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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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Student News
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).
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Butter to Bronze: Sharon BuMann’s ’84 Life, Artistic Vision Shaped by Syracuse University
The next time you spread a pat of butter on toast, smile and give a nod to local artist and sculptor Sharon BuMann ‘84. Over many years, the College of Visual and Performing Arts alumna used the malleable, edible element to form numerous beloved sculptures commissioned by the New York State Fair.
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‘Ghost Ship’ Continues Department of Drama 2023/2024 Season
Climb aboard the haunted vessel the Mary Whalen with 15 other passengers and embark on a fully immersive, multisensory theatrical journey to uncover the truth behind the tragic murder of a young girl. The Department of Drama continues the 2023/2024 season with the mystifying and entrancing “Ghost Ship” by Phillip Valle, directed by Ricky Pak, assistant professor of acting.
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CRS Alumnus Adrian Autry ’94 Ready to Make His Mark as Next Men’s Basketball Coach (Podcast)
Communication and rhetorical studies alumnus Adrian Autry ’94, the former men’s basketball standout who served as Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim’s ’66, G’73 assistant and associate head coach for 12 years, begins his next great coaching challenge: leading his alma mater.
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Jennifer DeLucia, assistant professor and chair of the Department of Creative Arts Therapy, co-authored “Civilian participants' responses to veteran artwork: Exploring empathy and understanding” in the International Journal of Art Therapy. Co-authors include School of Design/museum studies alumna Emma Rathe G’21, current art therapy graduate student Celena Moulton G’25, and Jordan S. Potash of the George Washington University.
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College of Visual and Performing Arts Alumni Shine in Creative Industries
A generation of graduates speaks to the creative values they’ve learned at Syracuse.
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Chaz Barracks, a Future Professors Fellow in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, and Nick Piato, an instructor of music education in the Setnor School of Music and School of Education, co-presented on The SENSES Project at the Imagining America National Gathering in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Kelly Gallagher, associate professor of film in the Department of Film and Media Arts, won a $5,000 Moving Image Fund pre-production grant from LEF Foundation for her forthcoming feature “By All Your Memories.” The LEF Foundation awarded 14 Moving Image Fund grants totaling $52,500 in support of feature-length documentary works by New England-based filmmakers; Gallagher’s film is produced by the New England-based producer Mary Jirmanus Saba.
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Guinevere Turner, visiting assistant professor of film in the Department of Film and Media Arts, received the Queer Luminary Award at the Seattle Queer Film Festival. The award ceremony took place before the screening of the Sapphic Centerpiece Film "Healed," in which she co-stars. Turner is a writer, director, and actor who has been working in film and TV since her 1994 debut film "Go Fish," which she wrote, produced, and starred in. She can be seen in film roles that include "The Watermelon Woman," "Chasing Amy," "American Psycho," and "The L Word."
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Alumni News
Evan Bode G’23, a graduate of the M.F.A. film program in the Department of Film and Media Arts and an instructor in the department, had their thesis film “Out of Frame” win Best Animation at the 42nd New Jersey Film Festival (NJFF), along with three Director’s Citations for outstanding achievement in directing, music, and production design from festival director Al Nigrin. The film—which was their M.F.A. thesis created in the film program—was written, directed, edited, and animated by Bode, who also composed the score. Read More...
