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Arts & Culture

VPA Alumna, Husband Establish $2M Endowed Chair of Design Leadership

Tuesday, May 14, 2013, By Erica Blust

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…

Dickens Mathieu Named Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Friday, April 26, 2013, By News Staff

Dickens “Deke” Mathieu today was named Syracuse University’s next senior vice president and general counsel. Mathieu will succeed Thomas Evans, current senior vice president and general counsel, who previously announced plans to retire on June 30. Mathieu comes to Syracuse…

Design Team Selected for Movement on Main: Designing Healthy Main Street

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

A team led by STOSS landscape urbanism, including Höweler + Yoon Architecture, Nitsch Engineering and Angie Cradock Sc.D, MPE, has been selected as the winning design team for the Movement on Main: Designing the Healthy Main Street competition in Syracuse.

STEM

Designing the Street Smart Phone

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Meet the “smarter” New York City payphone. The push buttons and coin slot of the past are inevitably replaced with a touch screen and card swipe, plus camera, solar panels and capabilities for emergency alerts and wayfinding.

Senior Fashion Designers to Debut Collections in Annual Fashion Show

Friday, April 12, 2013, By Keith Kobland

On April 25, senior fashion design students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts will debut their final collections in their annual fashion show in Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. There will be two shows, a matinee at 12:30…

Arts & Culture

Video: VPA Fashion Design Students Prepare for the Big Show

Friday, April 12, 2013, By Keith Kobland

VPA Fashion Show from Syracuse University News on Vimeo.

Campus & Community

Nominations Sought for Continuum + Arthur Pulos Award for Design Education

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By Erica Blust

The Continuum + Arthur Pulos Award committee is seeking nominations for Syracuse University faculty members whose teaching and research exemplify excellence in collaboration and innovation and who have made a contribution to design education on campus. Continuum, a global innovation…

VPA Students Named Semi-Finalists in Design Museum Boston Street Seats Challenge

Monday, April 1, 2013, By Erica Blust

A bench design by two second-year industrial and interaction design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts was named one of 20 semi-finalist winners in Design Museum Boston’s Street Seats International Design Challenge. Ryan Pierson and Sally Zheng’s…

Student Sustainability Group Making a Difference through Green Design

Monday, March 25, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University senior Sean Foote is working to create a better world for his 3-year-old son. The engineering major cares about the environment and wants to help preserve it for his son’s future enjoyment. This is mainly why Foote got…

Arts & Culture

Two Fashion Design Students Honored by YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund

Thursday, March 21, 2013, By Erica Blust

Avery Gray and Kiera Henderson, both sophomore fashion design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, were each awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF). The students were honored in January at the YMA…