Arts & Culture
Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF Team Earns Honorable Mention in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge
A team of students from Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) has placed among the top in this year’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, a collegiate competition that inspires student teams…
Read Top Undergraduate Writing in ‘Intertext’
The Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition has released the 2020 edition of the student-run magazine, “Intertext.” The publication, completed by students working remotely due to COVID-19, features stories written by students enrolled in various WRT courses. The project…
Students Update Indigenous Artists’ Wikipedia Entries
Have you ever scrolled through a Wikipedia page and wondered who wrote the information and if it is accurate? The content for this free online encyclopedia is written collaboratively by the people who use it, making reliability dependent upon its…
Light Work Announces 46th Annual Grants in Photography
Light Work has announced the 46th Annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2020 recipients are Ben Cleeton, Christine Elfman and Hans Gindlesberger. Courtney Asztalos and Rachel Guardiola received honorable mention recognition. The Light Work Grants in Photography are part…
Fashion Design Students Impress Renowned British Designer Elizabeth Emanuel with Innovative Takes on Marie Antoinette
When U.K.-based fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel began posting design challenges on Instagram to spark creativity during this time of social distancing, Jeffrey Mayer, professor of fashion design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, was hit…
David Maynard Wins Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award
David Maynard, a graduate student in the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), was selected as the 2020 winner of the prestigious Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award. On May 7, A&S…
Libraries’ Chief Curator to Participate in Shakespeare Birthday Event
Colleen Theisen, Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center’s chief curator of exhibitions, programs and education, is participating in the Folger Shakespeare Library’s virtual birth/death day event in honor of William Shakespeare, Thursday, April 23, 2020. The event takes place…
Five School of Architecture Alumni Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently elevated member-architects, including five School of Architecture alumni, to its prestigious College of Fellows. Yanel de Angel Salas (M.Arch ’99), Kenneth J. Jandura (B.Arch ’76), Vivian Lee (M.Arch ’95), Sara Lopergolo (B.Arch ’89)…
Chronicling the ‘Pause’ in Arts and Culture
It was the Friday before spring break, and Jim Shahin, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School, was driving from Syracuse to join his wife at their home in Washington, D.C. The call from his…
Although Physically Apart, Hendricks Chapel Choir, Setnor Sonority Come Together to Create Virtual Performances
When the Spring 2020 semester began, choirs and ensembles around the Syracuse University campus started working on the pieces they planned to perform during spring concerts. It takes weeks and weeks of preparation and practice to get the concerts—and the…