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Arts & Culture

VPA International Graduate Students Show Work at XL Projects

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By Erica Blust

International graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are presenting the exhibition “Synchronized Mélange” Jan. 30-March 3 at XL Projects, 307–313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. The show is free and open to the public. A reception…

Arts & Culture

A vote for Syracuse Poster Project—and local artists and poets

Tuesday, December 18, 2012, By News Staff

In 1992, the City of Syracuse received a federal grant for downtown renovations that included the installation of large-scale poster kiosks. Syracuse resident Jim Emmons, like many others, was excited about the prospect of having quality art in downtown, but was disappointed to find out-of-date event posters, if anything at all, inside the displays.

STEM

Video: Final project for engineering students means breaking bridges

Friday, December 7, 2012, By Keith Kobland

Professor Sam Clemence is putting plenty of faith in his students. As part of the final project for his ECS 101 class, Clemence walks, very slowly, on top of their final projects. He hopes they don’t break. That’s because these…

Arts & Culture

Four artists question time, space in ‘Transitive Flux’ at XL Projects

Thursday, December 6, 2012, By Erica Blust

XL Projects, part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), presents the exhibition “Transitive Flux,” a conversation about the location of thoughts and objects on the transitional plane. The four-person exhibition is the work of Rebecca Aloisio, Michael…

Campus & Community

Who Are You? postcard project

Monday, November 26, 2012, By News Staff

On Nov. 27-29, the STOP Bias initiative out of the Division of Student Affairs, is collecting brief anonymous statements from students answering the question, “Who are you?” As an institution that sees value in a community of diverse scholars, and…

STEM

Project ENABLE launches training website for school librarians to better serve students with disabilities

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By News Staff

Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access by Librarians Everywhere) has launched a training website, made possible by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services. Librarians and other educators can freely access the self-paced…

Health & Society

Many projects around campus are educating students on food issues

Thursday, November 8, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

What does a sustainable food system look like? Students in many disciplines across the Syracuse University campus are working on educating the University community about such issues as hunger, food justice, local food sources and nutrition.

Arts & Culture

Student-faculty projects draw international spotlight

Friday, November 2, 2012, By Carol Boll

When architecture professor Anda French looks at downtown Syracuse, she sees more than a city; she sees a studio for creating spontaneous stories and generating interactive conversations.

Arts & Culture

New group exhibition at XL Projects explores notion of the habitual

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By Erica Blust

“Habitual” includes work by City Meditation Crew and VPA students Emily Dunlap, Lily Fein, Nicholas Krapf, Cayla Lockwood, Joel Weissman and Jian Zhong.

STEM

Featured video: Lava project

Tuesday, October 16, 2012, By News Staff

There are few places in the world to watch a flowing stream of lava. Hawaii and Iceland come to mind. Add Syracuse to the list. Okay, there hasn’t been a volcanic eruption here lately, but outside of the Comstock Art…