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VPA inaugurates Billy Joel Visiting Composer Series with residency by Pulitzer Prize winner John Harbison, culminating in two free public performances November 01, 2006Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will inaugurate the Billy Joel…

Syracuse Symposium features poet, musician Joy Harjo on Nov. 9November 01, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Internationally acclaimed poet, writer and musician Joy Harjo will visit Syracuse University Nov. 9 as a guest of the 2006 Syracuse Symposium, “Imagination,” presented by 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…

New scholarship funds library and information science graduate studentsOctober 30, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu The School of Information Studies has announced the establishment of the Ellen G. Shay Library Science Scholarship. The $1,000 annual scholarship will be awarded to a graduate…

Alumna to donate $1 million to SU’s School of Information Studies; high-tech learning center named for her motherOctober 27, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Today, thanks to the Internet and digital archives, library and information science is virtually boundless. So the students…

Espaillat to deliver 2006 Stephen Crane Memorial Lecture Oct. 26October 26, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Acclaimed poet Rhina P. Espaillat will deliver the 2006 Stephen Crane Memorial Lecture Thursday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. at the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center….

New York Center for the Book appoints new directorOctober 26, 2006Mary Beth Hintonmbhinton@syr.edu Syracuse University Library has announced that Natasha Cooper has been appointed director of the New York Center for the Book, effectively immediately. Cooper succeeds Deirdre C. Stam,…

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Wedge is next guest of Syracuse Symposium on Nov. 1October 25, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Award-winning filmmaker Chris Wedge will bring his perspective on the magic of animation to the 2006 Syracuse Symposium, “Imagination,” presented by Syracuse…

Panel to discuss how to balance religious/LGBT concerns in higher edOctober 25, 2006Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu As part of its Centennial Celebration, SU’s School of Education is co-sponsoring a panel discussion titled “Religious Concerns/LGBT Concerns in Higher Education: Difficult Dialogues.” The panel…

SU announces 2006 Remembrance Week activitiesOctober 19, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Syracuse University’s 2006-07 Remembrance Scholars have planned a series of activities, beginning Oct. 24, for the University’s annual Remembrance Week. The terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie,…