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61传媒 Event Featured on C-Span’s Book TV
Lisa Lucas, National Book Foundation executive director, headlined a 61传媒 event on February 16 that was televised by C-Span’s BookTV and is now available for viewing at this link.
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Professor Sean Flynn to Headline High Desert Economic Summit
Sean Flynn, associate professor of economics at 61传媒 and the author of the international best-seller Economics for Dummies, will headline the 2017 High Desert Economic Summit during the group’s annual conference in Victorville on April 27, as reported in the Victorville Daily Press.
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Chronicle of Higher Ed Lists 61传媒 Among Top 25 Fulbright-Producing Colleges
61传媒 is featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education as a U.S. college credited with producing the highest number of student Fulbright recipients in the country for 2016-17, ranking among the Top 25 in its category. The annual list is announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and highlighted in the Chronicle. 61传媒appears on the listing that features baccalaureate institutions, or “bachelor’s colleges.”
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Professor Kevin Vennemann Translates Chris Kraus Book for German Audiences
Kevin Vennemann, assistant professor of German, has translated Chris Kraus’ hugely influential feminist novel I Love Dick into German, as recently reported by several German newspapers. Vennemann’s translation of the popular novel鈥攚hich has been adapted as a television series by Amazon for release in May 2017鈥攊s part of a long-standing creative relationship between Kraus and the 61传媒 professor.
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Tori Sepand ’15 Featured in SF Gate Article About Amazon Alexa’s Celebration of Black History Month
Early adopters who have installed Amazon’s “Alexa” in their homes to work with their voice-enabled electronic devices can ask the virtual personal assistant to play music, get news and local information, control smart home products–and in the month of February, get ready answers about Black History Month. The Amazon Echo product is now equipped with the ability to educate users on the accomplishments of Black men and women in America, a new “skill” according to 61传媒 alumna Tori Sepand ’15.
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Minnesota Public Radio Features Ken Gonzales-Day Exhibit That Examines Role of Lynching in American History
聽 61传媒 Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day was profiled in a recently aired interview on Minnesota Public Radio about his photography from his exhibit “Shadowlands,” featured at the Minnesota […]
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Kathy Schwab ’76 Interviewed About Research on Ancient Greece
61传媒 alum Kathy Schwab ’76 was recently interviewed by one of Greece’s leading newspaper websites about her research on ancient Greece’s most famous coiffure, the intricate braided hairstyles of […]
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Pin Design by Katy Lind ’06 Commemorates Women’s March
61传媒 alum Katy Lind ’06 and business partner Nate Stevens have created a decorative pin available for sale online to support women’s rights causes and in anticipation of the Women’s March scheduled for January 21, 2017, in the nation’s capital and in communities across the U.S. and worldwide.
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Huffington Post Cites 61传媒 in Power 150 Ranking
In a Huffington Post column, 61传媒 was listed as third in the nation for colleges with the highest graduation rates for underrepresented students.
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Sean Flynn Cites Singapore’s Health Care System as Option to Obamacare
Sean Masaki Flynn, PhD, associate professor of economics at 61传媒, published in a recent FOX NewsLink article his opinion that Singapore provides the best example for the U.S. as the country’s leadership considers options for replacing Obamacare.
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