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Arts & Culture

Hawthorne String Quartet to Perform Free Public Concert

Friday, January 9, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

The Hawthorne String Quartet, comprised of members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will be in residence in Syracuse from Jan. 22-25 for a series of events to promote Holocaust education and public memory. One of the highlights of the quartet’s…

Campus & Community

City of Syracuse Implements Change to Comstock Avenue Parking

Friday, January 9, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Updated Comstock from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. Students and faculty heading back to the Syracuse University campus following the holiday break will notice further changes along Comstock Avenue. On Dec. 23, City of Syracuse work crews made changes to…

STEM

Preview the New Collaborative Classroom

Thursday, January 8, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

The College of Engineering and Computer Science will open a state-of-the-art collaborative classroom this month. Students will work with peers and instructors to explore their class material in ways that aren’t possible in traditional classrooms. In this new space, instructors will design…

Media, Law & Policy

Photography Student Takes Top Honors at Hearst Competition

Wednesday, January 7, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Andrew Renneisen, a multimedia photography and design (MPD) student at the Newhouse School, placed first in the November photojournalism competition of the 2014-2015 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The honor included a $2,600 award. In addition, MPD student Sam Maller placed…

Arts & Culture

Xaviera Simmons Presents Work at Light Work, UVP

Wednesday, January 7, 2015, By Jessica Posner

Light Work and Urban Video Project are presenting “Accumulations” and “Number Sixteen,” concurrent exhibitions featuring the work of multidisciplinary artist Xaviera Simmons. The works within these exhibitions present an artist working with—and through—formal languages of performance, video, sculpture, photography and social and…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Launches ‘2015 Transmedia Annual’ Exhibition

Wednesday, January 7, 2015, By Jessica Posner

Light Work will host the “2015 Transmedia Photography Annual” exhibition, featuring photographs by seniors from the art photography program in the Department of Transmedia within College of Visual and Performing Arts. The exhibition will be on view in the Light…

Syracuse Professor to Discuss Cultural Entrepreneurship at Rochester Symposium Jan. 14

Wednesday, January 7, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is among the presenters at an upcoming arts leadership symposium in Rochester, N.Y. Mark Nerenhausen, professor of practice and founding director of the Janklow Arts Leadership Program, will speak about cultural…

Campus & Community

Getting to Know: Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez looks at the realm of disability in terms of social justice as well as a matter of diversity. “It’s creating a new context around disability as being a positive asset and empowering and engaging students to see disability as a source of where additional strength and skills have been developed and enhanced—literally because they have a disability,” she says.

Arts & Culture

Art Historians Make Publishing Debuts

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

December was a good month for the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) in the College of Arts and Sciences, as two of its assistant professors made their authorial debuts. Luis Castañeda, an expert on urban, visual and design…

STEM

Hemsley’s ‘Going Viral’ Named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine

Monday, January 5, 2015, By J.D. Ross

For the second time in as many months, School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Jeff Hemsley’s book, “Going Viral,” has been recognized with a significant award in the field of scholarly writing. The Association of College & Research Libraries…