Content Authored by: Sandra Baltazar Martinez

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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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.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

Juan Felipe Herrera receives Frost Medal 

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

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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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UCR wins pro bono consultation to continue advancing renewable energy

The consulting service will be provided by CustomerFirst Renewables, a Maryland-based renewables advisory service firm.

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Tod Goldberg’s ‘The Low Desert: Gangster Stories’ named among Southwest Books of the Year

The fictional stories are influenced by the desert southwest.

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Black Greek Letter Organizations exhibition at Tomás Rivera Library

The exhibition tells the collective story of the Divine Nine, the first Black Greek fraternities and sororities in the U.S. and their impact at UCR and the Inland Empire.

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Veterans Resource Center moves to Costo Hall

Student veterans have a new space at the center of campus. On Thursday, Feb. 24, UC Riverside’s Veterans Resource Center, or VRC, celebrated its grand opening at Costo Hall 125, neighboring African Student Programs. The space, the growth, and the services are meant to better serve students and their needs, said Brian Haynes, vice chancellor of...

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Yamaha recognizes music lecturer

Terry Nguyen was included in the 2022 Yamaha 40 Under 40.

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Allison Adelle Hedge Coke receives award from the California Arts Council

This is the first award by CAC since 2002. Hedge Coke was recognized as a 2021 Individual Legacy Artist Fellow.

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