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‘The Beloved Community: Imagining Our Global Humanity’ is the theme for Syracuse University’s 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. CelebrationJanuary 11, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The 22nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be held in Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome on…

SU School of Education Professor Steven Taylor to present MLK Commemorative Lecture at Vanderbilt UniversityJanuary 10, 2007Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Steven J. Taylor, professor of cultural foundations of education in Syracuse University’s School of Education and co-director of SU’s Center on Human…

New studies identify causes of mercury pollution hotspotsJanuary 09, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Syracuse University Professor Charles Driscoll and colleagues from the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF) and Clarkson University have released the results of two new studies that identify five…

Light Work to host four exhibitions in celebration of Black History MonthJanuary 08, 2007Jessica Heckmanjhheckma@syr.edu Light Work will host four exhibitions in celebration of Black History Month. The first, featuring photographs by William Earle Williams, will be on display at…

Explorer Wade Davis shares insights, images about vanishing cultures in next University Lectures presentation, Feb. 28 January 04, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Wade Davis, explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, has made a career of visiting some of the most remote…

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…

Nigerian writer Chris Abani will keynote Syracuse University’s 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. CelebrationJanuary 02, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Chris Abani, an award-winning writer who as a teenager in Nigeria was imprisoned for his fiction, will give the keynote address at…

Training program aims to turn students into lifelong leadersDecember 20, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Students at the School of Information Studies benefit from academic programs rich in technology and management skills. But between learning to create databases and install wireless hotspots,…

Dischiaves win IBM’s 2006 Faculty AwardDecember 20, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Most IT labs on college campuses provide information studies students with hands-on experience in dealing with laptops and personal computers, similar to a home computing environment. These students learn how…

SU law clinic receives $429,000 state grantDecember 19, 2006Jaclyn D. Grossojgrosso@law.syr.edu The Syracuse University College of Law’s Office of Clinical Legal Education received a $429,000 grant to continue its securities arbitration work in the Syracuse community for an additional three…