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VPA’s Film Program Ranked No. 16 by the Hollywood Reporter
The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ film program in the Department of Transmedia was ranked No. 16 on the Hollywood Reporter’s (THR) list of the “Top 25 Film Schools of 2013” in its Aug. 9 issue. The article highlights…
Professor Micere Mugo Tells Why Mandela Is a Great Man
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela turns 95 on July 18. Mandela, who became the first black president of South Africa after serving 27 years in prison under the repressive apartheid regime, has been hospitalized since June 8 with a serious lung…
Film Students to Study with Famed Directors at International Filmmaking Academy Inaugural Program
Tian Guan and JuneKyu Park (Q), second-year graduate students in the film program of the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), have been selected to participate in the inaugural year of the International Filmmaking…
Cash Operations Year-End Deadlines
Attention University Community: Fiscal 2013 Year End Cash Operations has set a deadline of 3:30 p.m. on June 28 to receive deposits at the Schine and Archbold Cash Operations offices for credit in fiscal year 2012-2013. Please make your deposits…
Success in Engineering
L.C. Smith Associate Dean Julie Hasenwinkel and her colleagues are putting strategies in place to help keep students engaged and strengthen retention rates beginning this fall. Their efforts got a recent boost.
SALTQuarters Artists Introduced to the Community
The Near West Side Initiative (NWSI) has announced the two artists who have been selected for residencies in the SALTQuarters Artist-in-Residence Program. The artists, John Cardone of Syracuse and Peter Edlund of Brooklyn, were introduced and welcomed by the community…
‘Common Ground’ Documentary Screening on May 22
Arts Emerging project builds bridges among students from local high schools Over the past five months 112 Syracuse-area high school students were given video cameras and one assignment: to film their everyday lives. Students from Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Fowler High…
VPA Alumna, Husband Establish $2M Endowed Chair of Design Leadership
James Fathers named inaugural chair The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the creation of the Iris Magidson Endowed Chair of Design Leadership in its Department of Design. The chair was established through a $2 million commitment…
Construction Begins on ’Cuse Challenge Course
The new ’Cuse Challenge Course and Outdoor Education Center on south campus aims to support student development and team-building. Construction completion is anticipated for fall 2013.
Opening, Dedication of Sharon Haines Jacquet Education Commons
The School of Education has announced the grand opening and dedication of the Sharon Haines Jacquet Education Commons, a new event and meeting space located on the ground floor of Huntington Hall. Named for Syracuse University trustee and School of Education Board of Visitors member Sharon Haines Jacquet ‘72, the commons will be dedicated at a ceremony on Thursday, May 9.