Arts & Culture
Humanities Center Explores ‘Hoodoo’ Spirituality March 23
The Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences continues its Spring Symposia series with a celebration of contemporary Hoodoo, an indigenous African American spiritual tradition. Katrina Hazzard Donald, a professor at Rutgers University-Camden, will lead a program titled…
SU Drama Tackles the Bard and Blasphemy in ‘Measure for Measure’
Hypocrites, beware! Such is the matter of this profound and intriguing late comedy by Shakespeare. When Duke Vincentio of Vienna inexplicably hands over power to Lord Angelo, a man of self-professed puritanism, he lays a trap that ensnares the falsely…
Sanford Sternlicht Publishes Book on Iconic Playwright August Wilson
Sanford Sternlicht G’62, professor emeritus of English, is the author of “August Wilson’s Twentieth-Century Cycle Plays: A Reader’s Companion” (Texas Tech University Press, 2015). Described as a “short literary guide” to the iconic playwright, the book is written with teachers,…
University Mourns Loss of Filmmaker Albert Maysles ’49
Albert Maysles ’49 was not one for stealing the spotlight, although much of his career was spent filming those who reveled in it. A graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, Maysles died on March 5 at his home…
Keeping Images Alive: Lecture, Seminar on Caring for Photographs
Conservator Gary Albright will present “The Intensification of Photographs: Observations from Recent Research and Practice,” a lecture and seminar in the Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation focusing on the preservation of historical black and white photographic prints….
Women’s & Gender Studies Professors Garner National, International Honors
Honors continue to roll in for faculty in the Department of Women’s & Gender (WGS) Studies, located in the College of Arts and Sciences. Vivian May, associate professor and chair of WGS, says the latest round of achievements reflect the…
P.A.L. Project Receives Prestigious Grant
The Photography and Literacy Project (P.A.L.) of Syracuse University has received a grant of nearly $27,000 from the the Fay Slover Fund at the Boston Foundation, an organization that bestows grants to seed new organizations or programs within existing organizations…
Phi Beta Sigma Brings Recording Artist August Alsina to Goldstein
The Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. will host its “State of Emergency: Culture for Service” Benefit Concert featuring recording artist August Alsina on Sunday, March 22. Doors at Goldstein Auditorium at Schine Student Center open at…
School of Architecture to Host Symposium on Hip-Hop and Architecture
The School of Architecture will host “Towards a Hip-Hop Architecture,” a two-day symposium exploring the relationship between hip-hop culture and the discipline of architecture, on March 19 and 20 at Slocum Hall. Participants will include historians, theorists, practitioners and others…
‘Sight Specific’ to Be Presented at Light Work
Light Work will present “Sight Specific,” featuring the work of artist Letha Wilson, in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work from March 17 through July 18. Wilson will deliver a formal artist lecture on Tuesday, March 17, at…