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Associate Prof. Erika M. Bsumek gives talk open to the public:
"Selling the Southwest: Tourism and Trade in the American Southwest, 1868-1940"
When: Nov. 19, 2009
Where: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Salon B
Time: 8 p.m.
RSVP preferred by Nov. 18: Courtney Meador, 512-471-5491
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News
Dr. Toyin Falola receives Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. Toyin Falola received the inaugural Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on Oct. 31, 2009.
Bill Gates praises Dr. David Oshinsky's book "Polio: An American Story"
Bill and Melinda Gates gave a presentation at the Sidney Harman Hall Theater in Washington, D.C. to launch the Living Proof Project.
Professors Jacqueline Jones and Tracie Matysik win Hamilton Book Award runner-up prize
The winners of this year’s University Co-operative Society's Robert W. Hamilton Book Awards were announced on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Dinner at the White House
History's H.W. Brands was among nine of America's most distinguished historians and scholars invited to dine with President Barack Obama at the White House during June 2009.
Prof. Emeritus Philip White dies
Philip White, professor emeritus of American history, died Oct. 15 at the age of 86.
Events
Thu • Nov 19
Talk: "Selling the Southwest: Tourism...
