniquely engaging “A Walrus in the Body of a Crocodile” by MJ Kaufman, directed by Daniella Caggiano. Performances will be held Feb. 21 to March 2 in the Storch Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex, 820 East Genesee St.  Read More...

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  College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces Fall 2024 Dean’s List

  The following undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Visual and Performing Arts were among those named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours and earn at least a 3.6 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) during the semester. Read More...

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  IID Professor Uses Biology to Design for the Future

  Inspired by natural forms, processes and systems, Yves Michel, a professor of practice in industrial and interaction design (IID) in the School of Design, pushes the boundaries of what is possible in the world of design.   Read More...

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  College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2025 VPA Scholars

  Twelve seniors in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. Read More...

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  Fostering Identity, Celebrating Community

  Communication and rhetorical studies senior Ryan Nkongnyu is leading initiatives that champion diversity and unity during Black History Month.

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  VPA Inaugurates New Warehouse Gallery with ‘Overture: 2025 Faculty Survey’

  The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) at Syracuse University will inaugurate its new Warehouse Gallery with an exhibition celebrating the work of its faculty.

  Opening Friday, Feb. 7, and on view through Monday, March 3, “Overture: 2025 Faculty Survey” features 26 faculty artists and designers who have received both national and international recognition for their thought-provoking work.

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  Erin J. Rand, associate professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, authored “Minor Troubles: Racial Figurations of Youth Sexuality and Childhood’s Queerness” (Ohio State University Press). The book investigates a series of controversies about youth sexuality and queerness from the early 21st century: adult concerns about teen sexting, the bullying and suicides of queer kids, trans youths’ access to gender-segregated bathrooms at school, and sex education. Rand focuses on the rhetorical process of figuration in creating cultural ideas about childhood, providing a roadmap for understanding alarmist discourses about children, race, gender, and sexuality.

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  Lender Global Student Fellow Learns About U.K. Environmental Sustainability

  Among the students studying in the Syracuse Abroad London program, Abdulai Jibril Barrie ’26, an industrial and interaction design major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was selected for a unique research opportunity as a Lender Global research fellow. Since the semester began, he has engaged in hands-on learning by visiting famous environmental sites and examining social justice topics focused on the environment. Read More...

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  Art Museum Spring Exhibition Features Works Curated by CRS Faculty Member

  A spring-semester exhibition at the Syracuse University Art Museum will features works curated by a faculty member in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS). “Faculty Fellows Curate” features the work of 2024-25 Syracuse University Art Museum Faculty Fellows Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies, and Elizabeth Wimer, assistant teaching professor of management in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Read More...