Archive for the ‘English Department’ Category
University of Nevada, Reno graduate wins awards for short stories collection
Claire Vaye Watkins, a 2007 graduate, has won the annual $20,000 Story Prize and the $10,000 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, for her collection of short stories that focus on the American West.... more
Linguistics students travel to Mexico, deliver research in Spanish
Seven University students were given the chance to travel to Oaxaca, Mexico after taking a linguistics class with Professor Brook Lillehaugen last spring. ... more
University of Nevada, Reno takes center stage as Shakespeare debate heats up
RENO, Nev. – When Eric Rasmussen isn’t in the classroom bringing Shakespeare to life for his students at the University of Nevada, Reno this week, you’re likely to find him on the telephone, answering questions from reporters across the country, and around the globe. ... more
International teachers to attend University of Nevada, Reno for in-class training
RENO, Nev. – The University of Nevada, Reno College of Education and the Northern Nevada International Center have partnered to host 20 teaching fellows from at least 11 different countries, Sept. 23 through Nov. 7. ... more
Shakespeare comes alive on the University of Nevada, Reno campus this fall
RENO, Nev. – 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. ... more
University’s School of the Arts hosts array of events for community this fall
Reno, Nev. – The arts are thriving on the University of Nevada, Reno campus featuring a multitude of events in many genres throughout the fall semester. Notable among these activities, is the University’s Nevada Repertory Company and its international collaboration and world premiere of “Hamlet” done in Original Pronunciation (OP).... more
University students and professors bring poetry to local family shelter
RENO, Nev. – 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.”... more
Susan Strauss spins tales at the University of Nevada, Reno
Famed storyteller to perform and lead workshop in traditional and modern art forms... more
