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Pulitzer Prize Winner to deliver first Hodding Carter Lecture on civil rights and the press, April 21 at NewhouseApril 08, 2005Jaime Winne Alvarez jlwinne@syr.edu On April 21 at 7:30 p.m., The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist William Raspberry will deliver…

Inaugural year celebrated on April 11 with Chancellor’s address and community activityApril 04, 2005Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu On Nov. 5, 2004, Syracuse University officially inaugurated Nancy Cantor as the University’s 11th Chancellor and President, beginning a yearlong exploration, “University as Public Good:…

SU Honors Program to present’Connected Communities’ event March 30March 18, 2005Edward Byrnesedbyrnes@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Renee Crown Honors Program will host a daylong event on March 30 in celebration of the links between the University and the surrounding community. Titled “Connected…

Sternlicht to discuss turn-of-the-century Jewish emigration March 7 at Barnes & NobleMarch 03, 2005Edward Byrnesedbyrnes@syr.edu Sanford Sternlicht, part-time professor of English and Judaic Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, will read from and discuss his…

Highest-ranking elected woman in Africa to speak on women’s progressMarch 01, 2005Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Gertrude Mongella, president of the African Union’s Pan African Parliament, will speak on “African Women: Struggles and Achievements-The Journey through Beijing to the Present” Saturday, March…

SU School of Education professor awaits word on Oscar bidFebruary 25, 2005Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu This Sunday, half a world removed from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, an unlikely contender in this year’s Oscar competition will be awaiting word on a…

SU to honor athletic pioneer Wilmeth Sidat-SinghFebruary 24, 2005Sue Cornelius Edsonsedson@syr.edu Few may remember his name today, but Wilmeth Sidat-Singh ’39 was not only a great athlete-he was also an individual of extraordinary courage. On Feb. 26, Syracuse University’s Office…

‘Beyond the Myth’ of Martin Luther King is speaker’s topicFebruary 04, 2005Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Writer, educator and activist Ekwueme Michael Thelwell will present the Syracuse University Department of African American Studies’ 22nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Public Affairs Lecture…

SU School of Education professor earns Oscar nomination for documentary film on autismJanuary 27, 2005Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu The film “Autism Is A World,” which presents an inside look at autism through the eyes of 26-year-old Sue Rubin, was nominated yesterday for…

SU’s Sternlicht pens “Tenement Saga” aboutturn-of-the-century Jewish immigrantsNovember 30, 2004Edward Byrnesedbyrnes@syr.edu The University of Wisconsin Press has announced the Dec. 15 release of “The Tenement Saga: The Lower East Side and Early Jewish American Writers,” a book by Sanford Sternlicht,…