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Campus & Community

UVP Features ‘Between Species’

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Anneka Herre

Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work, in collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art, are hosting the group show “Between Species” Feb. 11-March 26. The exhibition will take place at UVP’s outdoor architectural projection venue at the…

Arts & Culture

Imagining America Brings Renowned Prison Arts Practitioners for Film Screenings, Workshops

Wednesday, February 3, 2016, By Holly Zahn

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life welcomes internationally renowned prison arts practitioners Curt Tofteland (founder, Shakespeare Behind Bars, USA) and Tom Magill (founder, Educational Shakespeare Co. Ireland) for a weekend of film screenings and workshops focusing on arts…

Arts & Culture

Caribbean Cinematic Festival Explores Film, Culture of Caribbean Diaspora

Thursday, January 28, 2016, By News Staff

Community Folk Art Center’s annual Caribbean Cinematic Festival (CCF), to be held Feb. 4-7, will showcase films and performances capturing the spirit and cultural richness of the Caribbean. The four-day festival will highlight cultural contributions as well as address polarizing…

Campus & Community

Screening of Climate Change Documentary ‘This Changes Everything’

Wednesday, January 27, 2016, By News Staff

The Sustainability Division and the Students of Sustainability will sponsor a free screening of the environmental documentary “This Changes Everything” on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater. The climate film is narrated and inspired by the international…

Media, Law & Policy

Disability Law & Policy Program Marks 10th Anniversary with Spring Lecture Series

Wednesday, January 27, 2016, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law’s Disability Law & Policy Program is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a Spring Lecture Series. The series will bring to campus six noted experts in domestic and international disability rights law and policy. Sue…

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center Announces Ambitious Spring Lineup

Tuesday, January 26, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center, based in the College of Arts and Sciences, announces its most ambitious spring lineup to date, supporting more than 30 events and activities taking place between Jan. 29 and April 20. Click here for the…

Arts & Culture

Perpetual Peace Project Expands Global Footprint

Monday, January 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Perpetual Peace Project (PPP)—a multilateral curatorial program, co-founded by Syracuse University—has announced two new initiatives, exploring the possibilities of world peace from a humanistic perspective. The first initiative involves the Centre for the Humanities at Utrecht University (UU) in…

Arts & Culture

Film Student Inspired by Human Connection

Wednesday, December 16, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

While attending college in her home country of Romania, Ioana Turcan G’17 befriended a family of cemetery caretakers. A close-knit group, they welcome her for weekend visits and holidays. They are also Roma. Turcan spent a year documenting them for her film.

Arts & Culture

Tom Mason ’01 Teams with Ken Burns for Short Film on Professor, Author George Saunders

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, By Emily Kulkus

It all came down to just seven minutes. Two hours of interviews, hours upon hours of pre- and post-production—including intricate theatrical staging, lighting and a professional puppeteer—and at least four months of editing. Then a green light from legendary documentary…

STEM

Professor Works on Innovations in Window Efficiencies

Monday, November 23, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Eric Schiff wants to see innovative ways to retrofit single-pane windows to make them more efficient. As a program director at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, he is leading an effort to make that happen.