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Zeke Leonard, associate professor of environmental and interior design and associate director of the School of Design, was named as a collaborator on the Medjehu Project, an international collaboration studying ancient Egyptian woodworking. Leonard's research involves the roles that craft practice, social responsibility and environmental stewardship in contextually-relevant design and fabrication practices.
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Student News
Abbie Wood, a second-year organ performance major in the Setnor School of Music, was awarded first prize in the American Guild of Organists/Quimby Regional Competition (Alexandria, Virginia) for students under the age of 23. She will now go on to the final round of the competition, which will be held at the regional convention of the American Guild of Organists in Westchester County, New York, in early July. The Quimby Regional Competition is the most significant competition in the U.S. for organ students of this age group.
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Two VPA Students Named Winners in Graduate Dean’s Research and Creative Works Competition
Two College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) students were among the eight master’s and doctoral program students selected as winners of the 2023 Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work competition. The awards are presented annually by Syracuse University’s Graduate School to recognize overall graduate-level academic excellence and outstanding research initiatives and creative activity. Read More...
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School of Art Students Exhibit Drawings at Syracuse University Libraries
On display through April 16 in Syracuse University Libraries' Biblio Gallery, the exhibition features work by students in Professor Sarah McCoubrey's Second Year Studio course.
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Natalie Draper, assistant professor of composition, theory, and history in the Setnor School of Music, had her work "Pattern Dances" performed by organist Jeffery Smith with new choreography by the Indiana University Contemporary Dance Theatre at the university's Jacobs School of Music. Watch a video of the final movement.
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Alex Mendez Giner, associate professor of film in the Department of Film and Media Arts, recently traveled to the Republic of Panama at the invitation of the minister of culture and the national director of Panama's Film Commission to introduce a new generation of filmmakers to the art of scriptwriting and to share his recent research "Imaginary Shadows" on the use of cinematography tools to analyze and interpret chiaroscuro effects in painting. Learn more about his visit to Panama.
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Kenneth Meyer, instructor of applied music and performance (guitar) in the Setnor School of Music, recently released "A Seeker's Song: A Recording of New Music for Voice and Guitar" (Frameworks Records). The album features Janet Brown, soprano (Setnor faculty member); Sharon Harms, soprano; Jesse Jones, composer; Gregory Mertl, composer; Nicolas Scherzinger, composer (Setnor faculty member); Jeff Francis, sound engineer; and James Abbott, sound engineer and mastering (Setnor faculty member).
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Department of Drama Presents ‘Dance Nation’
The Department of Drama continues the 2022/2023 season with the 2017 Susan Blackburn Prize-winning play “Dance Nation” by Clare Barron. Directed by Katherine McGerr and choreographed by Felipe Panamá, the play takes audiences on an emotional and powerful journey of one team’s quest to a national dance competition.
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Carmen M. Martinez, assistant professor of theater design and technology in the Department of Drama, is costume designer for the New York City Children's Theater production of "Fish in a Tree" at Theatre Row, which was recently featured in the New York Times. The play is co-directed by Sammy Lopez '13 with set designs by Ann Beyersdorfer '14, both drama alumni.
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Lynn Greenky, associate teaching professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, published the article "His Words Were So Terrifying the Supreme Court Got Involved" in the Daily Beast; the article discusses the upcoming case of Counterman v. Colorado, which "focuses on the true threats doctrine and the right of speakers to invoke First Amendment protection for speech that puts the target in fear of life or limb." Greenky also appeared on Global Connections Television with Bill Miller to discuss her book "When Freedom Speaks: The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of Our First Amendment Right"...
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5 Things to Know About New Men’s Basketball Coach Adrian Autry ’94
Adrian Autry ’94, a graduate of what is now known as the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, built his credentials as a player and coach under his mentor, Hall of Fame head coach and colleague Jim Boeheim ’66, G’73. Autry is now set to make his own mark as the eighth head coach of the Syracuse University men’s basketball program.
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Syracuse Jazz Fest to Feature Performances from Setnor School of Music Student, Faculty Groups
The Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music's Orange Juice advanced jazz combo and Jazz & Commercial Music Faculty Ensemble will be part of the City of Syracuse’s 37th annual Jazz Fest, held June 22-25 at various locations around the city.
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CRS Alumnus Helps Sacred Indigenous Objects Find Their Way Home
In “an international act of diplomacy,” communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) alumnus Brennen Ferguson ’19 helps repatriate ceremonial Native American items from a museum in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Sylvia Sierra, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted in The Washington Post story “A Dallas reporter called the mayor ‘bruh.’ Was her firing too harsh?”
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Now Accepting Applications for Intelligence++ Competition
Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) will be hosting the Intelligence++ showcase competition on Friday, April 21, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Undergraduate and graduate student teams across Syracuse University, including SUNY-ESF students taking innovation and entrepreneurship courses at Syracuse, who are interested in competing can apply online by Saturday, April 15. Eight teams will be selected to compete for a chance to win $10,000 in prizes for student-designed products, services and technologies that can assist intellectually disabled people and their families.
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Setnor Faculty, Alumni Help Bones East Mark 40th Anniversary With Local Concerts
Members of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music community are helping the Bones East trombone ensemble mark its 40th anniversary with a trio of local concerts, beginning with a Palm Sunday performance at DeWitt Community Church. Bones East is co-directed by Bill Harris ’65, G’79, who recently retired from a 50-year career at Setnor.
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Setnor School of Music Students Head to SXSW for All-New Gilbert Week Experience
Ten students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will be heading to Austin, Texas, during Spring Break (March 13-17) for the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and music festival as part of Gilbert Week, the school’s annual professional development immersion experience. Read More...
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‘The Barriers Have Been Removed!’ New Research Explores the Rise of Digital Music-Making in Schools During COVID-19
New research by David Knapp, assistant professor of music education in the School of Education and College of Visual and Performing Arts, sets out to assess the extent to which creating, arranging and storing digital music online has increased in music education classrooms, especially during and after the coronavirus pandemic that sent learning online in 2020-2021.
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Graduate Student Jessica McGhee ’19 Finds Passion and Purpose in Creative Arts Therapy
Jessica McGhee is not a human being who is easily defined. Her resume would reveal a 2019 B.F.A. recipient from the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), a current graduate student in VPA’s art therapy program, an intern with a local hospital, an aspiring nonprofit leader, and a volunteer, instructor and arts programming coordinator with La Casita Cultural Center.
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‘So Cool’: Clinical Simulations Expand to Train Future Art Therapists
Continuing his pioneering work adapting clinical simulations (SIMS) across a spectrum of pre-professional and professional contexts, School of Education Professor Benjamin Dotger is collaborating with Emily Goldstein Nolan, professor of practice in the College of Visual and Performing Arts' Department of Creative Arts Therapy, to facilitate two simulations for art therapy students this spring. “The clinical simulations will provide art therapy students with an opportunity to practice with a standardized client, played by an actor,” says Dotger.
