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The Howard University Jazz Ensemble has released its 32nd recording, HUJE 2006. The CD, entitled Here's To Life, is a tribute to the late diva Shirley Horn and it also features the award winning vocal group Afro Blue. For more information, contact Professor Fred Irby, III, at firby@howard.edu.

The Howard University Jazz Ensemble was invited to Japan by the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. and Amway Japan. The group performed concerts in Tokyo and Nagano May 28- June 3.

View the “Dedication of the Hon. Walter E. Washington Archives” remarks, May 9, 2007, online at http://www.howard.edu/library/stream/feature/Washington/1.htm. Speakers include H. Patrick Swygert, president; Dr. Thomas C. Battle, director, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center; Dr. Ricahrd A. English, provost & chief academic officer and the Honorable Mary Burke Washington.

Howard Faculty Member and Student Win Larry Neal Writers’ Competition

Associate Professor Carol A. Beane, Department of Modern Languages and Literature, was awarded First Place in Poetry [Adult category] in the 24^th Larry Neal Writers' Competition. Howard University student Cameron R. Byrd, who will begin his sophomore year this August, was awarded Third Place in Fiction [Teen/Young Adult category].

The Larry Neal Writers' Competition is held annually through the District of Columbia Commission on Arts and Humanities. The awards ceremony was held May 11, 2007, at the Folger's Shakespeare Library.