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Faculty News
Ceramist Margie Hughto and painter Sarah McCoubrey, professors of studio arts in the School of Art, are showing work in the four-person exhibition "Deep Roots & Many Moons" Sept. 8-Oct. 6 at Cazenovia College's Art Gallery in Reisman Hall. As the exhibition’s title suggests, each artist makes extraordinary connections that travel across time and space and that speaks to the complexity of our existence and our humanity, cradled by the Earth itself.
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Staff News
Niki Swackhamer, career advisor in the college's Office of Academic and Career Advising, co-authored the article "Performance of Inaugural Student Cohorts in 1-Year Special Master's Program" in Medical Science Educator.
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Faculty News
Rochele Royster, assistant professor of art therapy in the Department of Creative Arts Therapy, is exhibiting work in the group show "Once Upon a Time… A Toy Show / Erase una vez… un show de juguetes" at Syracuse University's La Casita, with an opening on Friday, Sept. 16, from 6-8 p.m. Read More...
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Featured News
VPA Dean Michael Tick to Serve as International Council of Fine Arts Deans Leadership Development Mentor
Dean Michael S. Tick of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has been selected to serve as a mentor for the 2022 Leadership Development Team of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) beginning in September. Mentors participate in a 13-week series of online sessions that focus on supporting new deans and nurturing prospective future deans.
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Filmmaker Elevates Art of Storytelling
Actor-turned-entrepreneur Jeremy Todd Shinder ’24, a junior film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, is using his education to amplify stories. He is president of his own award-winning production company, Jere Bear Films.
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Featured News
College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces Spring 2022 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 Spring 2022 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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Faculty News
Sylvia Sierra, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted in The Washington Post story "Down and out and extremely online? No problem: Just enter a new 'era'" in the Mint story “Gone from cloud to colloquial, still not sure if hashtags matter.”
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Society for New Music Announces 51st Season
The world premiere of a chamber piece by Setnor School of Music Professor Natalie Draper is among the highlights of the Society for New Music (SNM)’s 2022-23 season.
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Faculty News
Space Hacks, Thrifting, Upcycling: Room Décor Inspo From Professional VPA Designers (With Podcast)
As the University prepares for Syracuse Welcome, we tapped two expert designers for residence hall room decor insights and inspiration: Zeke Leonard, an associate professor and associate director of the School of Design specializing in environmental and interior design, and VPA alumna Amie Freling ’89, an artist, interior designer and owner of Meme Hill Studio in Rochester, New York.
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‘Dream Come True’ for Alumnus to Share Story of Yankees Captain Derek Jeter
A strong film education from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, robust resume of production experience, and lifelong obsession with the New York Yankees prepared Gabe Honig ’01 for a “dream come true” opportunity to produce “The Captain,” a docuseries on Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter.
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Featured News
Design Thinking Advances Sustainable Solutions
A problem-solving strategies class in the School of Design uses a people-centered approach to expand sustainability efforts on campus.
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Theater Supports Actors with Disabilities
Four drama alumni turn their passion for advocacy into a successful inclusive production company in New York City.
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Alumni News
An Artistic Homecoming for Art Alumna Achala Wali
An ongoing exhibition at Syracuse's Everson Museum of Art spotlighting hometown artists represents something of a homecoming for Achala Wali '75. Wali's complex, layered drawings—including several new pieces—are featured in "Surface Densities;" she is one of six local artists selected to have work displayed as part of the Everson's CNY Artists Initiative.
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Faculty News
Anne Laver, assistant professor of applied music and performance (organ) in the Setnor School of Music, published the article “Blending the Popular and the Profound: Organ Concerts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.” in the Journal of the Society for American Music 16, no. 2. The article presents an analysis and contextualization of the organ recital series at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition within the larger framework of the fair's music program.
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The Art of Science: Students Participate in University’s First-Ever Bio-Art Class
In Bio-Art (BIO 400/600 and TRM 500), cross-listed between the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), STEM students join art majors in a first-of-its-kind course at Syracuse, where students explore and create their own bio-art.
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Part Tree, Part Sculpture—Can a Professor’s Artwork Support Sustainability Conversations?
Professor Sam Van Aken's living gallery sparks creative and practical thinking about climate change and food security.
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Faculty News
Gabrielle Demeestère, assistant teaching professor of film in the Department of Film and Media Arts, had her second feature film “Terra” selected by Italy’s TorinoFilmLab (TFL) for its 2022 FeatureLab, which is running now through November.
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Faculty News
William Knuth, assistant professor of applied music and performance (violin and viola) in the Setnor School of Music, was invited to perform this summer as part of the AIMS Festival Orchestra in Graz, Austria, as well as give chamber music performances throughout Graz and Southern Austria.
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Faculty News
Lynn Greenky, associate teaching professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, has authored the new book "When Freedom Speaks: The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of Our First Amendment Right" (Brandeis University Press). Using real-world examples, people, and dramatic legal principles that illuminate First Amendment principles, the book makes the concepts easy to understand and shows how they are clearly applicable to our lives.
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Faculty News
Meri Page, assistant professor of communications design in the School of Design, was selected to attend the National Endowment for the Humanities' summer institute The Revolution in Books. Using Florida Atlantic University’s large collection of Revolutionary-era pamphlets and books, she and a select group of scholars are studying the history of the book with a focus on books as historical objects and products of the labor of a diverse group of Americans during the period of the Revolutionary War.
