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Industrial and Interaction Design Students Take Award-Winning Invention to Next Stage
Quinn King ’20 and Alec Gillinder ’20, industrial and interaction design (IID) majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design, are participating in a “Concept to Commercialization” boot camp as part of the Medical Innovation…
Sondheim’s ‘Into the Woods’ Opens the Department of Drama Season
The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama kicks off the 2018-19 season with Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.” Directed and choreographed by David Lowenstein, with musical direction by Brian Cimmet, the Department of Drama’s production takes a…
Scholar Amber Johnson to Speak on ‘Becoming the Justice Fleet: the Great Shift from Diversity to Radical Inclusion’
Amber Johnson, an award-winning assistant professor of communication and social justice at Saint Louis University and creator of the Justice Fleet, a mobile justice museum that interrogates radical forgiveness, will present “Becoming the Justice Fleet: The Great Shift from Diversity…
Genet Costume Collection Exhibition Re-Examines the Dirndl Skirt
“High on a Hill Is a Lonely Dirndl,” an overview exhibition of Tyrolean-styled dirndl skirts by such designers as Yves Saint Laurent, Victor Costa and Ralph Lauren, will be exhibited through Friday, Oct. 12, in the Sue & Leon Genet…
Singer, Trumpeter Bria Skonberg to Perform, Discuss Career as Part of Setnor Residency
The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will host New York-based Canadian singer, trumpeter and songwriter Bria Skonberg for a three-day residency Sept. 26-28, presented as part of the Setnor…
James Haywood Rolling Jr. Appointed VPA’s Inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
James Haywood Rolling Jr., dual professor of art education and teaching and leadership in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and the School of Education and the chair of art education, has been appointed VPA’s inaugural director of…
College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes Seven New Faculty
Seven new full-time faculty members joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) this fall. Their disciplines span communication and rhetorical studies, computer art and animation, film, industrial and interaction design and music composition. Natalie Draper Setnor School of…
Five Faculty Leaders Begin Yearlong Professional Development Program
With a focus on leadership development among faculty at member institutions, the Academic Consortium of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) formed the Academic Leaders Network (ALN). The goal: to facilitate cross-institutional collaboration among academic leaders while building leadership capacity at…
Syracuse Ranked Among OnStage Blog’s Top 25 Programs for Acting, Musical Theater, Theater Design and Technology
OnStage Blog has ranked Syracuse University on its top 25 lists for bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) degree programs in acting, musical theater and theater design and technology. The ranked programs are housed in the College of Visual and Performing…
Fashion Design Alumnae, Faculty Work Accepted into International Textile and Apparel Conference
Several alumnae and faculty of the fashion design program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design had their work accepted into the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Conference, to be held Nov. 6-9 in Cleveland….