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Nazareth College Presents Original Play "Casablanca" in Four Languages, March 2-3

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:19 -0000

Nazareth College's Foreign Languages and Literatures department is proud to present Casablanca, an original Nazareth College play written and directed by Candide Carrasco, chair of the foreign languages and literatures department. The play is pres...

Blue Slate Solutions and InformationWeek Release Their 2012 State of Database Technology Research Report

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:08:08 -0000

Blue Slate Solutions, a national BPM consultancy, released their 2012 State of Database Technology report which tracked adoption of NoSQL, semantic data stores and hosted warehouse environments, investigated how respondents are securing their data...

Illinois State Military Museum Unveils New Expansion for African History

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:22:34 -0000

The Illinois State Military Museum unveiled a new expansion to its exhibit honoring African American history in the Illinois National Guard Feb. 1 at the museum in Springfield.

GCC Slates Dansville Campus Center Move to Former Dansville Middle School

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:09:25 -0000

Genesee Community College's Dansville Campus Center will be relocated this summer from its leased Route 63 location to the former Dansville Middle School, two miles away, under a proposal approved Monday evening by Genesee Community College's Boar...

Researcher to Discuss Region's Underground Railroad History

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:56:01 -0000

Judith Wellman, a historian of 19th century America who received the 2011 Award of Excellence from the Preservation League of New York State, will discuss the Underground Railroad on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at SUNY Cortland.

New Leisure Learning Program Debuts at Genesee Community College

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:25 -0000

Adults over the age of 50 now have the opportunity to pursue leisure-time learning courses in history, languages, hobbies, travel, and other subject areas at GCC through a new initiative of The BEST Center, Executive Vice President for Academic Af...

Verdi's 'Ernani' Brings Award-Winning Young Soprano to Met Live in HD

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:37:22 -0000

The Metropolitan Opera will bring its revival of Giuseppe Verdi's "Ernani" to movie screens across the world, just days after its star received one of the most prestigious awards a young vocalist can be honored with.

SUNY Potsdam women's basketball will Play 4 Kay

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36:51 -0000

The SUNY Potsdam women's basketball team will participate in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Play 4 Kay event on Friday, Feb. 10, in a 6 p.m. home game against Plattsburgh.

Win For Life Spectacular: Twenty-Eight-Year-Old Yonkers Man Wins $10,000,000 Lottery Prize

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:30:36 -0000

An Irish immigrant now living in Yonkers has won the top prize on the New York Lottery's Win for Life Spectacular scratch-off game. The 28-year-old winner is guaranteed to receive a minimum prize of $10,000,000.

Common Cause Responds to McCarthy Redistricting Rumor

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:54:04 -0000

In response to press reports today that LATFOR is considering eliminating New York's 5th Congressional District, currently represented by Carolyn McCarthy, Common Cause/NY released the following analysis.

Crane Symphony Orchestra Plays with Concerto Contest Winner

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:25:38 -0000

The Crane Symphony Orchestra will present a concert featuring a winner of this year's student concerto competition at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music.

OGS Announces Upcoming Construction Opportunities

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:22:57 -0000

CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES

OGS to Award New Construction Contracts

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:13:30 -0000

RoAnn M. Destito, New York State Office of General Services Commissioner, today announced that new construction bids have been awarded in the below counties. The awards are described in the listing below. The contracts are expected to be awarded t...

USDA Answers NY's Pleas to Increase Plum Pox Compensation

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:59:48 -0000

New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine today applauded USDA for responding to New York farmers this week by publishing updated compensation rates for orchards and nurseries infested with the stone fruit disease, Plum Pox Virus...

PSC Seeks Public Input On Corning's Gas Rates

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:14:08 -0000

The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today announced that it is seeking public comment on a proposal to establish increased natural gas delivery rates for Corning Natural Gas Corporation (CNG) for the period May 1, 2012 throug...

Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb in Downtown Buffalo is March 10

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:09:22 -0000

The American Lung Association in New York will host its second annual Fight for Air Climb in downtown Buffalo on Saturday, March 10 at 10 am. The Fight for Air Climb challenges participants to reach the 38th Floor of One HSBC Center – a total of 8...

Treasurer Fitzgerald Awards $1000 College Savings Iowa Account to Baby Born at Mercy Medical Center

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:46 -0000

State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald's office has awarded another $1,000 College Savings Iowa account – this time to a lucky baby born in Des Moines. The award, courtesy of the College Savings Iowa Baby 529 Giveaway, is given once a month to put one...

National Grid Teams with Customers and City to "Energize Worcester" with a Smart Grid Pilot

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:18:04 -0000

National Grid, its customers, the City of Worcester and a diverse cross-section of other key groups and individuals have pooled their knowledge and creative energy to help develop a revised smart grid pilot proposal that will energize Worcester by...

Win For Life Spectacular: Twenty-Eight-Year-Old Yonkers Man Wins $10,000,000 Lottery Prize

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:21 -0000

Secretary of State Perales to Announce Major Consumer Outreach Initiative at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:26:07 -0000

On Monday, February 13th, Secretary Cesar A. Perales will be joined by Daniel Reingold, CEO of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, Beth Finkel, Senior Manager of Programs and Services for AARP and Carla Chase, President of Chase Media Group and Board me...

Secretary of State Perales to Announce Major Consumer Outreach Initiative at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:09:15 -0000

New York Cemetery Board to Meet on February 16, 2012

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:44:19 -0000

Members of the New York State Cemetery Board will meet on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the Department of State offices in downtown Albany at 99 Washington Avenue. Tentative agenda items include discussion of pending legislation, pr...

Vendors Sought for Thruway Farmers Markets

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:31:48 -0000

The New York State Thruway Authority is seeking farmers and growers to participate in "Tailgate Farmers Markets" at selected travel plazas along the Thruway system.

Elizabethtown College Theatre hosts Three Comic Shorts Feb. 25-26 in Tempest Theatre

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:33 -0000

Elizabethtown College Theatre presents three comic shorts at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, and Saturday, Feb. 26, in the College's Tempest Theatre. The sketches by William Borden, Elaine May and Shel Silverstein are directed by Elizabethtown College sen...

Bloodiest prison in the South subject of Feb. 16 presentation at Elizabethtown College

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:33 -0000

"Inmates, Media and Life on the Farm," is an insider's look at what was once considered the bloodiest prison in the South. Dr. Kalen Churcher's talk, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at Elizabethtown College's Bowers Writers House, shows the penitent...

Northwestern College Concerto-Aria Contest Winners Announced

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:19 -0000

The Department of Music is proud to announce Carl Christenson and T. Hastings Reeves as winners of the 2011-12 Concerto-Aria Competition. They were among the 17 contestants that participated in the annual event held on Saturday, February 4 2012, i...

Author and C.S. Lewis expert Thomas O'Boyle will visit Geneva College on Wed., Feb. 22.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:25:24 -0000

Thomas F. O'Boyle will present "The Path of C.S. Lewis: Pain as the gateway to a spiritual journey" at Geneva College on Wednesday, February 22 in John White Chapel of Old Main at 7:30 p.m. A writer, teacher and newspaper executive, O'Boyle has b...

SUNY Cortland Students to Analyze "Books that Changed the World"

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:06:16 -0000

The Communist Manifesto, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare and the Quran have something in common: SUNY Cortland students are discussing them, along with seven other books, in a poster session titled "Books that Changed the World" on Wedne...

Dr. Steven Garber, the author of The Fabric of Faithfulness, will be at Geneva on Wed., Feb. 15

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:51:52 -0000

Author and lecturer Dr. Steven Garber will appear at Geneva College on Wednesday, February 15. He will present "Conversation of Consequence" in chapel at 10:15 a.m. in Metheny Fieldhouse, and will also be speaking in Skye Lounge at 7 p.m.

Performer to Re-enact Famous Escaped Slave at SUNY Cortland

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:29:52 -0000

Robert Djed Snead, a performing historical re-enactor, lecturer and storyteller, will deliver two re-enactments of a famous Syracuse abolitionist, on Thursday, Feb. 16, at SUNY Cortland.