Search Results for: ,URS
VPA’s Bradford Vivian to be honored by National Communication Association
The National Communication Association (NCA) has announced that Bradford Vivian, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will receive its James A. Winans-Herber A. Wichlens Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship…
SU students participate in West African Dance Residency with master teacher
On Oct. 4, a select group of SU students who are either members of a multicultural student dance organization, or just dance lovers at heart, began a six-week artist-in-residence program learning traditional West African dance from master teacher Biboti Ouikahilo….
Career Transition Workshop for Displaced Educators scheduled
University College of Syracuse University is hosting a Career Transition Workshop for Displaced Educators on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Genesee Grande Hotel, 1600 E. Genesee St. The cost is $125. Over a dozen different workshops…
‘Presenting Bakelite: the material of a thousand uses,’ an illustrated lecture by Reindert Groot
In conjunction with its ongoing exhibition “Just One Word: Plastics,” the Syracuse University Library will host Dutch producer/photographer and Bakelite expert Reindert Groot, founder of the Amsterdam Bakelite Collection. The presentation will take place in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons at…
VPA announces associate dean appointments
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced two associate dean appointments. The appointments will allow Arthur Jensen, VPA’s senior associate dean of academic affairs and a professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication…
Maxwell School names two Robertson Fellows
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs enters its second year of collaboration with the Robertson Foundation for Government by naming the two newest Robertson Fellows. Laura Alexander of Tamarac, Fla., and Nathan Strand of Gaithersburg, Md., began their…
Syracuse, Colgate University art students present cross-campus exhibition of work
Art students from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and Colgate University will be showcasing the high standards and diversity of their work at galleries on each other’s campuses. For the exhibition “SU @ CU; CU @…
SU’s Ray Smith Symposium explores homosexuality, male culture in Renaissance Italy Oct. 20-21
The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with a mini residency by Italian Renaissance scholar Michael Rocke. Rocke—the Nicky Mariano…
SU professor uncovers potential issues with apps built for Android systems
Wenliang Du, professor of computer science in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), has had his paper accepted to be presented at the 27th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, on potential issues with mobile applications (commonly…
Syracuse University students named to ‘University 100’
University 100 is a highly selective group of student volunteers who work directly with the Chancellor’s Office and the Office of Admissions and serve as ambassadors of Syracuse University. Members represent the ‘best and the brightest’ of the student body…