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Drawing Connections that Heal

The College of Visual and Performing Arts' new Department of Creative Arts Therapy, affiliated with veterans resources, is defined by innovation, collaboration and service.
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Holidays at Hendricks to be Broadcast Online on Dec. 6

All are invited to celebrate the holiday season with “Holidays at Hendricks,” which for the first time will be broadcast exclusively online. The broadcast will air Sunday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m., and will include performances pre-recorded at Hendricks Chapel, featuring student ensembles and faculty from the Setnor School of Music.
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In Memoriam: Eric A. Gustafson, Setnor School of Music

Eric A. Gustafson, a former instructor of viola in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Jamesville, N.Y. He was 72. Gustafson taught at the Setnor School of Music from 2013 until his retirement in May 2020. Read More...
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Learning Filmmaking in a Pandemic

This summer’s six-week program began in July, with the formidable task of learning the creative and technical intricacies of filmmaking while adjusting to life during the COVID-19 pandemic and following new health and safety guidelines. Four afternoons each week, the fellows masked up and spread out among tables in the NSLC’s basement classroom or joined the sessions online. They plugged away on laptops and worked with cameras and film equipment on loan from the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts At the heart of the activity was Brice Nordquist, Dean’s Professor of Community Engagement, associate professor...
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Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted in The Guardian story “Will Trump’s false election claims gain steam? Disinformation experts weigh in” and in The New York Times article “After Biden Win, Right-Wing Sites Still Push False Vote-Fraud Claims.” She was also interviewed on the “Webby Podcast.”
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Reflection on Service: Marion Dorfer

When Associate Professor Marion Dorfer joined the U.S. Army, she did so despite the fact that her mother, father and brother had all served in the U.S. Air Force. “I think I joined the Army instead of the Air Force because I was more of a rebel. I wanted something different,” says Dorfer, who has taught surface pattern design, computer-aided pattern design and computer design classes in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design since 1992. Dorfer served four years in the Army, earning a certificate of photography while at Ft. Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, and...
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Syracuse Stage Mainstage Season Opens with Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Talley’s Folly’

Love can overcome our differences and the future is brighter than the present. In such a spirit, Syracuse Stage begins the 2020/2021 mainstage season of six fully staged and filmed productions that will be available to patrons online in video on demand format. Read full story
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Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was featured in The New York Times story “Stopping Online Vitriol at the Roots,” and was also quoted in the NBC News story “Inside the campaign to ‘pizzagate’ Hunter Biden,” the Vice story “The Man Who Helped Turn 4chan Into the Internet’s Racist Engine,” and The Guardian story “'Putin could only dream of it': how Trump became the biggest source of disinformation in 2020.”
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Alex Mendez Giner, associate professor of film in the Department of Transmedia, had his short film "Displaced" win Best International Experimental Film in Turkey. This is the film's second award this year, the first being Best Experimental Short Film at Inca Imperial International Film Festival in Peru.
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Sam Van Aken, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, had his work "Tree of 40 Fruit" included in the Los Angeles Review of Books article "Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Rahel Aima on the Rallying Cries of 2009."
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Blaire Koerner, instructor of bassoon in the Setnor School of Music, is a co-founder of the new podcast series Soundweavers, which focuses on the triumphs and tribulations of the chamber music community (classical, jazz, and folk). Through conversations with emerging and established performers, composers, and educators, the podcast explores creative processes, community engagement, and life skills needed in the small ensemble world.
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Alumnus Thom Filicia ’93 Is the Next Guest of the University Lectures Series

The University Lectures series continues its 20th season with a virtual presentation by alumnus Thom Filicia ’93 (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Registration is required to attend the virtual lecture. Filicia’s appearance is co-sponsored by the College of Visual and Performing Arts and is part of the University’s LGBTQ History Month. Read full story
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William Knuth, assistant professor of violin and viola in the Setnor School of Music, played with the Goo Goo Dolls on the band's Dizzy20 anniversary tour concerts. The show will drop over the coming year in different markets. View a broadcast promo in Brazil.
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Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, wrote the commentary "The Election Will Bring a Hurricane of Misinformation" for Wired Magazine.
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Kara Herold, associate professor of film in the Department of Transmedia, won the Best Feature Director Award for her feature film "39 1/2" at the 2020 La Femme International Film Festival in Beverly Hills, California.
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CRS Faculty Honored by National Communication Association

Two faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) have received awards from the National Communication Association (NCA). Charles E. Morris III, professor and chair of CRS, received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the NCA’s Critical and Cultural Studies Division. This is the second NCA division to award Morris this honor; in 2017 he was named a Distinguished Scholar by the Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division. Morris is recognized for his books and essays on queer historical criticism and public memory and for co-founding “QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking.” <a...
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Elisa Macedo Dekaney, a professor of music education in the Setnor School of Music and associate dean of research, graduate studies, and internationalization in VPA, presented as part of the First International Conference of Choral Music for Children and Adolescents Choirs sponsored by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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Don Carr, professor of industrial and interaction design and the M.F.A. in design in the School of Design, is the inaugural Faculty Entrepreneur in Residence at Syracuse University's Blackstone LaunchPad this fall. He will work with students on innovation, strategy, usability, sustainability, prototyping, future forecasting and product positioning.
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Reid Davenport, visiting assistant teaching professor of film in the Department of Transmedia, has been named a member of the Doc NYC "40 Under 40" Class of 2020. “40 Under 40” celebrates emerging talent in the documentary world, including directors, producers, cinematographers, and editors.
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Sam Van Aken, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, will discuss experimental approaches to historic preservation as part of "Experimental Preservation," a virtual event on October 22 presented by Columbia University School of the Arts.