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VPA announces establishment of Billy Joel FellowshipsSeptember 19, 2005Jaime Winne Alvarez jlwinne@syr.edu Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts has received a $320,000 gift from popular recording artist and entertainer Billy Joel as part of his long-term commitment to…

SU Tutoring Center earns international certificationSeptember 19, 2005Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu The Syracuse University Tutoring and Study Center (TSC), formerly known as the Learning Resource Center, has been recertified at Level I, II and III through the College Reading and Learning…

School of Education faculty members to be featured in nationwide satellite conferenceSeptember 19, 2005Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Syracuse University School of Education Professors Gerald Mager and Melissa Price will be featured presenters in the 2005-06 NASDSE Satellite Conference Series. Mager and Price…

Syracuse Symposium hosts Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Doctors Without Borders, Sept. 21September 16, 2005Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Beginning in the Spring 2006 semester, students will have the opportunity to study at one of China’s premier universities-Tsinghua University, in Beijing-at Syracuse University’s…

Alabama Supreme Court justice to speak at College of Law Sept. 23September 16, 2005 For the inaugural event of its 2005-06 Convocation Lecture series, “Legal Realities Behind Media Headlines,” Syracuse University’s College of Law will host Harold F. See Jr.,…

Director of Arizona State University School of Architecture to lecture Oct. 5 at SU School of ArchitectureSeptember 16, 2005Jaime Winne Alvarez jlwinne@syr.edu Darren Petrucci, director of Arizona State University School of Architecture and visiting critic in Syracuse University’s School of…

Syracuse University receives Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys and Sun MicrosystemsSeptember 16, 2005Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductor design software, has announced that Syracuse University is the recipient of a Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys and…

College of Visual and Performing Arts to host ‘Contesting Public Memories’ interdisciplinary conference, Oct. 6-8September 16, 2005Jaime Winne Alvarez jlwinne@syr.edu Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will host an interdisciplinary conference, “Contesting Public Memories,” Oct. 6-8. The conference…

Sultana Ensemble to lead evening of Middle East musical dialogue, Sept. 24September 15, 2005Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu As the people of the Middle East enter a new chapter during this historic time of disengagement in Gaza, a gathering in Syracuse on…

First Fall 2005 Frontiers of Science lecture explores cochlear implants, Sept. 21September 15, 2005Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu To inform people about recent advances in science and stimulate thought and discussion about the moral, ethical and societal implications of such advances, the…