Fresno State Professor part of Emmy-nominated Netflix production team

May 14, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

Professor Oya Hanoyo in front of a red background.

Hanayo Oya, assistant professor in the Department of Media, Communications and Journalism, served as a co-producer on the Netflix series “Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War,” which has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Historical Documentary category.

Fresno State Professor to debut groundbreaking Nautanki performance in Bay Area

May 22, 2024.Reading time 7 minutes.

Dr. Devendra Sharma performs in a Nautanki

Sharma is a seventh-generation nautanki performer, writer, director and guru and has acted in more than 500 plays.

Kudos to Fresno Writers — Fall 2023

April 3, 2024.Reading time 21 minutes.

Two images of men cut together, part of the MFA students, faculty, and staff distinction for fall 2023

Kudos to #FresnoWriters is an ongoing series on the Fresno State MFA blog, celebrating the professional accomplishments of students, alumni, and faculty in Fresno State’s Department of English and Creative Writing Program.

Fresno State’s faculty and alumni shine at 2024 CASMEC Awards

February 6, 2024.Reading time 3 minutes.

Leading the accolades was Dr. Gary Gilroy, Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Fresno State, who was honored with the CBDA David Goedecke Lifetime Achievement Award.

3 with Fresno State ties inducted into the Valley Music Hall of Fame

September 25, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Black and white head shots of Benjamin Boone holding a saxophone, Dr. Juan Serrano playing a guitar and Ann Leonardo Thaxter as a younger woman.

Three local music legends with ties to Fresno State were honored at the Valley Music Hall of Fame.

Kudos to Fresno Writers – Summer 2023

September 5, 2023.Reading time 17 minutes.

Alumna Roda Avelar, left, won a prestigious Ruth Lilly poetry fellowship. Alumnus Brian Turner published his first of three new poetry collections this year.

Celebrating the professional accomplishments of students, alumni, and faculty in Fresno State’s Department of English and Creative Writing Program.

Two new piano professors entertain with unique concert

October 26, 2022.Reading time 14 minutes.

Peter Klimo and Michael Krikorian in their Piano concert.

The Fresno State Symphony Orchestra kicked off its 2022-23 season with two new Department of Music piano faculty members Dr. Peter Klimo and Dr. Michael Krikorian on Saturday, Oct. 8.

English professor Mai Der Vang named finalist for Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

May 11, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry Mai Der Vang stands in front of a green field and a setting sun.

Author and Fresno State professor Mai Der Vang was honored May 9 as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, for her groundbreaking book of documentary poetry, “Yellow Rain.”

Dr. Veena Howard gives ‘Truth Force/Love Force’ TEDx talk

September 30, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Dr. Veena Howard delivers her TEDx talk virtually in a cream colored room with two blue backdrops.

Dr. Veena Howard explores Gandhi’s revolutionary teachings and informs us how we too can implement such profound actions into our lives.

‘Jazz Station’ names faculty musician Boone as number three alto sax performer in 2020

March 8, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Fresno State music theory and composition professor Benjamin Boone plays his alto saxophone in the studio while recording his album "The Poets are Gathering."

Jazz Station, a Portuguese language blog based in Los Angeles, named Boone the number three alto saxophone artist and number 10 soprano saxophone artist of 2020 for his album “Joy.”