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Sixth annual Gospel Extravaganza with ‘Sunday Best’ winner rounds out Black History Month at SU

Tuesday, February 22, 2011, By News Staff

The Office of Multicultural Affairs at Syracuse University will celebrate the sixth annual Cora A. Thomas Gospel Extravaganza with Black Entertainment Television’s (BET) “Sunday Best” winner Le’andria Johnson, Sunday, Feb. 27, at Hendricks Chapel.  Doors will open at 4:30 pm….

iSchool to host second annual ‘Girls are I.T.’ event in March

Tuesday, February 22, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool), in conjunction with the Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways and Say Yes to Education Syracuse, will host a number of middle school-aged girls from the Central New York area on Saturday, March 5,…

Syracuse University scientist presents new research on evolution and Islam at AAAS annual meeting

Friday, February 18, 2011, By News Staff

Fierce debate over teaching evolution in public schools has raged across the United States since the epic courtroom battle between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow during the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. Science education researchers are now turning their attention…

Entries sought for 37th annual Light Work Grants in Photography

Thursday, February 17, 2011, By Jessica H. Reed

Light Work has announced the 37th annual Light Work Grants in Photography competition. The organization began offering grants to Central New York artists in 1975 to encourage the production of new photographic work in the region. Three $2,000 grants will…

Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture featuring Sonia Sanchez rescheduled for March 9

Thursday, February 17, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s 28th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture featuring poet, activist and playwright Sonia Sanchez, has been rescheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 9, in the Maxwell Auditorium. The lecture was originally scheduled to take…

Winter Carnival 2011 events bring annual flurry of fun to SU campus Feb. 23-27

Tuesday, February 15, 2011, By News Staff

Tired of the snow? Suffering from cabin fever? Snap out of the cold-weather doldrums during Winter Carnival! A tradition that dates back to 1930, Winter Carnival is an annual celebration of chilly and spirited fun on the Syracuse University campus….

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Annual Faculty, Family & Friends Skating Event

Wednesday, February 9, 2011, By News Staff

The annual Faculty, Family, and Friends Skating Event is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 19.

Payne to present SOE’s annual Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders lecture Feb. 3

Tuesday, February 1, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

The Syracuse University School of Education will present its annual Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 3, featuring Charles M. Payne. The lecture, “Syracuse City, Forty Years of Urban Education Landscape: From Croton-on-Campus to the Promised…

Entertainment industry exec visits Newhouse for 10th annual ‘Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media’

Tuesday, February 1, 2011, By News Staff

Entertainment industry executive Rose Catherine Pinkney will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University on Wednesday, Feb. 16, for the 10th annual “Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media” with Richard Dubin, Newhouse professor of practice in…

Annual Black History Month celebration begins Feb. 1

Friday, January 28, 2011, By News Staff

Kickoff in atrium of the Schine Student Center from noon-2 p.m.