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CRS Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Daniel Lee ’23

Daniel Lee chose to attend Syracuse University because of the flexibility of the communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) curriculum and the many opportunities that both the University and program have to offer. Read More...
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CRS Graduate Student Spotlight: Cara Hardman G’21

Cara Hardman is a second-year communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) graduate student who is from Elmers, New Jersey. She serves as a teaching assistant for CRS 181: Concepts & Perspectives in Communication Studies, CRS 183: Concepts & Perspectives in Rhetorical Studies, CRS 287: Foundations of Inquiry in Human Communication, and CRS 325: Presentational Speaking. Read More...
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CRS Graduate Student Spotlight: Meg Bojarski G’21

Meg Bojarski is a second-year communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) graduate student who is from Lawrenceville, Georgia. As a graduate student, she serves as a graduate student liaison, representing the graduate student body at department meetings and providing input on how the CRS graduate program operates. Read More...
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CRS Alumni Spotlight: Cheyenne Darcy Amaya ’18

Cheyenne Darcy Amaya, a 2018 graduate of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS), currently works at NBC News as a news associate and production assistant. Read More...
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Setnor School of Music Graduate Student Finds Her Confidence in Central New York

Jessica Montgomery, who is pursuing dual degrees in voice performance and pedagogy, discusses her experience at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and her upcoming performance highlighting the work of Black female composers.
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Sam Van Aken, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, was interviewed for the "Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley" podcast, which was featured in Innovators Magazine.
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Communications Design Students Win in Graphic Design USA, Creative Quarterly Competitions

Communications design (CMD) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design were named winners in two major design competitions: Graphic Design USA's (GDUSA) 2020 American Graphic Design Awards and Creative Quarterly's 2020 CQ62 competition. Read More...
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Gifting Solace in Words and Images: Art Photography and Poetry Students Team Up to Offer Comfort to the Isolated

Faced with creating classwork for an incoming cohort of first-year photography students, hampered by the constraints imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, Associate Professor Doug DuBois of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Transmedia came up with a novel idea. “Given the pandemic restrictions, I was wracking my brains over the summer, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my classes,” he says. “It was a fraught moment, not knowing if we would be able to have class in person the entire semester or get shut down. Read More...
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Design Student’s SugEx Glucose Monitoring Device Wins ACC InVenture Campus Qualifier

Russell Fearon ’20, G’21 (College of Engineering and Computer Science) and Ricardo Sanchez ’21 (School of Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts) were the grand prize winners of Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars at SU Libraries’ 2021 Syracuse University’s campus qualifier for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) In Venture Prize. They earned a $5,000 cash prize, sponsored by M&T Bank, and will now move on to participate virtually in a PBS-televised event in April.
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College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2021 VPA Scholars

Twelve seniors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program was established to recognize the achievements of the college’s top seniors. Students are selected based on academic performance, creative/scholarly work and service to the college and the community. Read More...
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Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, wrote the WIRED Ideas article “Impeachment and Deplatforming Aren’t Enough to Move Forward.” She also participated on a panel for the webinar "Amplified Hate and Its Effects," part of the BIG, If True seminar series presented by the Technology and Social Change Research Project at Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center.
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As Duo Sonidos, William Knuth, assistant professor of violin and viola in the Setnor School of Music, and Adam Levin, guitar, performed Manuel de Falla’s "Nana and Polo" from "Siete canciones populares españolas" in gallery 28 of the National Gallery of Art’s West Building, where several works by the artist El Greco hang. Read More...
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Kendall Phillips, professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted in the Deseret News story “New ‘Star Wars’ rumor says a sequel trilogy reboot will include unused footage of Han, Leia and Luke.”
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The School of Art is proud to share that four ceramics alumni have appeared in recent issues of Ceramics Monthly, the world's most widely read ceramics magazine. Gerald A. Brown '18 and Mike Tavares '18 were interviewed for the January 2021 issue about the Clay Siblings' Project, their nonprofit educational initiative. The February 2021 issue features a studio visit with Andrea Denniston G'16 and Seth Guzovsky '10, who live and work in Floyd, Virginia.
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The Syracuse University Singers are featured on the American Choral Directors Association's new compilation album "Romantic American Choral Music" (Naxos) featuring college and university ensembles. Directed by Professor John Warren, the Singers perform "Mass in C Major, Op. 57: I. Kyrie" (track 2) and "The Shepherd's Vision, Op. 63: Sing Hallelujah to God" (track 14).
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Communications Design Students, Faculty Exhibit Work at Dubai Design Week

Communications design students and faculty in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design exhibited their work in the Middle East during the 2020 Dubai Design Week, the region’s largest creative festival. Read More...
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Syracuse University has announced that Devon Patton '94, a graduate of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, will emcee the University's 36th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, which will take place online on Sunday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. Patton is a news anchor with Spectrum News.
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Light Work Presents 2021 Transmedia Photography Annual

The exhibition, online through March 4, features photographs by seniors from the art photography program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts' Department of Transmedia. Best of show was awarded to Dan Lyon, with Kate Hall, Sarah Vinette, and Ally Walsh receiving honorable mentions.
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Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted in Time magazine’s “How President Biden Handles a Divided America Will Define His Legacy” and "Big Tech's Business Model Is a Threat to Democracy. Here's How to Build a Fairer Digital Future" and in Education Week's "New Media Literacy Standards Aim to Combat ‘Truth Decay.'"
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Setnor Faculty to Present World Premieres at Society for New Music Online Concert Jan. 31

Performers affiliated with the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are teaming up with the Society for New Music for world premieres by two up-and-coming composers.