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Change in daylight-saving time requires changes in computing systems

Friday, March 2, 2007, By News Staff

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 abolition

Wednesday, February 28, 2007, By News Staff

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…

Rudd to speak on Arts and Crafts furniture collecting

Wednesday, February 28, 2007, By News Staff

Rudd to speak on Arts and Crafts furniture collectingFebruary 28, 2007Mary Beth Hintonmbhinton@syr.edu David Rudd, president of the Central New York Arts and Crafts Society and proprietor of Dalton’s American Decorative Arts, will present a lecture, “Collecting Arts and Crafts…

Book signing scheduled for memoir of black middle class

Wednesday, February 28, 2007, By News Staff

Book signing scheduled for memoir of black middle classFebruary 28, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Despite Reconstruction, Jim Crow and pervasive discrimination, a substantial number of African Americans entered the middle class before World War I. This was a life — little…

Muslim, Christian and Jewish SU students will to travel to Turkey to study how diverse faith traditions share life together

Tuesday, February 27, 2007, By News Staff

Muslim, Christian and Jewish SU students will to travel to Turkey to study how diverse faith traditions share life togetherFebruary 27, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu A diverse group of Syracuse University students from different faith traditions will spend their Spring Break…

SU’s Saunders garners more honors from leading literary organizations

Tuesday, February 27, 2007, By News Staff

SU’s Saunders garners more honors from leading literary organizationsFebruary 27, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu George Saunders G’88, professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has recently been recognized with several prestigious literary honors, on the heels of…

VPCAI committee invites feedback at Feb. 28 forum

Tuesday, February 27, 2007, By News Staff

VPCAI committee invites feedback at Feb. 28 forumFebruary 27, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu The Vice Chancellor and Provost’s Committee on Academic Integrity (VPCAI) was convened in the Fall 2004 semester to conduct research and develop recommendations to uphold the highest ideals of…

Ancient roman scrolls to be topic of March 6 Moses Finley Memorial Lecture at Syracuse University

Tuesday, February 27, 2007, By News Staff

Ancient roman scrolls to be topic of March 6 Moses Finley Memorial Lecture at Syracuse UniversityFebruary 27, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Roger Macfarlane, associate professor of classics in the Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature at Brigham Young University, will…

SU’s Tepper Center hosts cabaret celebration March 5 at NYC’s famed Birdland jazz club

Tuesday, February 27, 2007, By News Staff

SU’s Tepper Center hosts cabaret celebration March 5 at NYC’s famed Birdland jazz clubFebruary 27, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Syracuse University’s New York City-based Tepper Center for Careers in Theatre will host “Live at Birdland: The Tepper Center Cabaret” Monday, March…

Syracuse Opera offers buy-one, get-one-free tickets to SU community for ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

Monday, February 26, 2007, By News Staff

Syracuse Opera offers buy-one, get-one-free tickets to SU community for ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ February 26, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Syracuse Opera, a community partner with Syracuse University’s Pulse, is offering buy-one, get-one-free tickets to the SU community for Donizetti’s “Lucia di…