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Ilaria Serra, the 2020 51�Թ��� Associate Professor Scholar of the Year, recently received a faculty curriculum development grant from the EU-Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at Florida International University (FIU)

The grant will support archival research for his project “Tangled Roots: Florida’s Revolving Empires and the Opportunities of Changing Borders,1760-1830.”

51�Թ���'s Department of Music is one of two finalists for Impact 100 Palm Beach County’s Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Grant.

Emily Fenichel and Camila Afanador-Llach, faculty in 51�Թ���’s Department of Visual Arts and Art History, recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for $231,588.

A total 476 undergraduate and 63 graduate 51�Թ��� received their diplomas for degrees in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters this Spring.

51�Թ���’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters recently announced a $1.125 million gift from 51�Թ��� benefactor Marleen Forkas to name the Marleen Forkas Studio One Theatre.

English Professor Oliver Buckton recently received a Fulbright Fellowship for his research and teaching project titled “Counterfeit Spies: The Arts ofDeception in Wartime Espionage and Post-war Spy Fiction.”

The University Galleries and the Department of Visual Arts and Art History at 51�Թ��� will present the “2020 Annual Juried Student Exhibition” through the mode of a virtual exhibition which will go...

51�Թ��� commercial music student Sam Miller and commercial music Professor Alejandro Sanchez-Samper have produced a song and video as a tribute to those who are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis.

School of Communication and Multimedia Studies Professor Topher Maraffi was awarded the NEH grant to create an augmented reality tour application.