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Harry McCue, art professor and chairman, has been chosen to exhibit his piece titled, "Land and Light," to be shown in the upcoming "Sixty Square Inches 14th Biennial Small Print Exhibition" at Purdue University Galleries in West Lafayette, Indiana.

His work was chosen out of 621 entries by 220 individual artists. The exhibit opens March 8 and runs until April 25.

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Professor Scott Ulrich (chemistry) won a grant from the Research Corporation in the amount of $38,140 for a project titled "Generation of Allele-Specific Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors."

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Bohonak, A.J., SMITH, BRUCE, Thornton, M. (biology '96). 2004. "Distributional, morphological, and genetic consequences of dispersal for temporary pool water mites" (Acari: Arrenuridae: Arrenurus). Freshwater Biology 49: 170-180.

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Trumpeter Kim Dunnick, saxophonist Steven Mauk, and pianist Diane Birr -- three faculty members at the Ithaca College School of Music -- will team up to bring a free evening of Russian music on Tuesday, January 27. The performance will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.

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The Ithaca College School of Music will hold its annual concerto competition finals on Saturday, January 24, from 10:00 a.m. until noon and from 1:00 p.m. until approximately 3:00 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.

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The Ithaca College community is invited to enjoy the Winter 2004 edition of the ICGI Newsletter online.

Just visit the Gerontology Institute's website, select "Newsletters," and then "Winter 2004." If you would like a hard copy of the newsletter, please contact Terry Beckley via e-mail or at the Gerontology Institute, 274-1967.

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Ithaca College sophomore Sarah Kessler’s contribution to a new book, "Open My Eyes, Open My Soul: Celebrating Our Common Humanity," was highlighted on NBC’s Today show on Thursday, January 15.

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The Handwerker Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of From Dust to Daylight: Selections from the Permanent Collection, its first exhibition of the spring 2004 semester. Curated by 11 Ithaca College Museology students, the exhibition features over 40 works of a variety of media from the gallery's permanent collection.

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The IC voICes, our very own employee chorus, will be performing a holiday concert this Saturday, January 24, starting at 5 p.m. in Ford Hall.

VoICes will be joined by the Ithaca Community Band and the Seneca Singers (a community chorus from Seneca Falls, New York). Each group will perform several musical numbers individually followed by a collective performance of the Hallelujah Chorus.

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A great resolution for the New Year is "Remember to recycle." Here's how you can recycle in your Ithaca College office:

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The Office of International Programs cordially invites faculty applications for the spring 2005 semester of the London Sabbatic Program.

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Patricia R. Zimmermann, professor in Cinema and Photography and coordinator of Culture and Communication in the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies, has been named to the editorial board of the Journal of Film and Video.

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The Office of Multicultural Affairs is sponsoring a luncheon held in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 19, 2004, from noon to 2:00 p.m. in the Emerson Suites.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Taylor Branch will be on campus Monday, January 19, 2004, as part of the ongoing Engaging Democracy and Troubling the Water Lecture Series.

His public presentation titled, "Violence, Race, Democracy: What Rules America?" will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Emerson Suites.

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Assistant professor of Cinema and Photography Simon Tarr has been named chair of the board of directors of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF).

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It is with a great deal of sadness that I must inform the Ithaca College community of the death of one of our students. Erika Watson, a senior from Middletown, Connecticut, majoring in art in the School of Humanities and Sciences, was killed in an automobile accident on Saturday morning. The accident occurred on Route 13 in Dryden.

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Ithaca College will have a new addition to the campus this spring -- its first resident guide dog.

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Every blood donation is essential, and many donors are unaware of the constant need to replenish the blood supply.

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As a result of a production problem with the Ithaca College Faculty-Staff parking permit/bus passes by the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, not all of the new 2004 permit/passes will be out to all staff and faculty before January 15, 2004 -- the expiration date of the old permit/pass.

The old 2003 bus passes will continue to be honored by the TCAT bus drivers through Monday, January 19, 2004.

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Welcome back! We have exciting colloquia beginning February 3, or next week if you propose a conversation!

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