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VPA’s New Turner Semester Focuses on Artistic Professional Practice
Artistic professional practice and engagement with contemporary artists and curators in the culturally rich setting of Los Angeles is the focus of the Turner Semester, the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) newest immersion experience. Funded through a gift…
Learning to the Beat
On a cold January morning, a sizzling percussive rhythm echoed from the depths of the Hall of Languages. Students in Professor Carol Babiracki’s “Intro to World Music” class were treated to a vibrant African drumming and dance workshop, led by…
Architecture Students Blend Safety, Community Spaces for Church
When Freedom by Design took on the task to create a handicap-accessible ramp at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, they decided to expand on the concept. Students are constructing the ramp, along with a shelter, outdoor storage and community spaces.
Assessment Team Recommends Accreditation for Department of Public Safety
Following a thorough assessment of the department’s policies, procedures, management, operations and support services, a team of assessors for the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) returned to their headquarters with a strong recommendation in support of the…
SU Press Book ‘Disability Rhetoric’ Wins PROSE Award
Syracuse University Press title “Disability Rhetoric” by Jay Timothy Dolmage won a 2015 PROSE Award in the Language and Linguistics category. Dolmage is associate professor of English at the University of Waterloo and founding editor of the Canadian Journal of…
Librarian Barbara Opar receives Association of Architecture School Librarians Award
Syracuse University Librarian Barbara Opar has been awarded the 2015 Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Architecture School Librarians (AASL). The annual award recognizes an individual member of the library profession who has, over a significant period of time,…
Boroujerdi Appointed as Faculty Fellow for Internationalization
Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy announced today that she has appointed Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor and chair of political science in the Maxwell School, to serve as a Provost’s Faculty Fellow with a focus on strengthening internationalization. It is…
Shoemaker to Receive Prestigious Paul J. Deutschmann Award
Pamela Shoemaker, the John Ben Snow Professor at the Newhouse School, has been honored with the prestigious Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The award recognizes a…
Clothing Drive Fills Unmet Need in Local Transgender Community
Table after table lined with hundreds of donated shirts, pants, sweaters, skirts, jackets and other clothing items were visible in one Peck Hall classroom because marriage and family therapy (MFT) graduate students Amy Goss and Megan O’Brien recognized an unmet…
CFS Doctoral Student, Professor Get Grant to Study Racial-Ethnic Socialization in Children
Child and family studies doctoral student Kimberly Davidson and Jaipaul Roopnarine, the Jack Reilly Endowed Professor of Child and Family Studies and director of the Reilly Institute for Early Childhood and Provider Education, have received a $25,000 grant from the…