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Kapoor focuses on expanding the Peace Garden legacy after stepping away from classroom

January 26, 2023.Reading time 15 minutes.
Dr. Kapoor stands at a podium at in the Peace Garden at Fresno State.

Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor taught his philosophy class for the last time in the fall of 2022, marking the end of an era.

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‘Winter Evening’ album features Fresno State faculty and staff

November 22, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.
Dr. Maria Briggs reclines in front of a deep red tapestry wearing a deep red dress with the flower paisley shawl.

The collection of luscious romantic songs by Tchaikowsky, Rachmaninov, Medtner and others written to the poetry of Pushkin, Goethe and Baudelaire was released through Centaur Records and is available on most streaming platforms.

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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.

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Professor Mai Der Vang wins American Book Award

September 9, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry Mai Der Vang stands in front of a green field and a setting sun.

Author Mai Der Vang, an assistant professor of English at Fresno State, won an American Book Award for her documentary poetry collection, “Yellow Rain.”

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‘It’s all for the people’; Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School opens in SE Fresno

August 26, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.
The entrance of Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School -- a bright orange roof shelter with a deep blue office.

Located on Church and Willow avenues in Southeast Fresno, the Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School grounds are visually striking, with a large orange entrance contrasted with the dark blue administrative office and the vivid sky that often graces Fresno in the late summer.

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Dr. Devendra Sharma awarded Fulbright to research folk opera in India

June 3, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.
Devendra Sharma performing as Mahoba prince Indal with Sharvari Deshpande as princess Chitralekha of Balk-Bukhara, at the South Asia Conference of University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015.

Through his experience in the Fulbright program, Sharma intends to form a larger performance-for-communication theoretical model that can be applied across cultures.

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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.”

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Largest Nautanki folk opera in the US to be staged by Fresno State professor Devendra Sharma

December 2, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.
Dr. Devendra Sharma in a traditional nautanki performance

Dr. Devendra Sharma received a grant from the Hewlett 50 Arts Commission to present “Princess Nautanki.”

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Art professor receives international recognition for ‘Controlled Burn’

November 8, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.
Left: Professor Joan K. Sharma in front of an abstract painting. Right: image "Controlled Burn - Yosemite" shows a forest fire on the Yosemite Valley floor below Half Dome.

“As I photographed the billowing smoke from the prescribed burn with Half Dome in the distance, I knew that it was an iconic image.” ~ Joan K. Sharma

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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. 

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We have truly turned the corner! Students and faculty are back on campus more than ever since 2020, and the University celebrated the investiture of President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, our former dean and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, with a joyful ceremony in September. We are also celebrating the 100th anniversary of The Collegian, the Fresno State student newspaper produced under the auspices of the college.

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