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Outstanding Teaching Assistants Recognized at Graduate School Ceremony
The important work and contributions of teaching assistants were recognized yesterday at a ceremony hosted by the Graduate School. The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award is given to teaching assistants who have demonstrated excellence in the role through activities such as…
Innovative Student Group Designs Inclusive Clothing for Neurodivergent Community
Carolyn Fernandes ’25 remembers walking out of an interview for a design internship that she ended up not getting. She wondered if fidgeting with her nails—a common, repetitive expression of her nervous energy every day—was misconstrued as a sign of…
2025 Raymond von Dran iPrize and Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award Winners Announced
Winners of the 2025 School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship iPrize competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson (HBW) Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award were announced on April 10 at the Blackstone LaunchPad in Bird…
University Announces 2025-26 Remembrance Scholars
Thirty-five students have been chosen as the 2025-26 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships, now in their 36th year, were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the students studying in London and Florence through Syracuse University who were killed…
Jane Austen Returns to Syracuse Stage With Fresh and Fun ‘Sense and Sensibility’
Syracuse Stage continues its 2024/25 season with celebrated actor and playwright Kate Hamill’s whirlwind adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.” Directed by Jason O’Connell, “Sense and Sensibility” will run April 23-May 11 in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage,…
2025 Hult Prize Campus Qualifier Competition
On Feb. 21, five student teams from Syracuse University competed in the 2025 Hult Prize campus qualifier at Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad for a chance to pitch at the Hult Prize national qualifier at the Hult International Business School in Boston,…
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Executive Director Roger Durling ’86 to Deliver 2025 VPA Convocation Address
Roger Durling ’86, executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) in Santa Barbara, California, will deliver the 2025 convocation address to bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) during the…
Designing the Collaborative Classroom of the Future
On the fourth floor of Bird Library sits what Associate Professor of Industrial and Interaction Design Ralf Schneider hopes will be the interactive classroom of the future. Walking by the Digital Scholarship Space (DSS), located in Room 458, this particular…
VPA’s Warehouse Gallery to Present Three-Part M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition ‘Unforeseen’
The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Warehouse Gallery will present “Unforeseen,” a three-part exhibition of thesis work by 32 master of fine arts (M.F.A.) students in the college’s School of Art and Department of Film and Media Arts. Part one…
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Celebrates 50 Years of Artistic and Literary Exploration
For half a century, Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact (POC) has served the University and local communities as a hub for artistic and literary exploration. Two special programs will be held this year in celebration of the organization’s 50th…