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Syracuse University announces recipients of 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Heroes AwardsJanuary 12, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Syracuse University Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has selected the recipients of the 2007 Unsung Heroes Awards. The awards are presented…

‘The Beloved Community: Imagining Our Global Humanity’ is the theme for Syracuse University’s 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. CelebrationJanuary 11, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The 22nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be held in Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome on…

SU School of Education Professor Steven Taylor to present MLK Commemorative Lecture at Vanderbilt UniversityJanuary 10, 2007Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Steven J. Taylor, professor of cultural foundations of education in Syracuse University’s School of Education and co-director of SU’s Center on Human…

Explorer Wade Davis shares insights, images about vanishing cultures in next University Lectures presentation, Feb. 28 January 04, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Wade Davis, explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, has made a career of visiting some of the most remote…

Nigerian writer Chris Abani will keynote Syracuse University’s 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. CelebrationJanuary 02, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Chris Abani, an award-winning writer who as a teenager in Nigeria was imprisoned for his fiction, will give the keynote address at…

Kauffman Foundation awards $3 million to Syracuse University and its partners to take Scholarship in Action to next levelDecember 14, 2006Kevin C. Quinnkcquinn@syr.edu The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today awarded Syracuse University a five-year, $3-million grant that will allow SU,…

Syracuse University student starts Teddy Bears for Hope to aid children in need of comfortDecember 13, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Many people can recall a special teddy bear or stuffed animal from their childhood that was a reliable source of comfort and…

International researchers will join Syracuse University celebration of life, work of pioneering indoor air quality researcher P. Ole FangerDecember 08, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Two prominent international researchers in indoor air quality — Pawel Wargocki of Denmark and Shin-ichi Tanabe of…

Point of Contact celebrates 30 years of publishing with anniversary anthology co-published with SU PressDecember 06, 2006Tere Paniaguatpaniagu@syr.edu The Point of Contact Gallery recently hosted a 30th-anniversary bash in which luminaries from the literary and academic communities gathered to commemorate…

Six join University Board of TrusteesNovember 30, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Six individuals have joined the Syracuse University Board of Trustees as newly elected voting members, and two have returned to board service from previous trustee appointments. The new trustees participated…