Arts & Culture
Discovering Intersectionality and Celebrating Hope with Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month
The campus community is invited to the annual celebration of Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month (LHHM), celebrated nationally between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15. Hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) in close partnership with the LGBTQ Resource Center and…
School of Architecture Announces Fall 2021 Visiting Critics
Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Three studios will be held on campus this fall. The School of Architecture is also offering…
Linguistics Professor Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
The proliferation of politically powerful languages like English and Hausa in African countries like Nigeria has come to threaten many of the over 500 languages spoken throughout the country. Christopher Green, assistant professor of linguistics, seeks to describe and document…
‘Each One Inspired: Haudenosaunee Art Across the Homelands’ Now on View at Syracuse University Art Museum
A new exhibition is now on view at Syracuse University Art Museum featuring more than 52 contemporary artworks by Indigenous artists from all six Haudenosaunee Nations across what is now New York. The exhibition takes a closer look at the…
VPA Welcomes New Full-Time Faculty
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) welcomed 10 new full-time faculty members for the 2021-22 academic year. Gabrielle Demeestère joins the Department of Transmedia as an assistant teaching professor of film and will teach screenwriting and directing. Born…
Postdoctoral Researcher Margaret Innes Awarded ACLS Fellowship for Research on Radical Labor Press Photography
Have you ever tweeted or posted on Facebook about a political or social issue? If so, you are part of the more than 50% of Americans who report being civically active through social media, according to a 2018 study by…
Point of Contact Gallery Announces the Opening of ‘Noli Me Tangere’ by Artist Kelvin Burzon
“Noli Me Tangere,” an exhibition by artist Kelvin Burzon, will be on view Aug. 30-Dec. 10 at Point of Contact Gallery. Admission is free and open to the public Mon.-Fri., noon-5 p.m. or by appointment, with proper social distancing and…
Why Rhetoric Matters in Academia and Beyond
It is not uncommon to hear the dismissive phrase, “Oh, that’s just rhetoric!” Its use—usually lobbed as an insult—suggests that rhetoric is simply a collection of empty phrases. But the importance of rhetoric and rhetorical studies—especially at Syracuse University and…
Jabberwocky Murals Installed in Bird Library
Visitors to the lower level of Bird Library can get a sense of what it might have been like to step into the former campus music venue Jabberwocky, which operated in the Kimmel basement from 1969-85. Original murals from Jabberwocky…
A&S Professor Scott Manning Stevens Awarded a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
In Native American cultures, it is customary to use vivid narratives to pass down traditions, life lessons and rituals. Future generations learn the ways of their ancestors through oral storytelling. While this has preserved customs among their communities, Scott Manning…