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SU’s Tepper Center hosts cabaret celebration March 5 at NYC’s famed Birdland jazz clubFebruary 27, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Syracuse University’s New York City-based Tepper Center for Careers in Theatre will host “Live at Birdland: The Tepper Center Cabaret” Monday, March…

Jazz cabaret in The Underground celebrates Ella Fitzgerald, showcases student talentFebruary 07, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation and Syracuse University are collaborating to celebrate Black History Month with a jazz cabaret concert featuring Barbara Morrison,…

Abani gives keynote speech at Martin Luther King Jr. CelebrationJanuary 21, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Nigerian-born writer Chris Abani gives the keynote speech during this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Carrier Dome on the theme of “The Beloved…

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…

SU hosts Baba Brinkman’s ‘The Rap Canterbury Tales’ Nov. 29November 19, 2006Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program in The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University is sponsoring a performance of “The Rap Canterbury Tales” by…

Former ABA committee chair Steve Tober L’74 to speak Oct. 19 for College of Law Convocation Lecture seriesOctober 12, 2006Jaclyn D. Grossojgrosso@law.syr.edu On Thursday, Oct. 19, the College of Law hosts Stephen L. Tober L’74, who served as the 2005-06…

Babak Najafi to be remembered at Wednesday memorial serviceFebruary 21, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu A memorial service for Babak Najafi will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Hendricks Chapel. Najafi, 18, a first-year psychology major from Pomona, N.Y.,…

Cabaret star to appear for Black History Month concertFebruary 09, 2006The Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation and Syracuse University will again partner to celebrate Black History Month with an annual jazz cabaret concert. This year’s featured guest is acclaimed…

Student Babak Najafi died of natural causesDecember 06, 2005 The Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office has informed Syracuse University that the cause of death for SU student Babak Najafi, 18, was coronary arterial sclerosis. Emergency medical personnel, responding to a…

Student Babak Najafi dies in his bed; Hendricks Chapel hosts gathering of reflection Monday afternoonDecember 04, 2005Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu Babak Najafi, 18, a first-year psychology major from Pomona, N.Y., was found dead in his Day Hall room Sunday afternoon. His death…