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Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental Systems presents S. Richard Fedrizzi with Willis H. Carrier Achievement AwardOctober 31, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu S. Richard (Rick) Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), received the third…

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…

Syracuse University launches five-year, $31.3 million project to rebuild campus networkOctober 30, 2006Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu New buildings are going up all over the Syracuse University campus as part of a long-range project to build state-of-the-art spaces for teaching, learning and research….

Human impact on continental erosion 10-15 times that of natural processes, says Syracuse earth sciences professorOctober 27, 2006Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu Most people don’t realize it, but they are very effective agents in changing the shape of the Earth’s surface. In…

Fourth Annual South Asia Human Rights Film Festival to be held Oct. 26-28October 26, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Fourth Annual South Asia Human Rights Film Festival will be held Thursday, Oct. 26, through Saturday, Oct. 28, co-sponsored by the S.I….

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,…

SU Florence launches new book series with dramatic photographic essay on Great Flood of Florence, on eve of 40th anniversaryOctober 26, 2006Daeya Malboeufdmking04@syr.edu On Nov. 4, 1966, Florence, Italy, experienced the most devastating flood in its history, which crippled the…

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…

Light Work mounts exhibition featuring work of British photographer Rik PinkcombeOctober 24, 2006Jessica Heckmanjhheckma@syr.edu Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1, the Light Work gallery, 316 Waverly Ave., will open “Perception and Deception,” featuring the work of British photographer Rik Pinkcombe. The images…