Arts & Culture
Sport Analytics Students Visit Italy for First-Hand Look at How Data is Revolutionizing Soccer
Soccer–or football as it’s known outside the United States–is the world’s most popular sport. Analytics is the sport industry’s most popular tool as it’s transforming every aspect of the game, from player performance and team strategy to fan engagement and…
Albert Williamson-Taylor Named School of Architecture Convocation Speaker
The School of Architecture has announced that world-renowned engineer Albert Williamson-Taylor, director and co-founder of international engineering firm AKT II, will address graduates at the 2024 Convocation ceremony on May 11 at 10 a.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Williamson-Taylor grew up…
Professor Receives Fulbright Award to Teach and Research in Slovakia
Genealogy websites like Ancestry.com are a popular way for individuals to trace and preserve their family histories. Before this information was widely accessible via the web, people would often learn about their past through stories passed down from older generations….
‘The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre)’ Closes Out Department of Drama 2023-24 Season
The Syracuse University Department of Drama concludes the 2023-24 season with “The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre),” by Meg Miroshnik. Directed by Celia Madeoy, performances of “The Droll” will be held April 19-28 in the Storch…
5 Students Receive Prestigious Critical Language Scholarship
Five Syracuse University students have been selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study this summer. The recipients and the languages they will study are: Christian Bevilacqua ’24, a…
LaCasita Hosting Youth Arts Education Program Showcase April 19
Exhibits of comic book and film art, along with dance, music and song performances, will highlight the talents and creativity of young artists at this year’s Young Art/Arte Joven showcase at La Casita Cultural Center. The work of nearly 40…
Graduate Music Students Receive Grant to Compose, Perform New Work for Organ
A composer-organist pair of graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music received a $1,000 grant from the American Guild of Organists (AGO) to compose and perform a…
Other Ways of Seeing: Understanding Ecology and Climate Through Art
Helping students of all ages understand and respond to the implications of the climate crisis, and to think ecologically, is complicated and requires an innovative and collaborative approach. That’s why Mike Goode, professor of English in the College of Arts and…
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera to Kick Off ‘Cruel April’ Poetry Series
As a “natural wonderer, dreamer, traveler… mega listener…and only child,” poet Juan Felipe Herrera grew up in California’s San Joaquín and Salinas Valleys “listening to everything and everyone,” he says, and those habits led him “to the magical lands of…
‘Touch(ed)’ Continues Department of Drama’s 2023-24 Season
The Syracuse University Department of Drama continues the 2023-24 season with “Touch(ed)”, a darkly comic drama about sisterhood, mental health and the realistic limits of love from Tony Award-nominated playwright Bess Wohl (“Grand Horizons”). Directed by Christine Albright-Tufts, performances of…