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Nationally renowned feminist, poet and equality activist Minnie Bruce Pratt has joined Syracuse University, with a joint appointment as a professor in the departments of writing and women’s studies. Pratt has toured the country speaking at pride celebrations, political rallies,…

Black Box Players brings racial dialogue to the forefront with ‘Dutchman’October 06, 2005 Syracuse University’s Black Box Players opens its 20th-anniversary season with Imamu Amiri Baraka’s volatile Obie award-winning play “Dutchman.” The show opens Oct. 7 and runs through Oct….

CNY Reads unveils new web siteOctober 06, 2005Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu The CNY Reads Consortium, led by Syracuse University Library Associates and including many Central New York partners, has developed a new Web site(http://library.syr.edu/cnyreads) to serve as both a source of information…

University opens AirOrange wireless ‘hotspots’ to campus visitorsOctober 05, 2005Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Visitors to the Syracuse University campus can now use their laptop computers, PDAs and other wireless devices to check e-mail and surf the Internet free of charge, using the…

Husband-and-wife architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien to lecture Oct. 19 at SU School of ArchitectureOctober 05, 2005Jaime Winne Alvarez jlwinne@syr.edu New York-based architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, husband and wife and principals of Tod Williams Billie Tsien and…

Syracuse University’s Career Services Network hosts Fall 2005 Career Fair on Oct. 6October 05, 2005 On Thursday, Oct. 6, Syracuse University’s Career Services Network will host the Fall 2005 Career Fair. The event will take place in the Carrier Dome…

Syracuse University names two Tolley ProfessorsOctober 05, 2005Roxanna Carpenterrocarpen@syr.edu For the first time in the history of the endowed chair at Syracuse University, two professors have been simultaneously named William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. Beverly Allen…

Syracuse Film Fest presents benefit screening of “39 Pounds of Love” in recognition of National Disabilities Awareness MonthOctober 04, 2005Jaime Winne Alvarez jlwinne@syr.edu The Syracuse International Film and Video Festival (SIFVF) will present a special fundraiser, Oct. 15 at 7…

Bench Press Symposium to feature discussion of judicial independenceOctober 04, 2005Jaclyn D. Grossojgrosso@law.syr.edu As the urgent need for a national conversation on the independence of the judiciary comes to the forefront, Syracuse University’s College of Law, Maxwell School of Citizenship…

Whitman School to launch Diversity Center with brainstorming workshop, Oct. 7-9October 04, 2005Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu Diversity experts from across the nation will join Dean Melvin T. Stith and faculty from the strategy and human resources department of Syracuse University’s Martin J….