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Founder of Black Entertainment Television to inspire entrepreneurs at 2006 WISE ConferenceMarch 21, 2006Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu A quarter of a century ago, Sheila C. Johnson made history. She, and then-husband Robert L. Johnson, started a weekly two-hour Friday night television network…

Top Jewish historian will deliver SU’s B. G. Rudolph Lecture in Judaic Studies in AprilMarch 21, 2006Cynthia J. Moritzcjmoritz@syr.edu Moshe Rosman, one of the leading Jewish historians, will deliver Syracuse University’s 2005-06 B. G. Rudolph Lecture in Judaic Studies on…

Discovery astronaut Stephen Robinson to give public lecture April 1March 17, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Last July, the world watched with bated breath as astronaut Stephen Robinson, attached to a robotic arm only by his feet, made delicate repairs — the…

Lubin House showcases student-curated showMarch 16, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu “Borders: Selections from the Light Work Permanent Collection,” an exhibition of photographs exploring the theme of this year’s campus-wide Syracuse Symposium–interdisciplinary thinking, imagining, and creating–will be on display beginning March 20…

SU to host namesake of Willie Distinguished Lecture Series for March 8 conversation about ‘Building Community’March 02, 2006Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu Syracuse University’s 2006 installment of the Charles V. Willie Distinguished Lecture Series will feature the man after whom the series…

Verhaeghen wins Flemish prize for novel ‘Omega minor’March 01, 2006Roxanna Carpenterrocarpen@syr.edu George Santayana’s theory that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it is an idea that could haunt a psychologist whose work centers on memory, cognition…

Newhouse, Maxwell to host international journalists as part of U.S. Department of State program this April February 27, 2006Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will jointly host…

Otto joins SU’s Race for the Cure teamFebruary 27, 2006Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Syracuse University students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and family members are invited to join Otto the Orange in supporting the University’s 2006 Susan G. Komen CNY Race for the…

SU biology professor throws convention (and exam answers) out the window Feb. 27February 24, 2006Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu Anxious and eager, they assemble outside Lyman Hall for the big moment. Jockeying for position, students gather under the second-story window to participate…

Civil engineer to speak on failure of New Orleans levee systemFebruary 23, 2006Cynthia J. Moritzcjmoritz@syr.edu Between 5 and 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricana Katrina caused the biggest civil engineering failure in U.S. history — the collapse of the…