Arts & Culture
Special Collections Research Center Awards Two Faculty Fellows Grants for 2025-26
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) recently awarded its two Faculty Fellows grants for the 2025-26 academic year. Arun Brahmbhatt, assistant professor in the Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Zeke Leonard, associate…
Syracuse Stage Announces Reading of Classic Comedy ‘Harvey’
Syracuse Stage will hold a reading of Mary Chase’s classic comedy “Harvey,” directed by associate artistic director Melissa Crespo and featuring a cast comprised entirely of local actors, including Syracuse University Department of Drama faculty members and Syracuse Stage artistic…
Architecture Professor Featured in Cooper Hewitt Triennial
A Syracuse University professor in the School of Architecture is a featured architect in the exhibition “Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial” at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York City. Distinguished Professor Lori Brown and her collaborators, Trish Cafferky…
Syracuse Stage Welcomes 2025 With ‘Primary Trust’
Syracuse Stage welcomes the new year with playwright Eboni Booth’s “Primary Trust,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about best friends, new beginnings and the undeniable power of everyday kindness. Directed by Syracuse Stage Associate Artistic Director Melissa Crespo (“Once,” “What the…
Light Work Presents ‘Mater Si, Magistra No’ and the 2025 B.F.A. Art Photography Annual
Light Work will present “Mater si, magistra no,” a solo exhibition by Nabil Harb, through April 25 in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery, 316 Waverly Ave. in Syracuse. An opening reception will take place in on Thursday, Jan. 23, from…
Art Museum Spring Exhibitions Feature Works Curated by Faculty
Two spring-semester exhibitions at the Syracuse University Art Museum will feature works curated by three faculty members. “Faculty Fellows Curate” features the work of 2024-25 Syracuse University Art Museum Faculty Fellows Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, associate professor of communication and rhetorical…
First-Ever Ad Campaigns Yield Communication Arts Student Showcase Awards
Communication Arts is one of the top publications for visual communications worldwide. Each year, the magazine honors students with Communication Arts Student Showcase Awards for outstanding advertising, design, photography or illustration work. The winners are selected based on their unique…
From Pages to Stages: Arts and Sciences Author Writes Vogue Cover Story, Inspires New Opera
The work of acclaimed writer and professor of English Dana Spiotta is taking center stage this December and January. The bestselling author wrote the cover story for December’s issue of Vogue, and her novel, “Eat the Document,” has been adapted…
Whitman Offers Florence Educational Tourism Experience This Summer
The Whitman School of Management will host an executive educational tourism experience, “Discover Florence: A Gastronomic and Cultural Odyssey,” during the summer of 2025. The edu-tourism experience will run from June 26 to July 4, 2025, and is open to interested…
Becoming Cinderella: Junior Madison Manning Takes the Lead in the Drama, Syracuse Stage Production
Madison Manning, a junior musical theater major, stepped into an iconic pair of shoes for her lead role in “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” co-produced by Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts….