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The University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy is kicking off a virtual event series with a discussion about the local impact of safety nets on communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy is kicking off a virtual event series with a discussion about the local impact of safety nets on communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.Panelists at Friday’s event, part of a series
June 9, 2021 The Society for the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences has added to its Humanities Grants offerings in 2021, awarding the new Humanities Impact Grants. Two public-facing projects by Cornell faculty have received $10,000 each to “engage in broader public conversations with social impact in mind,” funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Xak Bjerken “These new projects are meant to be ‘unconventional’ and have a social impact outcome,” said Emmanuel Giannelis, vice president for research and innovation. “They are supposed to ...
February 15, 2021 A new initiative from the Department of Performing and Media Arts, the Asian American Studies Program, and the Latina/o Studies Program is inviting students and community members to engage in hands-on workshops and conversations with artists and arts/performance scholars. The next visit is Feb. 18. “Critical Moves: Performance in Theory & Movement,” envisioned as a multiyear project, is hosting three virtual events with artists this semester. The artists work across boundaries of race, gender, sexuality and ethnicity and exemplify the ways that the arts, and in per...
From the Chair Dear Friends of the Department, When I arrived at Carolina in 1987 as an eager English M.A. student, it was impossible to imagine that one day I would have the privilege and honor of serving as Chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature these many years later. It is my goal as chair to nurture and help grow the excellence that our department has always exemplified in the classroom and on the page, and now, increasingly, in digital forms. Every facet of our program holds riches and profound talents, from our undergraduates, to our 115 graduate students, to o...