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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…

Sen. Schumer to sign copies of his new book Feb. 3 at SU BookstoreJanuary 29, 2007Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer will sign copies of his new book, “Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a…

Fine Arts professor’s new book examines Dutch painter Pieter de HoochJanuary 24, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu In his new publication, Wayne Franits, professor of fine arts in The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, examines “A Woman Preparing Bread…

Kassam to speak on CNY Reads book selectionNovember 30, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Tazim R. Kassam, associate professor of religion, chair of the Department of Religion in The College of Arts and Sciences and a historian of religions specializing in Islamic…

Birns to discuss revivals of neglected booksNovember 16, 2006Mary Beth Hintonmbhinton@syr.edu Nicholas Birns, faculty member at Eugene Lang College in The New School, will give a talk, “When Neglected Books Are Revived: The Cases of William Godwin and Dawn Powell,”…

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…

Educator, book conservator to speak on aesthetics of conservationOctober 24, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu At 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, conservator Gary Frost from the University of Iowa will present a lecture, “The Aesthetics of Conservation,” in which he will discuss…

‘Year of Exploration’ continues Nov. 2 with look at sensitive information in a networked worldOctober 19, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Joan Feigenbaum, Henry Ford II Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, on Thursday, Nov. 2, will continue the journey through…

Bright to speak on book art in America, 1960 to 1980September 27, 2006Mary Beth Hintonmbhinton@syr.edu Betty Bright, an independent historian and curator, will give a talk titled “Ravaged With Joy: Book Art in America, 1960 to 1980” Friday, Oct. 13,…