The College of Liberal Arts in the News
'Intense calm' leads to Marshall Scholarship
The Marshall Scholarship is one of the most prestigious scholarships awarded to undergraduates seeking to pursue postgraduate degrees. For the first time in the scholarship's 58-year history, a University of Nevada, Reno student, Max Alderman, has been chosen as a Marshall Scholar. University of Nevada, Reno welcomes new choral conductor
The University of Nevada, Reno Department of Music announces the addition of Paul Torkelson, an esteemed choral conductor and educator, to the University faculty this fall. Torkelson will serve as the director of choral activities, conduct the symphonic choir and chamber chorale, and teach choral methods and conducting. University of Nevada, Reno student throws footballs for thousands
University of Nevada, Reno freshman Ivon Padilla-Rodriguez competed for and won a $100,000 scholarship during halftime of the 2011 SEC Championship Game between Georgia and LSU in Atlanta on Dec. 3. Linda Hayes wins 2011 Global Engagement Award
The University's International Activities Committee is pleased to announce the winner of the first Global Engagement Award: Psychology Professor Linda Hayes. The award will be presented on Thursday, Nov. 17 at the annual Fulbright reception during International Education Week. The sound and fury of 'Hamlet'
Place all your preconceived notions about watching a Shakespeare play -- particularly "Hamlet" -- aside, urges Robert Gander, professor and chair of the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of Nevada, Reno. Gander, collaborating with English professor Eric Rasmussen, British actor Ben Crystal and English linguist David Crystal, has created a production of "Hamlet" performed by the university's Nevada Repertory Company that has the accent as it would have been spoken on the Elizabethan stage. 'Te be; er not te be?'
Theater lovers from around the globe will be watching — and listening — as "Hamlet" comes to life at the University of Nevada, Reno. Created by a group of international Shakespearean scholars and the Nevada Repertory Company, "Hamlet" will be performed in Original Pronunciation (OP) for the first time in centuries. Amazingly, the last time "Hamlet" was presented in its original dialect was in the early1600s. In fact, only four OP productions of anything Shakespearean have been performed in modern times: two recently at The Globe Theatre in London, one at the University of Kansas, and one at Cambridge in the 1950s. Now, the contemporary world premiere comes to Reno. From darkness, a friendship blooms
Of all the memories and moments from the whirlwind events of a year ago, when Emma Sepulveda traveled to Chile to bear witness to one of the world's most improbable rescue efforts, one stands out more than others. Shakespeare comes alive on campus this fall
All things Shakespeare will come alive this fall on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, as the College of Liberal Arts and School of the Arts highlight the influence William Shakespeare has had on our culture the past 400 years. The events begin with a free concert, "Lute Songs from the Time of Shakespeare," at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 21, and culminate with the Nevada Repertory Company's world premiere of "Hamlet" done in Original Pronunciation (OP) on Nov. 1. National Academy of Sciences member Catherine Fowler presents at University
Catherine (Kay) Fowler, University of Nevada, Reno foundation professor of anthropology emerita, is nationally recognized for the work she did during her 40 years of teaching and research at the University's College of Liberal Arts. Her work helped to preserve the indigenous languages, culture, land and heritage of the Great Basin's Native people. Fowler will be honored and reflect on her work at a free presentation open to the public at the Wells Fargo Auditorium on the First Floor of the University's Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at 4 p.m., Sept. 21. Getting a sense of people's lives
Whether it is on the dust-covered playa where more than 50,000 revelers swarm like brightly colored ants across the Black Rock Desert during the annual Burning Man counterculture festival each Labor Day weekend, or in a quiet, small agricultural community of no more than about 300 souls in Mexico, Debbie Boehm knows the success or failure of her work often boils down to a simple truth. David Ake takes over as Director of School of the Arts
The University's College of Liberal Arts has named accomplished jazz musician and associate professor of music David Ake the director of its School of the Arts. University's Kate Camino awarded lifetime achievement
From growing up and dancing with her sisters at community events in Buffalo, Wyo., to becoming a Basque language instructor, dance director, Reno's Basque Club president and national delegate, Kate Camino, an administrative assistant at the University of Nevada, Reno Center for Basque Studies, has become a recognized figure and ambassador within her local communities and well beyond. University music students learn and perform in Italy
The Tuscia Operafestival is held annually in Viterbo, Italy during July and August and this summer, two University of Nevada, Reno students are fortunate to perform in this famous Italian event. Ashley Merriner, a music major with a minor in European history and Matthew Facque, an applied music major in the School of the Arts, traveled to Viterbo this past May through the University Studies Abroad Consortium in order to take place in the Operafestival, where the pair will be performing in several pieces throughout the summer. University of Nevada, Reno ranked among the world's top 500
The University of Nevada, Reno has been named to a list of the world's top 500 universities. The 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities includes institutions from 40 countries. University's Knowledge Center opens Post-War Bohemians exhibit
While many Nevadans were settling into cozy, traditional "apple-pie" American lifestyles after World War II, a tight-knit group of artists were doing their own thing, producing colorful, nontraditional art and living lifestyles that matched. For the first time, the work of this talented group will be displayed together, at the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno, July 1 – Sept. 16. Nationally recognized history professor named College of Liberal Arts Dean
Foundation Professor Scott Casper, chair of the Department of History at the University of Nevada, Reno, has accepted the position of interim dean of the University's College of Liberal Arts and will assume his duties July 1. Many Americans approve of stem cell research for curing serious diseases
While research using human embryonic stem cells has roused political controversy for almost two decades, little has been done to scientifically assess American attitudes on the subject. New research from the University of Nevada, Reno provides decision-makers with a much clearer picture of how their constituents truly feel about the subject. Regents Award winners showcase the University's talent
The Nevada Board of Regents recently named recipients of the Regents' Awards recognizing the highest achievements of Nevada System of Higher Education educators, researchers and advisors. Several University of Nevada, Reno faculty received top honors that illustrate the broad depth of knowledge and excellence at the University. Heather Hardy named University provost
Heather Hardy has been named provost of the University of Nevada, Reno, the University announced Monday. Kay Fowler elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Professor of Anthropology Emerita Kay Fowler recently shared an honor with actor Daniel Day-Lewis, singer-songwriter Paul Simon, and Nobel Prize winner David Politzer, to name a few. Fowler was one of 212 new members elected into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an organization founded by John Adams, John Hancock and other scholar-patriots, whose membership has also included George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert Einstein and a long list of our country's "thinkers and doers." Undergraduate students share their research
At the end of each spring semester, recipients of the Honors Undergraduate Research Award and the General Undergraduate Research Award, along with any other interested students on campus, create posters that present the process and results of their research. This year, 44 students at the University of Nevada, Reno showcased their research and work at the Undergraduate Research Poster Conference on Wednesday, April 20. University students and professors bring poetry to local shelter
University of Nevada, Reno Honors students partnered with the University's English Department and Volunteers of America Reno Family Shelter on Record Street to organize and implement an eight-week long project, "Expressions of Homelessness: Representations through the Arts." |
