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Arts & Culture

Vanessa Williams Performance Supports Scholarship for Black and Latino Students

Monday, March 18, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Advancement is hosting a benefit concert featuring award-winning singer and stage, television and film actress Vanessa Williams ’85 on Wednesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research…

STEM

NIH Awards Syracuse University Grant to Prevent Catheter-Associated Infections

Friday, March 8, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

Urinary catheters are commonly used during surgery and in patients who cannot otherwise control urination. Unfortunately, patients who need long-term catheterization tend to experience blockages and urinary tract infections caused by bacteria that cling to the catheter. Even patients that…

Media, Law & Policy

Media Exec and Producer Doug Robinson ’85 to Deliver Keynote Address at Newhouse Convocation Ceremony

Thursday, March 7, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Alumnus Doug Robinson ’85, founder of DRP Doug Robinson Productions, will deliver the keynote address at the 2019 Newhouse Convocation Ceremony May 11. The ceremony, which will be streamed live at commencement.syr.edu, will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Carrier…

Media, Law & Policy

Conversation on Race and Entertainment to be held March 28 at Newhouse

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School will host the 18th Annual Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media on Thursday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. Dana Gills, director of production and development at Lionsgate, will discuss her…

Arts & Culture

Classic Tales, World and East Coast Premieres and Bright New Plays Meet in Syracuse Stage’s 2019-20 Season

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage announced the six shows that will make up the 2019-20 subscription season: “Twelve Angry Men,” “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” “The Wolves,” “Amadeus,” “Once” and the East Coast premiere of “Yoga Play.”  The subscription season runs Oct. 9,…

Campus & Community

Office of Multicultural Advancement Announces Members of New Advisory Council

Friday, February 22, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Advancement (formerly the Office of Program Development) in the Division of Advancement and External Affairs has created a 25-person alumni advisory council to further the office’s mission in fostering diverse alumni involvement with the University…

Arts & Culture

VPA Professor Receives Early Career Award for Exceptional Scholarly Ability

Thursday, February 21, 2019, By Erica Blust

Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, assistant teaching professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS), is the recipient of the 2019 Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Award from the Southern States Communication Association (SSCA)….

Health & Society

Education Through Theater Arts: How VPA’s Stephen Cross Helps Local Medical Residents Communicate

Thursday, February 21, 2019, By Paula Meseroll

“My role is the guy who brings the arts into the science room,” says Stephen Cross, associate professor of acting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama, of his collaborative efforts with Upstate Medical University and…

Campus & Community

Burton Blatt Institute’s Multimedia (Dis)courses Series Launches March 7

Thursday, February 21, 2019, By Robert Conrad

On March 7, the Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach, in collaboration with the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will present the first event in a new series that showcases disability literature, media and…

Campus & Community

English Language Institute Helps Prepare Military for Mission in East Africa

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Eileen Jevis

Syracuse University’s English Language Institute (ELI) met with five soldiers from the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion in Syracuse to help them prepare for a yearlong civil affairs mission in East Africa. Civil affairs officers use their expertise, language competency, political-military…