Arts & Culture
Syracuse Stage Announces New Director of Community Engagement and Education
Joann Maria Yarrow has been appointed to the newly created position of director of community engagement and education at Syracuse Stage. Yarrow is scheduled to begin shortly before the start of the 2018/2019 season. With more than 30 years’ experience…
Museum Studies Graduate Student Selected for Baseball Hall of Fame Summer Internship
Lily Brandt G’19, a graduate museum studies student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, is one of 19 college students interning at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, this summer as part…
Minna Citron Exhibition at Palitz Gallery Includes Works Never Before Exhibited
The Palitz Gallery presents “Accidental, Elemental, Abstraction: Minna Citron” now on view at the Palitz Gallery, located in Syracuse University’s Lubin House at 11 E. 61st St., New York City. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with…
Light Work 2019 Artist-in-Residence Application Due July 1
The Light Work 2019 Artist-in-Residence application deadline, July 1 at 11:59 p.m., is fast approaching. Have you applied? Each year Light Work invites 12-15 artists to participate in its residency program, including one artist co-sponsored by Autograph ABP and one…
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ to Be Shown on the Quad
University College Presents “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” this Friday, June 8, on the Quad. The movie will begin at 9 p.m. and is free and open to all students, staff, faculty and families. Show your SU I.D. to receive…
Winning Dress by Fashion Design Senior Unveiled by Ashley Stewart and Supermodel Emme ’85
A dress design by Courtney Capazzi ’18, a fashion design major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design, is now available for purchase thanks to retailer Ashley Stewart, the leading plus-size fashion and social commerce…
Yates-Richard Wins Ford Foundation Fellowship
Meina Yates-Richard, assistant professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a Ford Foundation Fellowship for the 2018-19 academic year. The post-doctoral fellowship was awarded as part of a national competition to provide one year’s research…
Advancing Discovery: Faculty Research in the Humanities—Part IV
“Democratization” and “internationalization” are not just fancy buzzwords; they are the stuff of a new breed of humanists, committed to making knowledge more open, inclusive and democratic. At Syracuse, this quest plays out daily on multiple stages—from Syracuse Symposium to…
Advancing Discovery: Faculty Research in the Humanities—Part III
“I’ve always found this hostility to be kind of ridiculous,” says historian Geoffrey C. Ward, referring to the false silos that can form between members of the Ivory Tower and the lay public—and even among professors, themselves. Known for his…
Advancing Discovery: Faculty Research in the Humanities—Part II
Scholars have long debated the relationship between science and the humanities. Some say the differences are cultural, citing the tendency of scientists to focus on questions with clear, definite answers and of humanists to concentrate on the questions themselves—the more…