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Stephen Mahan, Teacher, Mentor and Director of University-based Photography and Literacy Project, Dies
Syracuse University learned the sad news this week that Stephen C. Mahan III, founding director of the University-based Photography and Literacy Project and a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), died in a July 26 vehicular…
Band on the Run: Syracuse University Brass Ensemble Soaks in Spirit of Bluegrass State
When James T. Spencer, director of the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), turned to accept the applause at the 2018 Great American Brass Band Festival (GABBF) in Danville, Kentucky, he joked to himself, “Now what do we do for an…
VPA’s Don Carr Receives Core77 Design Awards Honor for SyracuseCoE Project
Don Carr, professor of design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, received a runner-up honor in the Design Concept category in the 2018 Core77 Design Awards program for the project Amber Waves, an energy harvesting…
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…
Scientists to Host Live Lava Flow Demonstration
What: Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting and displaying explosive activity for more than two weeks. In one of the most recent eruptions, 1,100°C (2000°F) lava was seen gushing from multiple fissures, sending sulfur dioxide, methane gas and flames into the…
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…
Department of Drama Closes Season with ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
The College of Visual and Performing Arts‘ Department of Drama closes the 17/18 season with the monstrously entertaining musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” running May 4-12 in the Arthur Storch Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex, 820 E. Genesee Street,…
MFA Design Degree Candidates to Exhibit ‘Questioning’ at 914Works
Master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degree candidates in design from the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design will exhibit their work in “Questioning” May 1-13 at 914Works, 914 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. An opening reception will be held…
New American All-Stars Music Group to Make Debut Appearance Wednesday
Two-dozen music students from Syracuse University and the Syracuse City School District will collaborate in a rock concert in Setnor Auditorium Wednesday to celebrate the diversity of music in the community. It’s the debut concert of the Music in the…
Setnor School Choral Ensemble Auditions to Be Held April 24-25
The Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will host choral ensemble auditions for the 2018-19 academic year April 24 and 25.