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[PHOTOS] Author Sandra Cisneros will discuss award-winning novels

Award-winning novelist Sandra Cisneros will visit Fresno State on Friday, Feb. 3, to discuss her works, some of which have been integrated into school curricula. Cisneros, who has written extensively about the Latina experience in the United States and won the American Book Award for “The House...

February 1st, 2012 | Events | Read More

Latina artists begin Center for Creativity and Arts spring schedule

Fresno State’s Center for Creativity and the Arts begins its spring series examining “Immigration, Migration and Labor” with visits from two Latina artists: acclaimed novelist Sandra Cisneros and Guadalupe Rivera Marín, daughter of iconic Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Films, lectures, readings...

January 31st, 2012 | Events | Read More

[PHOTOS] Poet Laureate Levine captivates audience

English professor emeritus and U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine returned to campus Saturday, Jan. 28, to receive the congratulations of more than 400 people and to share his thoughts and his work. The evening at the Concert Hall began with a private reception for Levine and his wife, Fran, organized...

January 25th, 2012 | Events | Read More

Seminar examines crime, punishment in Finland, California

Mikko Aaltonen, a doctoral candidate at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Fulbright scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Population Studies Center, will be joined by other experts in a seminar Friday, Jan. 27, at Fresno State examining crime and punishment in California and Finland. The...

January 23rd, 2012 | Events | Read More

CineCulture line-up includes award winners, foreign films

Fresno State’s CineCulture program screens “As It Is in Heaven”, an Academy Award-nominated film, at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the Leon S. and Pete P. Peters Educational Center in the Student Recreation Center (Shaw and Woodrow avenues). The Swedish film with English subtitles is about a successful...

January 20th, 2012 | Events | Read More

New Artist Invitational exhibited through Feb. 10

The 2012 Artist Invitational, an exhibition at Fresno State spotlighting four visual artists’ depictions of obsessive or repetitive processes, runs 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays through Feb. 10 at the Phebe Conley Gallery in the Conley Art Building. On exhibit are works by: Kirkman Amyx of San Francisco...

January 19th, 2012 | Events | Read More

Cello concert spotlights recent Phi Kappa Phi inductee Loewenheim

The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and the Fresno State Department of Music will kick off the spring semester musical concert season on campus with “An Evening of Cello Music” at 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Concert Hall in the Music Building. The concert will feature Dr. Thomas Loewenheim on cello and pianist...

January 6th, 2012 | Events | Read More

Ag One Community Salute recognizes Stewart Resnick

Stewart A. Resnick, owner of Paramount Citrus and Paramount Farms who is active in a broad range of philanthropy, will be the 2012 honoree at the Ag One Community Salute March 2 at the Fresno Convention Center, Exhibit Hall. Proceeds from the $125-per person fundraiser will establish the Ag One-Stewart...

January 3rd, 2012 | Events | Read More

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