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Arts & Culture

Two Alumni Garner Oscar Nominations

Thursday, January 16, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

March 2, Oscar night, could have a distinctly Orange tint this year. Craig Borten ’87 and Chris Renaud ’89 have been nominated for Academy Awards for their work on two very different films that came out during 2013. Borten was…

Arts & Culture

Giving Peace a Chance


Friday, December 13, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Although the Perpetual Peace Project’s (PPP) coming-out party was the 2010 Syracuse Symposium, Professor Gregg Lambert says the initiative can trace its roots to an event some 13 years earlier in South Africa.

Arts & Culture

Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami Named VPA’s Alpert Visiting Artist

Wednesday, December 11, 2013, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has named independent filmmaker and celebrated director Abbas Kiarostami as its 2014 Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist. Kiarostami will be at Syracuse University Jan. 27-Feb. 7 to conduct a workshop with VPA…

Campus & Community

College of Arts and Sciences’ George Langford Announces Plans to Step Down as Dean

Wednesday, December 11, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Dean of The College of Arts and Sciences, George M. Langford, today announced that he will complete his term as dean on June 30, 2014. Appointed dean in 2008, Langford plans to return to full-time teaching, research and…

STEM

Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute to Dedicate New Laboratory Suite Nov. 8

Tuesday, November 5, 2013, By Rob Enslin

In response to the growing international threat of bioterrorism, the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) in The College of Arts and Sciences has established a state-of-the-art laboratory suite. A dedication ceremony for the facility will be held on…

Campus & Community

Transmedia Visiting Artist Cathy Crane

Monday, November 4, 2013, By News Staff

Transmedia Visiting Artist Cathy Crane will give a talk on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2 pm. in Shemin Auditorium. Crane has been making experimental narrative and documentary films on 16mm for nearly 20 years. She was named a Guggenheim fellow in…

Arts & Culture

November, December 2013 programming for UVP-Everson

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, By News Staff

Urban Video Project and Light Work have announced the exhibition of “Still Raining, Still Dreaming” by experimental filmmaker Phil Solomon at UVP Everson from Nov. 7-Dec. 21. “Still Raining, Still Dreaming” is part of Solomon’s acclaimed “Grand Theft Auto” series,…

Media, Law & Policy

Indian filmmaker Onir to Attend Screening of his Film “I Am”

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University’s South Asia Center, the Newhouse School’s Department of Television, Radio and Film (TRF) and the College of Arts and Sciences’ LGBT Studies program will host a screening of the feature film “I Am” on Monday, Nov. 4, at…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Student Film Honored with Festival Recognition

Friday, October 25, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A film by students in the Newhouse School’s Department of Television, Radio and Film (TRF) was chosen as an official selection to the 2013 Golden Door International Film Festival, held Oct. 10-13 in Jersey City, N.J. The film, titled “The…

Retired Professor H. Daniel Smith Dies

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, By News Staff

H. Daniel Smith (1928-2013), a professor of Hinduism and Asian religions in The College of Arts and Sciences from 1958-1993, died of complications from esophageal cancer on Oct. 1 in Syracuse. Along with the impact he had on SU’s religion…