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December 05, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence announces finalists in the Academic Excellence Award
SU Florence has announced the fourteen recipients of this semester’s Academic Excellence Award, in the categories of Outstanding Students—for the Volunteer Program, the Internship Program, and the Lettore per il Giorno, as well as for the prestigious Coluccio Salutati Award.
November 28, 2008 - See related photostrip
The Speaking Hand: Gesture in Italian Art
With such an intriguing title, interest is running high for this year’s
symposium by the Syracuse University Graduate Candidates for the Master’s
Degree in Fine Arts..
November 21, 2008 - See related photostrip
Plans for opera progress full-scale
Singers for the lead character roles have been chosen from SU’s Setnor
School of Music and the Italian music school Il Trillo. Costume designer
Marina Turova is churning out preliminary sketches. Choreographer Keith
Ferrone of the Florence Dance Company promises fantastic choreography for
the production. Mattineé opera performances are sold out, with
much demand for a fifth performance by local area schools. In short, plans
are in full swing for the production of The Enchanted Dragon,
SUF’s world-premiere children’s opera to be staged in April
2009 in Florence, Italy, at the Saloncino of Teatro della Pergola.
November 14, 2008 - See related photostrip
SUF Director’s research leads to symposium and exhibit
Imagine working as an artist at the dawn of the Renaissance. As the old
and familiar Gothic traditions fade into twilight, innovations, such as
those introduced by Masaccio, emerge on the horizon. The late 14th century
Florentine artist Tommaso del Mazza lived and worked at such a time. SUF
Director Barbara Deimling was the keynote speaker at Bob Jones University
Art Gallery (BJU) for the symposium Tommaso del Mazza and the Florentine
Tradition, the first ever by any museum to feature the artist’s
works.
A call for excellence: professors
submit selected student nominees for Coluccio Salutati Prize
Faculty members have submitted their nominees for
SUF’s Coluccio Salutati Prize, a merit award for undergraduate and
graduate students intended to recognize those who have aspired to the highest
level of integration into the Italian culture, as well as those who have
demonstrated academic achievement through their performance in class.
November 7, 2008 - See related photostrip
Spring 2009 reflects rising
interest in SU Florence Options II and III programs
The Spring 2009 semester will see seventeen new candidates for the Option
II program at SU Florence, students who have decided to expand their study
abroad experience to include full immersion at the Centro di Cultura
per Stranieri. Four of these students will also register for SUF’s
Option III program and will study at the University of Florence, alongside
their Italian peers, Humanities or Political Sciences.
October 31, 2008 - See related photostrip
A monumental collaboration in support of legality
As the result of an extraordinary, first-time agreement between Syracuse
University in Florence and the Direction of the Regional Office of Academic
Affairs for Tuscany, SU Florence studio arts students will work with Italian
students to ideate and build a monument against illegality and, at the
same time, in memory of the victims of the 1993 Mafia bombing which took
the lives of five people in via dei Georgofili, Florence, Italy. The project
was presented to the public during a conference, covered by national press,
held in October at Syracuse University in Florence.
October 24, 2008 - See related photostrip
Serious fun: newest SUF volunteer initiative is making dolls
SUF’s newest volunteer opportunity is proof that you never know where
life will take you. SU Florence student Ashley Poulsin recently participated
in the Rehabilitation through Creativity volunteer program, a collaboration
with a local organization in an initiative that brings hope and comfort
to inmates in the women’s prison through a doll-making laboratory.
October 17, 2008 - See related photostrip
New research discoveries highlight
SUF conference Herbert Horne’s Botticelli: The Scholar and
the Painter
“People often ask, ‘is there still anything new to say about
Botticelli?’” said SU Florence Professor Jonathan Nelson during
his presentation at the conference Herbert Horne’s Botticelli:
The Scholar and the Painter, organized by Harvard University’s
Villa I Tatti, the Fondazione Herbert P. Horne, and Syracuse University
in Florence to commemorate the centennial of Horne’s revered monograph
on the artist Sandro Botticelli.
October 10, 2008 - See related photostrip
Bringing election coverage closer
to the SU Florence campus
This is an extraordinary presidential election at an extraordinary time. SU
Florence has invited Roberto D’Alimonte, from the University of Florence,
to present a lecture on the latest developments in the U.S. presidential
elections.
Option II students begin full
immersion in language and culture
October marked the beginning of a second, important part of the study-abroad
experience for nine SUF students as they began Option II, SUF’s intensive
language program at the Centro per Stranieri, a special department
of the University of Florence.
October 3, 2008 - See related photostrip
The Fresh Factor: first-year students energize study abroad through
Discovery Florence
Curious. Brash. Energetic. Bright. Courageous. Eight freshmen students
from SU College of Arts and Sciences have begun their academic career not
on the home campus, but in Florence, Italy through the SU Florence signature
program Discovery Florence (DF).
Ready, set, SWAP: an exchange exhibit celebrates SUF’s partnership
with Gettysburg College
SWAP: Selected Works by Art Professors, an exchange exhibit with
Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, is set to open at the SUF Art Gallery
on Syracuse University’s Florence campus. From October 8-November
1, 2008 the artwork of Gettysburg faculty will be exhibited.
September 26, 2008 - See related photostrip
The design of battle: joint inaugural lecture by SUF and SU School
of Architecture
Two years before his death in 1580, Palladio produced forty-two plates
for an illustrated edition of a celebrated ancient Greek text: The Histories
by Polybius. Palladio’s edition was never published and for centuries
was believed to have been lost. The recent discovery in the British Library
by Dr. Guido Beltramini, director of the Centro Internazionale di Studi
di Architettura Andrea Palladio a Vicenza, of a final draft prepared
by Palladio for the printing of this lost book, has attracted international
attention.
September 19, 2008 - See related photostrip
SUF Book Marks
Since January of 2008 current SUF faculty members have published nine books
by respected academic presses. The titles reflect faculty interests and
research and cover a wide range of subjects, from art history to
drama, to architecture, to the Italian language and politics past and
present.
September 12, 2008 - See related photostrip
SUF’s (in your) Facebook
Just one short month after launching a profile on Facebook, SU Florence
has over 700 fans.
Head start to study abroad a
success
Twenty-five students from various universities across the U.S. signed up
for A Mediterranean Odyssey, SUF’s first prequel program,
getting a head start on their semester of study abroad by exploring the
Greek and Italic roots of western civilization.
September 05, 2008 - See related photostrip
SUF’s announces fall 2008
Featured Events calendar
Guido Beltramini, Director of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura
Andrea Palladio in Vicenza, will open SUF’s Featured Events for fall
2008 on Wednesday, October 1 with a lecture celebrating the 500 Year Anniversary
of the Birth of Palladio, an event widely celebrated throughout Italy this
year.
Strong participation by SU Florence professors shapes Michelangelo events
at SU
SUF Director Barbara Deimling has been awarded the prestigious Craig Hugh
Smyth Research Fellowship at the Villa I Tatti, the Harvard Center for
Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
August 29, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence Director wins research
fellowship
SUF Director Barbara Deimling has been awarded the prestigious Craig Hugh
Smyth Research Fellowship at the Villa I Tatti, the Harvard Center for
Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
SUF welcomes fall 2008 students
SUF staff and faculty extend a warm welcome to fall 2008 students. This
semester sees the arrival of nearly 300 students as well as eight returning
graduate fine arts students, and marks the launch of two new programs
which will become signature experiences of SUF: the Discovery
Florence program, and the prequel program, A
Mediterranean Odyssey.
Fourth book in SUF’s Villa Rossa Series published
SUF Director Barbara Deimling has been awarded the prestigious Craig Hugh
Smyth Research Fellowship at the Villa I Tatti, the Harvard Center for
Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
July 18, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence announces fall 2008 inaugural lecture
As celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the birth of renowned architect
Andrea Palladio take place all over Italy, SUF is pleased to announce that
the fall inaugural lecture will be given by a leading expert of Palladio,
his work, and his influence: Guido Beltramini, Director of the Centro
Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio (CISA Andrea
Palladio), in Vicenza.
July 04, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence Italian language professors
publish didactic book
Syracuse University Vice Chancellor Eric Spina has approved a faculty leave
program to provide full-time SUF faculty members the opportunity to pursue
academic projects that will enhance their teaching at SUF. The length of
the leave will be one semester, with one faculty member on leave in any
specific semester.
June 20, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence Italian language professors publish didactic book
Two SU Florence professors announce the publication of Praticamente
dimmi..., a workbook of exercises and activities geared to enhance
the efforts of beginning level students in the study of the Italian language.
June 06, 2008 - See related photostrip
The heat is on: FIA grads work towards symposium during summer session
What does it mean to be a FIA grad student at SU Florence during the summer? Once
the undergraduate students have left at the end of the spring semester,
the month-long May break finds the grads working harder than ever, luxuriating
only in the fact that they have the library all to themselves to prepare
for their June preliminary presentations to the Symposium Committee, made
up of SUF Director Barbara Deimling, Coordinator of the Graduate Program
in Florence Rab Hatfield, and Coordinator of the Art History Department,
Jonathan Nelson.
SUF Patrons summertime jazz and cocktails under the stars
Step into an evening of delights with the upcoming second annual Patrons
Jazz & Cocktails. Jazz, sparkling prosecco, and cocktails
will be paired with a catered buffet under the stars in the lovely SUF
garden on June 12. Come celebrate the beginning of summer with SUF Patrons,
faculty, and staff.
May 23, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence and summer: the best
of both worlds
In a few days SU Florence faculty and staff will welcome the 2008 summer
session students to the campus. The summer session offers students the
opportunity to take some courses not available at other times of the year,
such as Deciphering the Da Vinci Code and Cross Cultural Psychology,
as well as to be among the first to experience new course offerings, such
as The Magic of Light in Italy and The Mediterranean Diet.
SUF Patrons summertime jazz and
cocktails under the stars
Step into an evening of delights with the upcoming second annual Patrons
Jazz & Cocktails. Jazz, sparkling prosecco, and cocktails
will be paired with a catered buffet under the stars in the lovely SUF
garden on June 12. Come celebrate the beginning of summer with SUF Patrons,
faculty, and staff.
May 09, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence student excels through Option III program
Imagine yourself standing in front of your Italian university peers, facing
the commissione di professori, all quietly waiting—and staring—as
you orally give your final exam. Not only are you doing so in a language
that is not your mother tongue, you have also never had to undergo an oral final
exam in your academic career.
SU Florence summer news
After Friday, May 9, SUF News will go to a bi-weekly schedule for the summer,
mailed on Fridays.
April 28, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence campus sets the stage for student day festivities
SU Florence has announced the eleven recipients of this semester’s
Academic Excellence Award, in the categories of Outstanding Students—for
the Volunteer Program and the Internship Program—and the prestigious
Coluccio Salutati Award.
April 18, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence announces finalists
in the Academic Excellence Award
SU Florence has announced the eleven recipients of this semester’s
Academic Excellence Award, in the categories of Outstanding Students—for
the Volunteer Program and the Internship Program—and the prestigious
Coluccio Salutati Award.
Poetic justice for Michelangelo
SU Florence announces the upcoming publication of Michelangelo’s Songbook, fifth
in "The Villa Rossa Series: Intercultural Perspectives on Italy and
Europe.”
April 11, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence students
combine forces for anti-Mafia initiative
Students from the classes Medieval Architecture, Pre-Architecture,
and Italy since 1870 join forces with the SUF volunteer program ‘Seeds
of Legality’ and set off for Corleone, Italy to give solidarity—and
muscle—to the anti-Mafia initiative.
Bringing it all together:
SUF internships
SU Florence interns take on the challenge of bringing together academics
and personal passion, all in a foreign setting. In fact, student interns
represent a significant source of talent for the SU Florence campus.
April 04, 2008 - See related photostrip
Creativity, controversy and exhilaration: the true colors of Oliviero Toscani
Creative. Combattive. Conceptual. Controversal. The true colors of renowned
photographer and advertiser Oliviero Toscani came through loud and clear
as he challenged the mindsets of SUF students and the Florentine public
in an eventful day which included a press conference, lunch with students,
a critique of student art work, a conference open to the public and the
inauguration of the exhibit “Selected works by OlivieroToscani.” And
from start to finish, the day was an unqualified success.
Nominations for Coluccio Salutati
Award
The nominees have been announced for the Spring 2008 Coluccio Salutati
Award. This award is intended to recognize students who have aspired to
the highest level of engagement into the Italian culture, who have demonstrated
academic achievement through their performance in class, their excellence
in written and/or graphic assignments, and their outstanding results in
examinations. Students are nominated by faculty members.
From Siena to South
Africa in a day
SUF studio art students from painting, drawing and sculpture classes recently
spent the day in Siena, exploring its historical art and architecture.
Volunteers make it a ‘SUper
Friday’
This semester saw the first edition of a ‘SUper Friday’ session
of volunteer storytelling with SU Florence students. Amanda Kanekuni, Nicole
Staneck, and Joshua Jessen, all from SU, recently spent one Friday doing
storytelling back-to-back with three third grade classes, one fourth grade
class, and two fifth grade classes in the nearby town of Scandicci.
Keeping score: work progresses
on SU Florence’s world premiere children’s opera
Progress continues on the musical score and libretto for the children ’s
opera to be performed in Florence in mid-April, 2009, in conjunction with
SU Florence’s fifty-year celebration.
March 21, 2008 - See related photostrip
Art in the Service of Power
Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani has used his fashion photographs
to confront societal mores since the 1960s. In a conference organized by
SU Florence and sure to spark lively debate, Toscani will present his ideas
to the SUF and Florentine communities in a public lecture in the city center,
entitled Art in the Service of Power: Ethics and Social Responsibility
in Advertising.
“It’s all about
you”
The SU Florence campus puts a fresh spin on end-of-the-semester festivities
with a new celebration entitled Student Day.
March 14, 2008 - See related photostrip
Upcoming SU Florence School
of Architecture symposium explores the political dimension of architecture
Too obvious for some, overdone in history according to others, the relationship
between architecture and the city remains very much at the center of the
debate on the connection between form and politics. This intriguing topic
is taken beyond the realm of the theoretical in the upcoming SUF School
of Architecture symposium, entitled The Political Dimension of Architecture.
A new light on summer courses
The spring semester is only halfway over, but SU Florence is already looking
forward to two new course offerings for the summer, addressing two issues
that surely every visitor to Italy is struck by —the extraordinary
quality of light in Italy, and the extraordinary food.
March 07, 2008 - See related photostrip
Bringing Futurism to life: SUF Italian literature students examine original
works
On a site visit guaranteed to bring the study of Futurism beyond the classroom
and transform it into a tactile experience, SUF students recently had the
opportunity to not only see, but to actually touch and leaf through original
Futurist books and documents studied in their 20th-century Italian Literature
course “Patterns of Modernity,” taught by Professor Antonella
Francini.
SWAP: Selected Works by Art
Professors
SUF Director Barbara Deimling and Prof. Kirsten Stromberg will travel to
Pennsylvania next week to
attend the exhibition SWAP: Selected Works by Art Professors.
SUF Professor awarded research
grant
Antonella Francini, Faculty Associate of Literature at SU Florence (SUF),
has been awarded a research grant by the John F. Kennedy Institute at the
Freie Universität of Berlin, the most prestigious center for North
American studies in Europe.
More than Renaissance: Studio Arts classes to go to Berlin for the 5th
Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art
As part of a series of initiatives realized by Studio Arts (STA) to add
a contemporary note to the art curriculum in Florence, STA students will
have three days in Berlin to attend the Fifth Berlin Biennial for Contemporary
Art, an exhibition that brings together artists from different generations
and nationalities tracing the diversity of art practices today.
February 22, 2008 - See related photostrip
Internship program breaks new
barriers
The internship program at SUF is offering an intriguing new internship
this semester with the Associazione Ricreativa e Culturale Italiana (ARCI),
a nation-wide Italian cultural association, active in all areas of civil
society.
SU Florence offers glimpse of fifty-year celebration
The long-awaited celebration of fifty years of SU in Florence moved a step
closer to reality this week as SUF unveiled the first glimpse of its celebratory
program: the writing, production, and world-premiere performance of a children’s
opera, to be performed in Florence in mid-April, 2009.
February 02, 2008 - See related photostrip
SUF director Barbara Deimling recognized for ‘engaging the world’
Professor Barbara Deimling, Director of Syracuse University in Florence,
has been awarded the prestigious Chancellor's Citation for Excellence Award
in the category of Engaging the World.
Giving voice to memory
SU Florence students enrolled in the class Mass Communications in Italian
Culture taught by Annalisa Rossi, went on an unusual site visit last week
to the Ospizio Israleitico Saadun, a rest home for elderly Jewish.
The SU Florence prequel: a head start to a successful semester of study
abroad
Beginning in fall 2008, SUF students will have a rare opportunity to get
an important head start on their semester of study abroad through the option
of signing up for a pre-semester study program, dubbed the “prequel.”
January 25, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence School of Architecture coordinator curates international architecture
exhibition
The exhibition S(E)OUL SCAPE. Towards a New Urbanity in Korea,
curated by Francisco Sanin, Coordinator of the SU Florence School of Architecture,
opened to the Florentine public on January 24.
Whistler exhibit gives an encore opening at SUF Art Gallery
The SUF Art Gallery gave newly-arrived spring 2008 students the chance
to see the widely-successful exhibit An American in Italy: James McNeill
Whistler and his Legacy: Thirty-five Prints by the Artist and his Followers.
January 18, 2008 - See related photostrip
2008/09 FIA Graduate Students
hit the ground running
Along with the 300 undergraduates who have just arrived for the spring
2008 semester, SU Florence welcomes the 2008/09 Graduate Students.
Volunteer program opportunities expand with Trisomia 2, Down Syndrome
association
It’s no secret that SU Florence likes to offer its students a chance
to give—and give generously—of themselves and their time while
studying in Florence.
SU Florence Professor receives prestigious publication grant
Alick M. McLean, Faculty Associate at SU Florence (SUF) teaching architectural
history, has received the prestigious Millard Meiss Publication Grant from
the College Art Association, for his forthcoming book entitled The Urban
Everyman: The Birth, Life, and Death of Medieval Prato in Tuscany.
January 11, 2008 - See related photostrip
SU Florence campus ready to welcome spring 2008 students
On Tuesday, January 15th over 300 SUF students will arrive in Florence,
ready to take on the challenge of an exciting semester of study abroad
in Italy.
SUF engages students in a week of reflections on the Holocaust
The spring 2008 semester will begin with a week of reflections on the Holocaust,
adhering to and expanding the European Holocaust Memorial on January 27
that was instituted by the European Parliament three years ago.
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