Arts & Culture
‘carry the wait’ Exhibition Celebrates and Honors Black Women and the Black Experience
During the month of February, the Syracuse University campus community comes together to celebrate Black History Month. In March, the attention shifts to celebrating Women’s History Month on campus. But in the third week of January, thanks to the visionary…
Illustration Student, Committed to Celebrating Black Artists, Invites Campus to 119 Euclid Artwalk
Illustration major Bryanna Hull ’22 wants to give Black student artists a platform to showcase their important work—and to give the campus community a chance to discover those artists and start conversations around their artwork. Her efforts led to the…
Department of Drama Announces Comedy-Drama ‘Sender’ Feb. 18-27
The Syracuse University Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents the authentically compassionate story of “Sender,” written by Ike Holter. This whip-smart comedy-drama begs the audience to ponder what it means to reach adulthood and…
Professor Awarded Honorary Doctorate for Contributions to Linguistic Theory, Turkish Linguistics
Jaklin Kornfilt, professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL), was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Cyprus for her contributions to theoretical and Turkish linguistics. The honorary doctorate is the highest honor conferred by the…
Forget the Big Game … Let’s Talk Halftime Show!
There are those who watch the Super Bowl for the football game. There are those who watch the Super Bowl for the ads. And then, there are those that watch the Super Bowl for the halftime show. Michelle Santosuosso, a…
Communications Design Students Win in Graphic Design USA Competition
Twelve members of the communications design (CMD) Class of 2021 in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design were named winners in Graphic Design USA’s (GDUSA) 2021 American Graphic Design Awards. Jane Ciminera, Liran Federmann, Brie Flewelling,…
Setnor School of Music Announces Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest Winner
Keane Southard, a Ph.D. candidate in composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, has been announced as winner of the 2021 Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules…
Architecture Student Wins 2021 SOM Foundation’s Wesley Award
Xiluva Mbungela ’24 (B.Arch.), a third-year student in the School of Architecture, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Robert L. Wesley Award from the SOM Foundation. Named in honor of the first Black partner at SOM, the award…
‘Someone Falls Overboard’: University Professor Stephen Kuusisto Co-Authors Book of Pandemic Poetry
Setting the scene … It’s spring of 2020. The world has been shut down for a period of weeks or months (you stopped keeping track at some point). You are living with a disability—perhaps you’re blind or you have a…
Artist Xuan Liu’s Works on Display as Syracuse University Libraries Debuts New Biblio Gallery Exhibition
Artist Xuan Liu’s works on printmaking, watercolor, digital painting and mixed media are on display through Feb. 25 as part of Syracuse University Libraries’ new Biblio Gallery exhibition, on the fourth floor of Bird Library. “My work shows a mysterious,…