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CRS Graduate Student Spotlight: Easton Draut G’23

Easton Draut is a first-year communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) graduate student from New Bern, North Carolina. Prior to CRS, Draut studied at Appalachian State University majoring in communication studies. Read More...
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CRS Graduate Student Spotlight: Kerry Moss G’23

Kerry Moss is a first-year communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) graduate student who is from Milwaukee. Prior to CRS, Moss studied at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and majored in secondary English education (grades 6-12), as well as spent four years in the Peace Corps, where she trained English teachers. Read More...
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CRS Graduate Student Spotlight: Rayana Weller G’23

Rayana Weller is a first-year communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) graduate student from Vashon Island, Washington. Prior to CRS, Weller studied at Whitman College majoring in rhetoric, writing and public discourse. Read More...
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CRS Graduate Student Spotlight: Tómas O’Rourke G’23

Tómas O’Rourke is a first-year communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) graduate student from Luján, Argentina. Prior to CRS, O’Rourke studied at the National University of Luján (Universidad Nacional de Luján) and studied history. Read More...
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Lender Center Fellowship Offers Students an Opportunity to ‘Work Locally, Think Globally’

Seyeon Lee, an associate professor of environmental and interior design in the School of Design and the 2021-23 Lender Center for Social Justice faculty fellow, will work with a group of Syracuse University student fellows to explore if the Northside Women's Wellness Center in Syracuse, which Lee helped design three years ago, is being utilized as intended.
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VPA Welcomes New Full-Time Faculty

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) welcomed ten new full-time faculty members for the 2021-22 academic year. Read More...
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Ahn Dao ’23, an industrial and interaction design major in the School of Design, was part of a team that received an honorable mention at Invent@SU 2021. The team Glisten designed a device aimed at helping people monitor their dental health at home and provide pre-diagnostic information to a dentist. Invent@SU helps transform undergraduate students into inventors as they design, prototype, and pitch original devices.
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VPA Film Program Ranks Among Top in U.S.

The College of Visual and Performing Arts' film program in the Department of Transmedia was ranked no. 17 by The Hollywood Reporter in its annual list of the top 25 American film schools.
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VPA Announces Spring 2021 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 2021 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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Why Rhetoric Matters in Academia and Beyond

It is not uncommon to hear the dismissive phrase, “Oh, that’s just rhetoric!” Its use—usually lobbed as an insult—suggests that rhetoric is simply a collection of empty phrases. But the importance of rhetoric and rhetorical studies—especially at Syracuse University and at this time—cannot be minimized; it is the reason why the University recently hosted the Rhetoric Society of America’s (RSA) Summer Institute 2021, a virtual gathering of 80 leading scholars in 33 seminars and workshops, and students and faculty from around the nation.
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Jabberwocky Murals Installed in Bird Library

Original murals from Jabberwocky, Syracuse University's on-campus music venue that hosted performances between 1969 and 1985, were recently installed on the lower level of Bird Library. The murals depict scenes from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and were created by School of Art alumnus Mitchel Resnick ’76.
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Todd Herreman, associate teaching professor of music industry and technologies in the Setnor School of Music, is cited numerous times in the new book "Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions: 1985-1986" by Duane Tudahl (Rowman & Littlefield). Herreman was in the studio with Prince nearly every day from 1986-87; he also worked on production and tour for the "Parade" album (1986) and production for the Sign 'o the Times tour (1987). Read More...
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The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies is proud to share that Kevin M. Kern '09 G'11, who is the manager of research at the Walt Disney Archives, is co-author of the forthcoming book "A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of the Most Magical Place on Earth" (Disney Editions, September 28, 2021). The coffee table book paints a robust portrait of the Florida resort, through vibrant voices and rare Disney theme park concept art, photographs, and ephemera.
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Bringing History to Light

A local church brimming with historical artifacts becomes a learning laboratory for graduate students in museum studies.
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Mmakgosi Anita Tau, a graduate film student in the Department of Transmedia, won the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative. The fellowship empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities and local community engagement.
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Marianne Solivan, assistant professor of applied music and performance (jazz and commercial voice) in the Setnor School of Music, was one of 35 faculty fellows chosen for the Cleveland Institute of Music's 2021 Future of Music Faculty Fellowship Program, a career development initiative that will engage 35 Black and Latinx music professionals who are pursuing or considering academic careers, preparing them with the skills, insights, and networks to flourish professionally and influence generations of musicians.
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Syracuse Stage Resumes Live Performance This Fall for 2021/2022 Season

Syracuse Stage has announced plans to resume live and in-person performance in the 2021/2022 season. Starting in October, the theater will present a six-show subscription season and offer a full schedule of educational, family and community-related programming, including the continuation of the Cold Read Festival of New Plays.
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Lisa Nicholas To Depart Syracuse University’s Tepper Semester in New York City

The Syracuse University Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts would like to take this opportunity to thank Founding Director Lisa Nicholas for her passionate leadership of the Tepper Semester program in New York City for the past 20 years. Read More...
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Twelve VPA Faculty Receive 2021 CUSE Grants for Research and Scholarly Projects

Syracuse University’s Office of Research has awarded funds to 12 faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts for the fourth round of the annual internal grant program to provide intramural funding for faculty research and scholarly projects. Read More...
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Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, wrote the column "Beware 'Smokescreen Trolling,' Trump Followers' Favorite Tactic" in Wired, for which she serves as a columnist.