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Change in daylight-saving time requires changes in computing systemsMarch 02, 2007Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Two years ago, the U.S. Congress voted to extend daylight-saving time as an energy-saving measure. The new daylight-saving time schedule will go into effect on March 11 —…

Syracuse University Africa Initiative marks bicentennial of slave trade abolitionFebruary 28, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu The General Assembly of the United Nations has designated March 26, 2007, as an international day to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic…

Taricani, Corrente debate journalists’ shield law issues March 5 at IJPM symposiumFebruary 22, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu In December 2004, television journalist Jim Taricani was sentenced to six months’ home confinement for refusing to divulge his confidential sources to prosecutors heading up…

Political analyst Norman Ornstein to give University Lectures presentation, March 6February 22, 2007Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Political analyst Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and an election analyst for CBS News, will offer his…

Syracuse University’s Charles T. Driscoll Jr. elected member of the National Academy of EngineeringFebruary 15, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Charles T. Driscoll Jr., University Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS)…

SU Drama’s ‘The Art of Dining’ feeds audience’s appetite for comedyJanuary 30, 2007Kyle Basskebass@syr.edu The Syracuse University Drama Department kicks off the second half of its 2006-07 season with a hearty serving of “The Art of Dining” by playwright Tina…

Distinguished African American political scholar Walters to deliver 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs LectureJanuary 29, 2007Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu Syracuse University will host African American leadership scholar Ronald Walters of the University of Maryland as he…

SU staff, students needed to help with 11th annual Thornden Park Chili Bowl Festival Feb. 11January 16, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarez jlwinne@syr.edu Staff and student volunteers are needed to assist the Thornden Park Association with its 11th annual Chili Bowl Festival…

Syracuse University announces recipients of 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Heroes AwardsJanuary 12, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Syracuse University Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has selected the recipients of the 2007 Unsung Heroes Awards. The awards are presented…

SU students spend winter vacation continuing Katrina cleanupJanuary 03, 2007Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu With Hurricane Katrina’s devastation nearly a year and a half behind them–and much of the nation’s attention now focused elsewhere–the residents of New Orleans and many other Gulf…