English symposium traces hope across boundaries

December 1, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

Manuel Muñoz in a blue denim jacket and left hand in his hair. Photo by Manuel Muñoz

Author and Central Valley native Manuel Muñoz will deliver the keynote address for Fresno State’s sixth annual Students of English Studies Association symposium on December 8 and 9. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Transcending Boundaries: Finding Hope in the Now.”

Shakespeare’s ‘Comedy of Errors’ ushers in the holiday season

November 22, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

Illustration depicts two mirrored men, one with a baby blue suit and one with a pink suit and top hats on a beach in front of palm trees and colorful beach condos.

“The Comedy of Errors” tells the story of two sets of identical twins accidentally separated at birth.

University Dance Theatre to premiere new dance concert ‘United’

November 15, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

Different shades of hands grasp the arm of the next -- encircling a brown heart.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Nov. 17-19 and 2 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Lab School 101 Theatre.

Students help non-profit dog rescue with recruitment and donations

November 14, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

“If life is drab, get a lab!”

Dr. Claude Mutafian to give a public lecture on ‘Jerusalem and the Armenians until the Ottoman Conquest’

October 31, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

Dr. Claude Mutafian in front of a large book case.

UPDATE: This event has been postponed until January 2023.

Fresno State Symphony Orchestra presents ‘Two Pianos at an Exhibition’

October 3, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

Dr. Peter Klimo and Dr. Michael Krikorian

The Fresno State Symphony Orchestra kicks off its four-concert series for the 2022-23 season with two new Department of Music piano faculty members Dr. Peter Klimo and Dr. Michael Krikorian.

Public lecture looks at the voice and story of soprano Zabelle Panosian

September 28, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

Black and white photo of Zabelle Panosian

Soprano Zabelle Panosian was among the most significant voices of the genocide generation of Armenian-Americans.

Papazian to give talk on Muslim and Alevi Armenians lecture

September 28, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

The lecture will be devoted to the officially Muslim and hence legally “non-Armenian” citizens of the Republic of Turkey who, drawing on their Armenian ancestors, Islamized or Alevized generations earlier, identify as Armenians today.

University Theatre kicks off the season with Pulitzer Prize finalist ‘4,000 Miles’

September 20, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

A city street in an orange sunset-like glow in perspective as objects in motion are blured.

After suffering a major loss on a cross-country bike trip, 21-year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91-year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment.

Fresno State Music Department announced the Fall 2022 lineup

September 9, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

Get jazzed up as the Fresno State Music Department presents its upcoming events for the Fall 2022 Semester.