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Syracuse University seniors land first professional roles at Syracuse Stage during its 2002-03 30th anniversary seasonJanuary 28, 2003Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Tamara Johnson, a senior acting major at Syracuse University, had planned to spend Spring Break on a beach in Jamaica with…

Slutzker Center for International Services prepares for new visa regulationsJanuary 28, 2003Michele Jachimmmjachim@syr.edu Starting Jan. 30, new federal visa regulations will have a significant impact on the more than 2,000 international students and scholars at Syracuse University and SUNY College…

Syracuse University Library announces major appointmentsJanuary 28, 2003Cynthia J. Moritzcjmoritz@syr.edu The Syracuse University Library recently has made three major appointments and brought its administrative structure to full capacity for the first time since 1993, says University Librarian Peter Graham. “These…

Discussion series on racism draws strong response from campus communityJanuary 27, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu In his book “Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America” (Augsburg Press, 1991), Joseph Barndt writes of how racism permeates not only individual attitudes, but…

Syracuse University’s Raymond Carver Reading Series kicks off for semester with Jan. 29 fiction readingJanuary 24, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Raymond Carver Reading Series begins this semester with a fiction reading by noted author and cartoonist Lynda Barry on Jan….

Syracuse University Brahms Festival continues Jan. 28 with performances by Setnor School of Music facultyJanuary 23, 2003Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu The Syracuse University Brahms Festival will continue at 8 p.m. Jan. 28 with performances by faculty members in the Rose, Jules R….

The media, the Gulf War and Iraq is the topic for next installment of Syracuse University’s Iraqi forumJanuary 23, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The way in which the media covered the Gulf War in 1991 and the coverage of the current…

Syracuse University’s School of Education hosts’Sacred Cows!’ discussion of standardized testingJanuary 23, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Focus On, a publication from the Education Research Service Foundation, asked: “Standards accountability for schools and students, high-stakes tests-are they part of a movement that…

Science made ‘Exciting’ in University Neighbors Lecture SeriesJanuary 22, 2003Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence Marvin Druger will make a multimedia presentation Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. on “Making Science Exciting,” launching the 2003 season of the University…

South Asia Center, Newhouse present ‘Illuminating Oppression’ starting Jan. 24January 22, 2003Cynthia J. Moritzcjmoritz@syr.edu On Jan. 24, Syracuse University’s South Asia Center and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, in collaboration with Breakthrough, an international nonprofit organization, will launch…