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Drama Department Pop-Up Library Opens at Syracuse Stage/Drama Theater Complex

Amanda DuBose, Syracuse University's music and performing arts librarian, is opening a drama department pop-up library in the Storch Theater Lobby in the Syracuse Stage/Drama Theater Complex. The pop-up library is a specially selected, circulating collection of materials curated for drama students and faculty.
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CRS Chair to Participate in 2024 ACC Academic Leaders Network

Rachel Dubrofsky, professor and chair of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, is one of five Syracuse University faculty members selected to participate in the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Leaders Network. The program is designed to facilitate cross-institutional networking and collaboration among academic leaders while building leadership capacity at participating ACC institutions.
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Lights, Camera, Actionable Advice

Filmmaker and alumnus Tari Wariebi '10 shares wisdom on navigating Syracuse University and launching a creative career.
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InclusiveU Student Sam Clark ’24 Brings His Dreams to Life Through Los Angeles Immersion Experiences

Sam Clark ’24 has known since he was 9 years old that he wanted to be a film director when he grew up. After a family trip to Egypt where his dad took hours and hours of video, Clark found himself enthralled by the footage and the ability to tell stories through film. When it was time for him to choose a college, Clark was interested in Syracuse because not only did it boast one of the top-ranked film schools in the country but also because of its InclusiveU program, offered through the Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for...
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Design Professor Named ‘Educator to Watch’ by Graphic Design USA

Meri Page, an assistant professor of communications design in the School of Design, was named an “Educator to Watch” by Graphic Design USA (GDUSA). The GDUSA “Educators to Watch” series shines the spotlight on teachers and administrators who are making a difference to their art and design students, schools and communities and their own disciplines.
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From Boland Hall to Broadway, Colleagues and Friends Produce ‘How to Dance in Ohio’

Producers Ben Holtzman ’13 and Sammy Lopez ’13, co-founders of P3 Productions, are musical theater graduates of the Department of Drama and met as freshman year roommates in Boland Hall. Sixteen Syracuse University alumni are involved with the Broadway production.
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Jumpstarting Creativity

Cartoonist Robb Armstrong '85 shares insights and inspiration with the next generation of illustrators in the School of Art.
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NYSCA Grants Awarded to VPA Faculty

Five College of Visual and Performing Arts faculty members have each received $10,000 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Individual Artist grants to carry out creative projects, including several that have a focus on public service in the arts. NYSCA also awarded a $40,000 Organizational Support grant to an interdisciplinary art and storytelling collaboration by faculty from VPA and the School of Education.
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‘A Christmas Carol’ Returns to Syracuse Stage, Department of Drama

Syracuse Stage, in association with the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama, continues Syracuse Stage’s 50th Anniversary season—and the tradition of heart-warming, family-friendly holiday shows—with “A Christmas Carol,” the classic novel by Charles Dickens, here adapted by Richard Hellesen, with music by David de Berry, and orchestrations by Gregg Coffin. The production runs Nov. 24 to Dec. 31 in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse.
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CRS Graduate Student Named Lender Center for Social Justice Student Fellow

Mary Hanrahan, a graduate student in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was named one of five 2023-25 Lender Center for Social Justice student fellows. Student fellows will conduct research, analyze data and present findings related to how American media coverage of the war on terror affected U.S. policymaking and later impacted Muslim individuals and communities. Read More...
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Q&A With Alex Jainchill: Illuminating the Story of Malcolm X at the Met Opera

How do you illuminate the powerful story of civil rights leader Malcolm X on the opera stage? It was a challenge that lighting designer and Department of Drama faculty member Alex Jainchill couldn’t pass up, working on a groundbreaking opera at the renowned Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
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Elisa Dekaney, professor of music education in the Setnor School of Music and School of Education, participated in the event "Rethinking the Future: Exploring the role of social, behavioral, and neural sciences in overcoming global obstacles and promoting progress,” organized by the National Institute of Science and Technology on Social and Affective Neuroscience (INCT-SANI) and the Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil. She presented the lecture “Silence as Discourse: Voice Equity in Research Practices.”
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Reflecting on the Past, Offering Hope for the Future: Native American Students Help Curate Exhibition of Haudenosaunee Artist

Eiza Capton (Cayuga Nation), who is pursuing a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration in the School of Art, is one of two undergraduate student curators for “Continuity, Innovation and Resistance: The Art of Peter B. Jones," which runs through Friday, Dec. 15 at the Syracuse University Art Museum.
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Diane Grimes, associate professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, co-authored “Through the Lens of Whiteness: Challenging Racialized Imagery in Pop Culture” (Skinner House). The book examines how visual imagery in our popular culture is dominated by white ways of seeing, considers the contributions such images make to white supremacy culture in the United States, and how challenging those norms can support antiracist efforts.
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Design Alumna Receives Inaugural Orange Innovation Fund Award

Natasha Brao '22, G'23, G'24, a communications design alumna of the College of Visual and Performing Arts' School of Design, was one of three winners of inaugural Orange Innovation Fund awards, a grant program administered through Syracuse University Libraries designed to help students commercialize their research ideas. Read More...
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Yushan Liu, a graduate film student in the Department of Film and Media Arts, won the Silver Award for Best Romantic Film and the Silver Award for Best Student Director at the Independent Short Awards. This prestigious international short film festival features red carpet screenings and Q&A sessions throughout the year, culminating in an annual awards event at Regal Cinemas LA Live in Los Angeles.
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Sam Van Aken, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, will participate in the Chicago Architecture Biennial: CAB 5 “This is a Rehearsal” as part of a collaborative team that is presenting “Making a Garden of Strange Fruit.”
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City of Syracuse Flag Design Inspired by ‘The Land You’re On: Acknowledging the Haudenosaunee’ Podcast

Through the podcast, communications design alumnus Eric Hart '10, who designed the City of Syracuse's new flag, learned about the Onondaga Nation and how it connected back to his family’s genealogy.
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Film Faculty Receive Emmy Award Nomination

David Tarleton and Adria Dawn, film faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts' Department of Film and Media Arts, have received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Children/Youth/Teen from the Chicago/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their short film "Identity."
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Anne Laver, associate professor of applied music and performance (organ) in the Setnor School of Music, was invited to participate as a featured performer, teacher, and presenter at the Göteborg International Organ Academy and Festival in Göteborg, Sweden, the largest annual organ festival in Northern Europe. Her concert included the European premiere of "Three Meditations for Organ" by Setnor colleague Natalie Draper. Watch a video of the concert (Laver's performance begins at 1:05).