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Arts & Culture

Variety Names VPA a ‘School on the Move’ for Film

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) was listed as a “School on the Move” in Variety’s April 26 issue, which includes a feature on entertainment education. According to Variety, the “Schools on the Move” list recognizes those institutions…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse, BuzzFeed Partner to Offer Course in Social Media, Distributed Content

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The world of publishing has drastically changed in the last decade due to emerging technology, new publishing sources, social media and the hyper connectedness of people and ideas. To address those changes, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and…

STEM

Undergraduate Receives Two Awards from American Society of Plant Biology

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Snigdha Chatterjee ’17 has received two prestigious awards from the American Society of Plant Biology (ASPB). She was awarded both a travel grant and a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Between the two awards, Chatterjee is supported to travel to the…

Arts & Culture

School of Art B.F.A. Exhibition Opens April 30

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Erica Blust

The School of Art in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will present its annual exhibition of work by bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) degree candidates April 30-May 15 in Comstock Art Facility (ComArt), 1075 Comstock Ave. An opening…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Military Students Recognized by Department of Defense for Multimedia Work

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Two students in the Newhouse School’s military visual journalism program have received top honors from the U.S. Department of Defense as part of the Visual Information Awards program. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston was selected as the 2015 Military…

STEM

Rick and Ryan Oddo—Two Generations of STEM and Service

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

All Syracuse grads are part of an extended alumni family, but certain members are actually related. Take Rick ‘86 and Ryan Oddo ’18 for example. In 1986, Rick Oddo earned an electrical engineering degree from the College of Engineering and…

Campus & Community

Gorovitz to Receive SUNY Honorary Degree May 22

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized by the State University of New York (SUNY) for his contributions to medical science. Samuel Gorovitz, professor of philosophy and former dean of Arts and Sciences, will receive…

Arts & Culture

University Singers’ April 30 Performance to Feature Bulgaria Competition Repertoire

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Singers, the most select choral ensemble at the University, will present a concert on Saturday, April 30, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert, which is free and open…

Business & Economy

Do What You Like

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

At a recent career fair in his hometown of Troy, N.Y., Tom Nardacci ’96, advised high school students considering a media career to pursue a liberal arts degree. “It wouldn’t hurt them to take a business course,” he adds. Nardacci,…

Health & Society

Professor Sandra Lane Leads Efforts Linking Public Health Education, Social Determinants of Health

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Michele Barrett

A key to more effective strategies for improving health and healthcare, in particular for underserved individuals and communities, lies in educating current and future health professionals about the social determinants of health. The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies…