News

• Faculty News

  Marty Blake, assistant teaching professor of illustration in the School of Art, has authored the new book "Drawn to Type: Lettering for Illustrators" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London). The book teaches the craft of creative lettering: what you need to know about working with various media and how to incorporate image and text successfully. Blake recently presented a webinar on lettering and illustration for the Graphic Arts Guild, which is now available online.

• Featured News

  Environmental and Interior Design Program One of House Beautiful’s ‘Best Schools for an Interior Design Education’

  The environmental and interior design (EDI) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts' School of Design was recognized by House Beautiful as one of the "best schools for an interior design education." The article notes that "mixed with a broad liberal arts education, students are taught sustainable design practices, an understanding of the business of design, and to value the concerns of people." Read More...

• Faculty News

  Ann Clarke, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art and dean emerita of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has the solo exhibition "Strong Forces" at Novado Gallery in Jersey City, New Jersey, through March 27.  Read More...

• Alumni News

  As a member of the Syracuse University Rugby Football Club, College of Visual and Performing Arts alumnus Nathan Bombrys ’97 discovered he loved the sport so much that he headed to England to play after graduating. Learn how he led a Scottish professional rugby team to success.

• Featured News

  Designs for a Successful Future

  In developing his brand, “The Kollection,” over the past 10 years, Kendell Wiley ’21 has refined his fashion concepts as a form of self-expression. This winter, Wiley is executing his final project as a fashion design major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts' School of Design, and he finds other ways to express himself as well. Serving as a campus leader and peer advisor, he helps others shine.

• Alumni News

  Broadway and television actress Shanel Bailey ’19, a graduate of the Department of Drama, will interview Misty Copeland, principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater, on February 23 as part of the University Lectures speaker series. The virtual lecture, via Zoom webinar, will begin at 7:30 p.m. ET. Register in advance at lectures.syr.edu.

• Featured News

  Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies Wins National Communication Association Master’s Program Award

  The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has received the 2020 Outstanding Master’s Program Award from the National Communication Association (NCA). The NCA’s Master’s Education Section presents the award annually to programs that exemplify academic and teaching excellence. Read More...

• Featured News

  CRS Faculty Spotlight: Whitney Phillips

  Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS), has followed a different path than most academics to get into a tenure-track position at a top communication and rhetoric program. Read More...

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  CRS Graduate Student Spotlight: Natalie Weathers G’21

  Natalie Weathers is a second-year communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) graduate student from Southside Chicago. As a graduate student, she serves as a C.A.R.E facilitator, enabling conversations that focus on the topics of race and ethnicity. Read More...

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  CRS Graduate Student Spotlight: Nyasha Makaza G’21

  Nyasha Makaza is a second-year communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) graduate student from Harare, Zimbabwe. Makaza serves as a teaching assistant for CRS 181: Concepts & Perspectives in Communication Studies, CRS 287: Foundations of Inquiry in Human Communication, and CRS 325: Presentational Speaking. Read More...

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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...

• Featured News

  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.

• Faculty News

  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.

• Featured News

  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...

• Featured News

  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) InVenture 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...