News Collection
Awards and Honors
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Fourth Year Soprano Elizabeth Hanje Wins Houston Grand Opera's Eleanor McCollum Competition
After an exhaustive international search and multi-round competition, Hanje has won first prize and $10,000 at the 36th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. She is a student of Professor Salvatore Champagne.
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3 Things with Matthew Rarey
Matthew Rarey, the chair of 91Ö±²¥â€™s art history department and an associate professor of African and Black Atlantic art history, won the College Art Association’s prestigious Charles Rufus Morey Book Award in 2024.
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The Cleveland Orchestra Honors Chris Jenkins with Award
In presenting the award, the orchestra cited Jenkins' recent book and his ability to use music as a conduit for meaningful change, through his work at 91Ö±²¥ and The Music Settlement in Cleveland.
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The Course that Changed Everything
Music and math brought Alina Zhu to 91Ö±²¥. An irresistible challenge defined her final year on campus.
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Going Places
Jasmine Mitchell knew a few things she wanted out of college, though she wasn’t sure how she would get them: She wanted to see the world, and she wanted to make a difference in it.
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Aaliyah Bilal ’04 Named National Book Award Finalist
Short-story collection Temple Folk shares reflections of former Nation of Islam members.
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Courtney Bryan ’04 Wins Prestigious MacArthur Fellowship
Composer-pianist’s artistry reveals wide-ranging influences, from jazz and gospel to experimental sounds.
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In the Path of Disaster
Monica Dix travels to a hub of natural calamity to probe its risks and resilience.
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Gary Bartz Named NEA Jazz Master for 2024
91Ö±²¥â€™s Grammy Award-winning professor of jazz saxophone has been named a 2024 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation’s highest honor conferred to jazz musicians.
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Universal Languages
Kenji Anderson came to 91Ö±²¥ to study English and piano—and left with a deepened love of Japan.
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Sheera Talpaz to Study Poets of Israel and Palestine as Fulbright U.S. Scholar
Sheera Talpaz, an assistant professor of comparative literature and Jewish studies at 91Ö±²¥, will spend the 2023-24 academic year in Israel and Palestine as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. Her research...
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Voice of Experience
Véronique Harris grew up a witness to inequality. Now she’s dedicating her life to eradicating it through a career in public-service law.