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School of Art Students Gain Unique Opportunity to Draw Modern and Ancient Lifeforms

Through a collaboration with Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, students in School of Art Professor Susan D'Amato's "Drawing Nature" class visit Professor Linda Ivany and the Paleontology Lab to work with actual fossils, study and draw their forms, and learn about them in the process.
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Communication and Rhetorical Studies Students Crowned National Soccer Champions

Capping a dream season, Syracuse University's men’s soccer team won its first NCAA national championship in program history. A proud moment for the College of Visual and Performing Arts, five students from the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) — Colin Biros, Levonte Johnson, Nathan Opoku, Olu Oyegunle and Russell Shealy — played a pivotal role in the Dec. 12 victory. Read More...
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Ann Clarke, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art and dean emerita of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was featured in the article "Lessons of Empathy" on the website of Dementia Spring, which supports artists and arts organizations who raise awareness about dementia and inspire creativity in people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Clarke created a series of work, compiled over the course of eight years, centering on the topic of being a caregiver for her mother, who had dementia.
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Kelly Gallagher, associate professor of film in the Department of Film and Media Arts, co-curated "XO & Struggle: An Evening of Abolitionist Cinema" in December at the Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, New York. Her short film "From Ally to Accomplice" (2015) was among those screened. The event was featured in the Hyperallergic article "Six Films that Plumb the Possibilities of Prison Abolition."
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William Knuth, assistant professor of applied music and performance (violin and viola) in the Setnor School of Music, and guitarist Adam Levin, who perform as Duo Sonidos, were selected to perform on January 6 at the 2023 Chamber Music America National Conference. They will present a 30-minute set for the conference that includes a work by Clarice Assad that was commissioned through a VPA Research and Creative Grant in 2021.
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Theresa Chen, instructor of applied music and performance (jazz piano) in the Setnor School of Music, authored two articles in Jazz Education Research and Practice, 4(1): "Teaching Jazz Standard Writing in a College-Level Songwriting Class Setting" and "Elaborating the 12-Bar Blues Form in Stride Piano Improvisation."
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Two VPA Faculty Members Awarded New York State Council on the Arts Grants

Two College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) faculty members were among the five Syracuse University faculty members who won highly competitive awards from the New York State Council on the Arts—a record in the number of awards in a single year for Syracuse University in its 20 years of participation with the council’s grant program. Read More...
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ChaCha Hudson, an assistant teaching professor of fashion design in the School of Design, was quoted in the article "Fitting the Measurements: How talk of inclusivity is changing — or not changing — the modeling industry" on Medium.com.
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The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recently announced that Seyeon Lee, an associate professor of environmental and interior design in the School of Design, received a 2022 AASHE Sustainability Award for outstanding research in higher education sustainability. Read more.
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Boryana Rossa, an associate professor of art video in the Department of Film and Media Arts, published “The Only Women Groups in Bulgarian Art: Necessity and Ideology” in “Gender: Among Humanities, Social Sciences and Law," edited by Desislav Georgiev and Denitsa Nencheva (Sofia: Scribens, 2022 p.241-249). Read More...
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Erica Jensen, professor of practice and director of the Tepper Semester in the Department of Drama, was quoted in the Broadway News article "Could ‘for colored girls’ and ‘1776’ mark a turning point for visibly pregnant actors on Broadway?" Jensen is a casting director at Calleri Jensen Davis.
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Ira Lombardia, an instructor of art photography and core courses in the Department of Film and Media Arts, was featured on Artnet as one of "7 Up-and-Coming Photographers You Should Know From Paris’s Marquee Photo Fairs." Lombardia is a Spanish conceptual artist working across photography, video, graphic design, and sculpture who explores postmodern paradigms.
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Four Lessons from Business Leaders

College of Visual and Performing Arts students visited local Central New York companies to learn about career paths from industry professionals.
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Ten Faculty Members Receive VPA Research and Creative Grants

Ten faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been awarded VPA Research and Creative Grants. Awarded annually, the grants are intended to facilitate the growth of research and creative work in the college. Proposals are received by the college's Office of Research, Graduate Studies and Internationalization and reviewed by a committee comprised of associate deans of research and research administrators from the University’s schools, colleges, and libraries. Read More...
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Amos Kiewe: Leaving a Legacy

When Professor Amos Kiewe retires at the end of Fall 2022 semester, his absence will be deeply felt, but after an illustrious 31-year tenure at the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS), his legacy will loom large. Read More...
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CRS Student-Athlete Garrett Shrader: A Game-Changer

If you knew failure wasn’t an option, what would you try? This is the question Garrett Shrader, a junior communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) major in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, considers as he sits on the small leather sofa in Sims Hall, sipping water from a recycled plastic gallon jug he carries with him. Read More...
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Life in the Fast Lane with Philip Metz ’98

Philip Metz, a 1998 alumnus of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS), has funneled his passion for entertainment and sports industries into a vibrant career at NASCAR, where he serves as managing director of entertainment marketing and music. Read More...
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VPA Students, Faculty Receive Fall 2022 SOURCE Awards for Research and Creative Work

Eighteen students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) were among the 60 Syracuse University undergraduates who received funding this fall from the University’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (the SOURCE) in the form of SOURCE Fellowships and Renée Crown University Honors Program Awards of up to $7,500. In addition, four VPA faculty members received SOURCE Research Assistant Awards. Read More...
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Peppie Calvar Discusses Holidays at Hendricks, Spreading the Light of Music Around the World on the ‘’Cuse Conversations’ Podcast

Holidays at Hendricks Artistic Director José “Peppie” Calvar, associate professor of applied music and performance and assistant director of choral activities in the College of Visual and Performing Arts' Setnor School of Music, discusses Holidays at Hendricks and what the student-centric concerts mean to the University community, why Holidays at Hendricks is such a special celebration and what people can expect from this year’s performances.
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Sketching Out a Career

Renowned cartoonist and College of Visual and Performing Arts alumnus Robb Armstrong '85 developed his creative talent at Syracuse University on his way to fame.