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Syracuse Ranks #10 in NACDA Directors’ Cup Winter Standings

Friday, April 22, 2016, By News Staff

Two trips to the Final Four and an 11th-place NCAA Championship showing pushed Syracuse University Athletics to No. 10 nationally in the final release of the winter of the 2015-16 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Learfield Division…

Arts & Culture

VPA Jumps 12 Spots in Latest U.S. News & World Report Graduate Fine Arts Rankings

Friday, April 22, 2016, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has been ranked No. 33 by U.S. News & World Report on its 2017 Best Graduate Schools in Fine Arts list. VPA was previously ranked no. 45 by U.S. News in 2012—the…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Launches Online Proposals for Displays, Exhibitions

Thursday, April 21, 2016, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries has announced the launch of online submissions for SU faculty, staff and student groups to propose displays curated from the University’s encyclopedic art collection. This system will allow a greater audience of students and the…

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Student-Athletes Shine in Classroom

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University produced a single-year score of 990 for the athletic program, equaling the highest single-year score at the school. The multi-year score of 985 was the highest in program history and the highest two-year average was also produced.

Arts & Culture

Two VPA Graduate Students Selected for 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, By Erica Blust

Ozan Atalan and Jeremy Santiago-Horseman were among 87 young artists and artistic duos selected from more than 2,000 applications from more than 80 countries.

Arts & Culture

Wynn Newhouse Awards Exhibition Now Open at Palitz Gallery

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, By Scott McDowell

The ninth annual Wynn Newhouse Awards Exhibition runs through May 14 at Palitz Gallery, located in Syracuse University’s Lubin House at 11 East 61st St., New York City. The exhibition that was created to draw attention to the achievements of…

Arts & Culture

Sharing the True ‘Stories of Syria’ with the World

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, By Erica Blust

After the attacks on Paris last Nov. 13, Andrew Kimmel ’08 made a life-changing decision. He would quit his job as a successful television producer and devote his full attention—and finances—to “Stories of Syria,” a project he conceived after a 2014 visit to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.

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Verbal Blend Hosts Campuswide Student Poetry Slam

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program within the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its annual Take the Mic Poetry Slam on Friday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Schine Underground of Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center….

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President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Speaks at Syracuse University

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, By Gerard McTigue

On Wednesday, April 6, Caryl M. Stern, president and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, visited campus.  Stern’s visit included a talk with a group of campus and community members, hosted by the Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life,…

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Professor Bettye Caldwell Dies; Was Champion for Children’s Care

Tuesday, April 19, 2016, By Michele Barrett

Retired professor of child and family studies Bettye Caldwell passed away on April 17. Her work in the 1960s at the Children’s Center of Syracuse provided the foundation for what became one of the most important components of the Great…