{"id":13917,"date":"2025-12-01T14:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/?page_id=13917"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:52:36","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News&amp;Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-default-loop mes-cards-news\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14875\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/27\/alumni-stories-bruce-siska-matt-lysne-and-ed-muehlberg-fall-95-and-spring-96\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2033\" height=\"1448\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2.jpg 2033w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2-1536x1094.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2033px) 100vw, 2033px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/27\/alumni-stories-bruce-siska-matt-lysne-and-ed-muehlberg-fall-95-and-spring-96\/\">Alumni Stories: Bruce Siska, Matt Lysne, and Ed Muehlberg, Fall &#8217;95 and Spring &#8217;96<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: July 27, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>When Bruce Siska, Jason Halter, Matt Lysne, Ed Muehlberg, and Ernesto Teran arrived in Florence for the one-year Master of Architecture program in the fall of 1994, they were five strangers among a class of eleven. By the time they left the following spring, they were something closer to brothers. Thirty years later, that bond&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14725\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/22\/alumni-stories-griffin-conner-and-will-hewitt-fall-2019\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2436\" height=\"1651\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1.jpeg 2436w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-1024x694.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-768x521.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-1536x1041.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-2048x1388.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2436px) 100vw, 2436px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/22\/alumni-stories-griffin-conner-and-will-hewitt-fall-2019\/\">Alumni Stories: Griffin Conner and Will Hewitt, Fall 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: July 22, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Griffin and Will met by accident \u2014 a last-minute plane seat, a roommate&#8217;s invitation, an apartment near Villa Rossa with room for one more \u2014 and turned it into something that&#8217;s lasted years past the semester that started it. What began over shared taste in music and art became weekend trips across Italy, late nights&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14833\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/21\/alumni-story-duane-blue-spruce-fall-1982\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13.png 2560w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-2048x1280.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/21\/alumni-story-duane-blue-spruce-fall-1982\/\">Alumni Story: Duane Blue Spruce, Fall 1982<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: July 21, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Fall 1982, Duane Blue Spruce left Slocum Hall for a semester with Syracuse Florence as a fourth-year architecture student, living with a nonna on Via del Pallone and forging an unlikely friendship with an Italian teenager that led to a Thanksgiving dinner and a World Cup-era soccer match. Over 40 years later, he returned&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14806\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/30\/learning-through-discovery-local-high-school-students-intern-at-syracuse-florence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Picture1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Picture1.jpg 468w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Picture1-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/30\/learning-through-discovery-local-high-school-students-intern-at-syracuse-florence\/\">Learning Through Discovery: Local High School Students Intern at Syracuse Florence<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: June 30, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>We recently welcomed Greta and Ettore, two students from Duca d\u2019Aosta Salvemini high school in Florence, for a three-week internship with the Academic Department. The experience formed part of the hands-on learning component of their curriculum and allowed them to explore the daily life of an international academic institution from within. For Greta and Ettore,&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14775\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/22\/back-to-florence-one-students-mission-to-save-a-dying-art\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1244\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/20260423_130723710_iOS-1-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/20260423_130723710_iOS-1-scaled-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/20260423_130723710_iOS-1-scaled-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/20260423_130723710_iOS-1-scaled-1-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/20260423_130723710_iOS-1-scaled-1-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/20260423_130723710_iOS-1-scaled-1-1536x995.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/22\/back-to-florence-one-students-mission-to-save-a-dying-art\/\">Back to Florence: One Student\u2019s Mission to Save a Dying Art<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: June 22, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Inspired by a Syracuse Florence course, graduating senior James Kuhns is building a platform to connect American tourists with the city\u2019s hidden artisans. James Kuhns came to Florence two years ago as a study abroad student and after returning to the U.S. he couldn&#8217;t stop thinking about a leather jacket\u2014one he\u2019d watched craftspeople build from&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14790\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/17\/professor-stefania-berutti-uses-syracuse-fellowship-to-bring-ancient-myths-to-life-across-florence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Untitled-June-17-2026-at-10.48.57-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Untitled-June-17-2026-at-10.48.57-1.png 2200w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Untitled-June-17-2026-at-10.48.57-1-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Untitled-June-17-2026-at-10.48.57-1-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Untitled-June-17-2026-at-10.48.57-1-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Untitled-June-17-2026-at-10.48.57-1-1536x1117.png 1536w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Untitled-June-17-2026-at-10.48.57-1-2048x1489.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/17\/professor-stefania-berutti-uses-syracuse-fellowship-to-bring-ancient-myths-to-life-across-florence\/\">Professor Stefania Berutti Uses Syracuse Fellowship to Bring Ancient Myths to Life Across Florence<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: June 17, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>What if studying Classical Mythology meant racing through the Uffizi in search of a sarcophagus, or taking a selfie with a mythological statue at the Pitti Palace? That\u2019s the premise behind the #100Myths Project \u2014 a semester-long adventure designed by Stefania Berutti that turns Florence itself into a classroom. The project grew out of a&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14744\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/10\/from-palermo-to-etna-students-explore-sicilys-food-culture-in-spring-signature-seminar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1362\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/DSC_0248.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/DSC_0248.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/DSC_0248-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/DSC_0248-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/DSC_0248-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/DSC_0248-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/10\/from-palermo-to-etna-students-explore-sicilys-food-culture-in-spring-signature-seminar\/\">From Palermo to Etna: Students Explore Sicily&#8217;s Food Culture in Spring Signature Seminar<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: June 10, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photos by Sasha Laurenzo. Food Studies professor Olivier De Maret led ten days of immersive learning across the island This May a group of Syracuse Florence students traded the familiar cobblestones of Tuscany for the sun-drenched markets and volcanic hillsides of Sicily. 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