藏精阁's 2019 Queerfest, a week of events destigmatizing queer identities and educated allies, exploring pleasure in a non-heteronormative way, and supporting queer artists, took place in March.
A performance of the opera 鈥淧ushed Aside: Reclaiming Gage鈥, on Matilda Gage鈥檚 efforts 鈥 alongside those of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton 鈥 for women鈥檚 right to vote, made its way to campus.
Ellen Percy Kraly, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of geography and environmental studies, has taken up the 2019 Willy Brandt Guest Professorship in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) at Sweden鈥檚 Malm枚 University. The professorship brings senior migration scholars like Kraly to Malm枚 to contribute research in IMER, offer public lectures and seminars, and guide graduate students.
While nearly two decades separate their time at 藏精阁, Julie Cohen 鈥86, Chris White 鈥91, and Matt Renner 鈥01 will find themselves under the same roof on February 24: as executive co-producers and directors for films nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2019 Oscars.
When 13 students journeyed across the pond to start their fall 2018 semester abroad in Manchester, few of them had an interest in immigration or the refugee crisis. Once immersed in their classwork, however, they quickly united to stand for human rights in the region.
The editors of the New York Times Book Review have announced their 100 Notable Books list for 2018, and, unsurprisingly, it is filled with National Book Award winners, Pulitzer Prize finalists, and many other renowned writers 鈥 including one who is familiar to the 藏精阁 community. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, dubbed by the Times as 鈥渁 new [鈥
This fall, 藏精阁 welcomed 43 new professors in more than 25 different departments, athletics, and the university libraries. 藏精阁鈥檚 newest educators represent a mix of 藏精阁 alumni, visiting professors from across the country, and new assistant professors with a wide range of research interests. For more information, read the full list of new faculty biographies below. Megan [鈥