Content Authored by: Sandra Baltazar Martinez

Dean Daryle Williams nominated to serve on President Biden’s Administration 

The White House made the announcement in September.

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Music doctoral student receives accolades

Chun Chia Tai will present at a conference and start a fellowship in Taiwan

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Juan Felipe Herrera, finalist of major literary prize

He is a Neustadt International Prize for Literature finalist

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‘Look at This Blue’ is an ASLE finalist 

Winners will be announced at ASLE’s annual conference in Oregon in July

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Alfonso Gonzáles Toribio receives Distinguished Career Award

The Midwest Political Science Association recognized him as Latino politics scholar

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Inaugural CHASS Dean’s Speaker Series created a sense of community

The two-day event was filled with storytelling, history, and music.

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Jorge Leal and Linda Lemus receive ELEVATE fellowship

Both professors will spend part of their summer in New Jersey

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Juan Felipe Herrera receives Frost Medal 

The award is one of the oldest and most prestigious in American poetry.

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Gerald Clarke’s work included in Desert X 2023 exhibition 

A 100-foot basket will be an interactive gameboard for visitors. The basket honors Clarke’s Cahuilla culture.

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Courtney Baker receives special invite to the White House for screening of ‘Till’

Baker was among academics, politicians, “Till” filmmakers, and families who have experienced racial trauma.

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Rickerby Hinds’ latest play on the national stage

Hinds is part of the first cohort of BIPOC playwrights participating in the Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions initiative.

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Los Angeles recognizes author David L. Ulin

Ulin teaches at the UCR Palm Desert low-residency MFA program.

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Espinoza, Goldberg, selected for ‘Best American Mystery and Suspense’

The series honors the best mystery short fiction published in the previous year.

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Poetry Foundation honors Juan Felipe Herrera

Herrera is one of 11 awardees of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.

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‘Look at This Blue’ is a National Book Awards finalist

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s new poetry book is one of 25 books with this year’s distinction.

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Susan Straight’s new novel is a finalist for the Kirkus Prize

Winners will be announced in late October in Austin, Texas.

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Dylan Rodríguez receives award for his book, ‘White Reconstruction’

The Caribbean Philosophical Association honored him with their ‘Frantz Fanon Award for Outstanding Book in Caribbean Thought.’

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State funding will help create a degree completion program

$4.85 million in state funds will help UCR University Extension lead the way in helping people reengage with their education.

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World premiere: An opera with an electronic track

Ian Dicke’s first opera launched during the Synchromy Opera Festival in Pasadena.

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Xóchitl Chávez is curatorial advisor of a Smithsonian American Latino exhibition

The gallery features a Spanish and English exhibition titled: “¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States.” It opens June 18.

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