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VPA inaugurates Billy Joel Visiting Composer Series with residency by Pulitzer Prize winner John Harbison, culminating in two free public performances November 01, 2006Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will inaugurate the Billy Joel…

Wild beasts overrun The Warehouse Gallery in ‘Faux Naturel’ exhibitionNovember 01, 2006Elaine Quick The Warehouse Gallery opens its first exhibition of contemporary international art with “Faux Naturel,” which includes the work of seven artists from Philadelphia, Montreal, Syracuse and Toronto…

Sustainability education expert to deliver address at Nov. 3 symposium November 01, 2006Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu Nationally renowned sustainability education expert Debra Rowe will be the featured speaker at a Syracuse University symposium titled “Creating the Triple Bottom Line: Healthier Planet,…

Smithsonian’s Rifkin awarded Syracuse University’s Arents Pioneer MedalOctober 31, 2006Cynthia J. Moritzcjmoritz@syr.edu Ned Rifkin ’72, undersecretary for art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., was honored Oct. 26 at a special dinner at Washington’s Meridian House, where he was…

Alumna to donate $1 million to SU’s School of Information Studies; high-tech learning center named for her motherOctober 27, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Today, thanks to the Internet and digital archives, library and information science is virtually boundless. So the students…

New York Center for the Book appoints new directorOctober 26, 2006Mary Beth Hintonmbhinton@syr.edu Syracuse University Library has announced that Natasha Cooper has been appointed director of the New York Center for the Book, effectively immediately. Cooper succeeds Deirdre C. Stam,…

SU Florence launches new book series with dramatic photographic essay on Great Flood of Florence, on eve of 40th anniversaryOctober 26, 2006Daeya Malboeufdmking04@syr.edu On Nov. 4, 1966, Florence, Italy, experienced the most devastating flood in its history, which crippled the…

Educator, book conservator to speak on aesthetics of conservationOctober 24, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu At 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, conservator Gary Frost from the University of Iowa will present a lecture, “The Aesthetics of Conservation,” in which he will discuss…

SU to host international web conference to discuss Internet governanceOctober 18, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu The issue of Internet governance is one of international significance; the web of networked computers that make up the Internet crosses all borders with no regard…

Renowned architect Richard Gluckman receives SU’s highest alumni honorOctober 12, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Nationally acclaimed architect Richard Gluckman ’70, G’71 was honored Oct. 10 with Syracuse University’s highest alumni award, the George Arents Pioneer Medal. SU presented Gluckman with the Arents…