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VPA Dean Michael Tick Appointed Treasurer of International Council of Fine Arts Deans
Dean Michael S. Tick of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) was appointed treasurer of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) at the council’s recent annual conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tick, who is serving…
Backstage Names VPA’s Musical Theater Program One of 10 ‘You Should Know’
Backstage has listed the musical theater program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama as one of “Ten Musical Theater College Programs You Should Know.” According to Backstage, the list, which does not numerically rank the…
SYRFILMFEST 2017 Begins Wednesday With Five Days of Film Screenings, Discussions
The 14th annual Syracuse International Film Festival (SYRFILMFEST 2017) opens Wednesday, Oct. 18, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 22, with some three dozen films (including a silent film classic), as well as a filmmakers’ forum and discussions with Syracuse-born actress…
Hiroshima Survivor to Share Her Experience during University Events
School of Architecture Associate Professor Yutaka Sho first met Keiko Ogura in the summer of 2016 in Japan during the SU Abroad travel seminar Design Through a Tourist’s Eye. The seminar focused in part on the way communities remember and…
ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival to Showcase VPA Professor’s Work
Syracuse University and the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have participated in a yearlong process with the Atlantic Coast Conference, partner ACC universities and the Smithsonian Institution to create the first “ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival.”…
Timothy Diem Marches at Head of Athletics Band
Timothy Diem is in his first year as the director of athletic bands and assistant professor of music in the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Previously he spent 16 years at the University…
Sam Van Aken Talks ‘Tree of 40 Fruits’
Association Professor at the College of Visual and Performing Arts Sam Van Aken discusses his work of art, Tree of 40 Fruits, with WTOP. “Even though I grew up in a farming community, grafting had this certain sort of mysticism to it,”…
Setnor School of Music Fall Festival Concert
Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents its first-ever Fall Festival, Thursday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Setnor Auditorium at Crouse College. Come for an evening of music ranging from Elgar to…
Malmgren Series Features Music of Female Composers Oct. 8
Organist Anne Laver and soprano Janet Brown will present a program of sacred music by women composers as part of the 2017-18 season of Hendricks Chapel’s Malmgren Concert Series on Sunday, Oct. 8. The concert, titled “Feminine Voices,” will begin…
Rhetoric at the UN, Similar to The Apprentice?
Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, who is also teaching a class this semester on President Trump and popular culture, is available for comment on the recent speech by President Trump at the United Nations. “It…