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College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes New Full-Time Faculty

Thirteen new full-time faculty joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) for the 2024-25 academic year. One of the faculty members is also the college’s new senior associate dean of academic affairs.
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Undergraduate Student Celebrates the Fruits of His Summer Research

This summer, undergraduate Edward Lu ’26, a music composition major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), was deeply engaged in research, working with music ensembles and experiencing the premieres of two of his original compositions. Read More...
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Kendall Phillips Appointed Director of the Lender Center for Social Justice

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been named director of the Lender Center for Social Justice. Read More...
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Thomas O’Brien ’25 Named a 2024-25 Orange Innovation Scholar

Thomas O’Brien ’25, a film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been named a 2024-25 Orange Innovation Scholar by Syracuse University Libraries. Read More...
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College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces Spring 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 Spring 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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Anshul Roy Wins SIGGRAPH’s Art Gallery Best in Show Award for M.F.A. Thesis Project

Anshul Roy G’24 of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) won the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGGRAPH’s Art Gallery Best in Show award for his M.F.A. thesis project, “Rage Against the Archive,” at a conference in late July. Read More...
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Syracuse University Wind Ensemble to Release Album in Remembrance of Pan Am Flight 103

Unveiling two world premiere recordings, the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble will release an album, “Angels Rising: Music of Remembrance and Light,” on Friday, Aug. 16, dedicated to the 270 lives lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Read More...
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Rachel Dubrofsky, chair of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, co-authored an article, “‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’: Queer Authenticity and Strategic Westernness,” with Zane Willard, a University of South Florida student. Published in Communication, Culture & Critique, their work explores the intersection of queerness and whiteness in “RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs The World."
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Anne Laver, associate professor in the Setnor School of Music, was a featured performer and presenter at the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists. Her recital included a work for trombone and organ by Assistant Professor Natalie Draper, commissioned by the San Francisco Special Projects Fund, as well as a piece by alumnus Asriel Davis G’23. Laver also gave a paper, “Organ Concerts at San Francisco World’s Fair,” with organ performance major Abbie Wood ’25.
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Rochele Royster, art therapist and assistant professor in the Department of Creative Arts Therapy, facilitated wellness workshops for a community art project, helping women explore themes of home, safety, and renewal while painting. The workshops culminated in a design for a street mural, installed at 1100 N. McBride St., Syracuse, by artist Daniela Nikolavsky. The project, initiated by Her Village, a wellness group for new American, refugee women, was made possible by Ocara Fine Arts Gallery, ME/WE Creative Arts Lab & Community Art Therapy Studio, and Hopeprint, Inc.
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Holly Greenberg, associate professor in the School of Art, is raising awareness of bird-window collisions, one of the leading causes of bird deaths, through a crowdsourced art project, Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene, recently featured in the Chicago Tribune (subscription required). Greenberg holds free workshops where attendees create a replica of one of the 10,836 birds that died from a window collision last year in Chicago. She will use the bird replicas to make an artwork the size of a football field.
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Kendall Phillips, professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, collaborated with Jared Case, curator of film exhibitions at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, and College of Arts and Sciences Professor Will Scheibel for a nine-film series to explore the varied ways filmmakers have taken source material from comic books and brought it to the screen. "Beyond the Universe: Comic Books and Film" will run from June through August at the Dryden Theatre in Rochester and spotlight films from the past 45 years.
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Sylvia Sierra, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted by Spectrum News 1 for the story “Political Memes Taking Over Social Media."
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In Memoriam: Rodney Hudson

Rodney Hudson, retired assistant professor of musical theater in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama, passed away on Monday, June 17, in Syracuse after a brief illness. He was 76. Read More...
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Interim Provost Lois Agnew Adds Elisa Dekaney to Leadership Team

Interim Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Lois Agnew has announced the appointment of Elisa Dekaney as associate provost for strategic initiatives. Read More...
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University Establishes Scholarship to Honor Jamieson Ritter ’19

The University is honoring the memory of alumnus and fallen Cleveland, Ohio, police officer Jamieson Ritter ’19 with the establishment of a scholarship in his name. Ritter completed a degree in communication and rhetorical studies and was part of the Army ROTC at Syracuse. Read More...
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Drama Department Ranked Among The Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Best Drama Schools in the World

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) has ranked the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama among the 25 best drama schools in the world for the second consecutive year.
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Sylvia Sierra, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted in the Newsweek story "Linguist Predicts That New Slang Is Coming Because of One Important Factor."
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Elisa Dekaney, associate dean of research, graduate studies, and internationalization in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and a professor of music education in VPA and the School of Education, co-authored the peer-reviewed article “Parental Executive Functions and Motivations Unveil Variations in Young Children’s Screen Media Use" in Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica. The article is a result of VPA's partnership with Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in São Paulo, Brazil, and visiting scholar Elizeu Macedo.
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Angelina Lim ’25 Named a 2024 Beinecke Scholar

Angelina Lim ’25, a film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been named a recipient of a 2024 Beinecke Scholarship. Lim is the fourth Beinecke Scholar in Syracuse University’s history. Read More...