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VPA Announces New Drama Department Chair

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has appointed Eleanor Holdridge as the new chair of the Department of Drama effective July 1. Holdridge comes

July 1, 2025 | Arts & Humanities

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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

April 3, 2025 | Campus & Community

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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

March 21, 2025 | Arts & Humanities

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Drama Department to Remember Christina “Elise” Wobbe ’28 March 2

The Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will host a Celebration of Life in remembrance of first-year musical theater

Feb. 26, 2025 | Campus & Community

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College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2025 VPA Scholars

Twelve seniors in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars

Feb. 19, 2025 | Campus & Community

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School of Design Professor Uses Biology to Design for the Future

Inspired by natural forms, processes and systems, Yves Michel, a professor of practice in industrial and interaction design in the School of Design in the

Feb. 12, 2025 | Arts & Humanities

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VPA Inaugurates New Warehouse Gallery With ‘Overture: 2025 Faculty Survey’

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) at Syracuse University will inaugurate its new Warehouse Gallery with an exhibition celebrating the work of its

Jan. 31, 2025 | Arts & Humanities

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VPA Professor Charles E. Morris III to Receive Inaugural New Horizons Award

Charles E. Morris III, professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and affiliated professor of lesbian, gay,

Oct. 23, 2024 | Campus & Community

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Drama Alumnus Aaron Sorkin ’83, H’12 Receives National Humanities Medal From President Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68

Award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin ’83, H’12 received the 2023 National Humanities Medal from President Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68 at a White

Oct. 22, 2024 | Arts & Humanities

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VPA’s Sayler Named 2024 JGS Fellowship for Photography Recipient

Susannah Sayler, associate professor of art photography in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Film and Media Arts, is one of five

Oct. 17, 2024 | Arts & Humanities

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Museum Studies Program Receives Funding from Fisher Price for Major Digitization Project

The museum studies program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design has received a $28,000 grant from Buffalo-based Fisher-Price, Inc. to

July 1, 2024 | Arts & Humanities

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Drama Department Ranked Among The Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Best Drama Schools in the World

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) has ranked the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama among the 25 best drama schools in the world

June 25, 2024 | Arts & Humanities

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Carnegie Hall Chief Marketing Officer Sara Villagio ’04 Named VPA Convocation Speaker

Sara Villagio ’04, Carnegie Hall’s chief marketing officer, will deliver the convocation address to bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates of Syracuse University’s College of Visual

April 26, 2024 | Campus & Community

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College of Visual and Performing Arts Presents ‘Unsettled, Unbridled, Unbound,’ the 2024 M.F.A. Exhibition

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is pleased to announce the exhibition “Unsettled, Unbridled, Unbound,” featuring the work of 38 artists completing their

March 28, 2024 | Arts & Humanities

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College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2024 VPA Scholars

Twelve seniors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program

Feb. 18, 2024 | Arts & Humanities

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Setnor School of Music Announces 2023 Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest Winner

Patrick Vu, a master’s candidate in choral conducting at Texas Tech University, has been announced as winner of the 2023 Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest

Feb. 15, 2024 | Arts & Humanities

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Film Professor Receives Creative Capital Award for Documentary Feature

Experimental filmmaker and animator Kelly Gallagher, an associate professor of film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Film and Media Arts,

Feb. 1, 2024 | Arts & Humanities

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VPA Design Professor Named ‘Educator to Watch’ by Graphic Design USA

Meri Page, an assistant professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, was named an “Educator to Watch”

Dec. 11, 2023 | Arts & Humanities

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