Cinema and screen studies

SUNY Oswego cinema and screen studies professor Josh Adams shares his expert insights on how the Academy selects Best Picture nominees, the nomination process and this year's top contenders at the Oscars.

On Tuesday Dec. 3, SUNY Oswego’s Cinema and Screen Studies Department will host a screening of their finished 16 mm short films on local historic treasure Fort Ontario in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132).

Oswego faculty members Amy Shore and Roberta (Rosie) Hurtado are editors of a new online feminist journal including scholars from around Upstate New York and beyond.

SUNY Oswego cinema and screen studies faculty members Tiffany Deater and Jarrod Hagadorn announced the release of the documentary they produced as part of a select group that will take part in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)’s Stewardship of Public Lands program, an initiative of AASCU’s American Democracy Project.

Vote Oswego, a university-coordinated student-run project that helps members of the community make their impact in elections, is hosting a film festival and other awareness events to get students prepared for the 2024 elections.

The renovations of iconic Hewitt Hall, with an expected completion date of August 2025, will bring to life the values of SUNY Oswego’s School of Communication, Media and the Arts: innovation, inspiration and interdisciplinary collaboration. This $80 million project converts the historic former student union into a state-of-the-art media and visual arts center, creating an “arts corridor” between Tyler and Hewitt halls.

Senses of Cinema, a major international film journal and the oldest online film journal in the world, has just published “Change Not Mummified” by Bennet Schaber and Tiffany Deater, faculty members in the Department of Cinema and Screen Studies.

Cinema and screen studies faculty members Tiffany Deater and Jarrod Hagadorn are among a select group that will take part in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)’s Stewardship of Public Lands program, an initiative of AASCU’s American Democracy Project.

Nicholas Campbell, a SUNY Oswego senior who majors in cinema and screen studies and creative writing, won two Global Film Festival Awards, Best Student Filmmaker and Best Horror Short, for his short film “Replaced.”

SUNY Oswego’s annual celebration of scholarly and creative activities, Quest, will showcase some new features showcasing student creativity in areas including music, poetry and art, filmmaking, theatre and more on April 17.