Category: Professional Notes

Farnsworth Lectures in State Department Program

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered a U.S. State Department lecture titled “U.S. Journalism, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Development,” before a delegation of international journalists visiting under the government’s Institute for International Education Visitor Leadership Program.

Al-Tikriti Participates in Smithsonian Institution CRI Workshop

Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti participated in the Integrating Humanitarian Response and Cultural Heritage in Disasters workshop on Oct. 6-7.  Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution’s Cultural Rescue Initiative (CRI), the workshop was held at the National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, D.C.On the first day, Al-Tikriti joined 26 other officials and […]

Pineda Gives Talk at Library of Congress Oct. 6

Assistant Professor of English Jon Pineda presents “Filipino Americans: The Other Asian Americans” on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. in the Mary Pickford Theater at the Library of Congress. He will be reading from his newest book, “Little Anodynes.”The Library of Congress celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, commemorated each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, […]