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VPA’s Billy Joel Visiting Composer Series hosts residency by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Stucky, culminating with public lecture, performanceMarch 27, 2007Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will host a residency by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven…

Syracuse premiere of documentary featuring SU student is FridayMarch 22, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Syracuse premiere of “God Grew Tired of Us,” a National Geographic documentary featuring Syracuse University student John Dau, will be held on Friday, March 23, at…

Folk arts events will showcase cultures of four local refugee communitiesMarch 20, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The Department of Anthropology in the Maxwell School will host events on March 29 and 31 and April 12 to celebrate the cultures of four…

Founder of School of the Americas Watch will speak at Syracuse University April 1March 15, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Father Roy Bourgeois M.M., founder of the School of the Americas (SOA) Watch and advocacy leader for the closure of the SOA,…

SU presents public lecture and performance by legendary funk and jazz trombonist Fred Wesley Jr. March 30March 14, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University will present a public lecture and performance by legendary funk…

Urban Video Project returns March 15 in conjunction with citywide art open Third Thursday (Th3)March 12, 2007Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu The Urban Video Project (UVP) will present its second volume of installations on Thursday, March 15, from 5-8 p.m. at Spark Contemporary…

Syracuse Symphony offers specially priced tickets to SU community for ‘American Rhythms’ March 9-10March 02, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (SSO), a community partner with Syracuse University’s Pulse, is offering specially priced tickets — $5 for SU students…

Syracuse University Africa Initiative marks bicentennial of slave trade abolitionFebruary 28, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu The General Assembly of the United Nations has designated March 26, 2007, as an international day to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic…

Book signing scheduled for memoir of black middle classFebruary 28, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Despite Reconstruction, Jim Crow and pervasive discrimination, a substantial number of African Americans entered the middle class before World War I. This was a life — little…

SU’s Saunders garners more honors from leading literary organizationsFebruary 27, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu George Saunders G’88, professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has recently been recognized with several prestigious literary honors, on the heels of…