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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 London launches new ‘Learning London Communities’December 14, 2006Daeya Malboeufdmking04@syr.edu Syracuse University Abroad’s London Program has introduced a new initiative to encourage deeper cultural engagement for its students. Learning London Communities is a guided extracurricular opportunity for students who wish…

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…

Community Folk Art Center presents ‘Three Brothers: The Art of Oren Lyons, Rick Hill and Tracy Thomas’ beginning Dec. 9November 27, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The Community Folk Art Center, 805 E. Genesee St., a unit of the Department of African…

Author Ama Ata Aidoo visits SyracuseNovember 17, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Author Ama Ata Aidoo, left, chats with an audience member during a booksigning after her recent lecture at the Community Folk Art Center. Aidoo was a guest of the African…

Booth named executive director of SU AbroadNovember 09, 2006Daeya Malboeufdmking04@syr.edu SU Abroad, Syracuse University’s nationally renowned study abroad division, has a new executive director: Jon V.C. Booth. He assumes this role after having served as head of SU Abroad on…

Syracuse University celebrates International Education Week with host of events, Nov. 13-19November 06, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Syracuse University is hosting a weeklong series of activities and events as part of International Education Week (IEW), Nov. 13-19. A joint initiative of the…

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…

SU honors the ‘Syracuse 8’October 25, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The “Syracuse 8” — African American alumni who in 1970 left the SU football team after their calls for greater equality and equal treatment were not honored — are acknowledged during…

Recorded webcast of Oct. 18 ‘Small World/Big Divides’ peace summit available on the InternetOctober 19, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The recorded webcast of Wednesday’s Syracuse University “Small World/Big Divides: Building Bridges in an Age of Extremes” peace summit is now available…