Kwame Dawes, professor of English and editor of Prairie Schooner, has been named to the Academy of American Poets’ Board of Chancellors. The honorary position has been held by some of the most distinguished poets in the United States, including W.H. Auden, John Ashbery, Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Adrienne Rich and Mark Strand. As a member of the board, Dawes will consult with the organization on matters of artistic programming, serve as a judge for the organization’s largest poetry prizes, and act as a poetry ambassador to the world.
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Nebraska’s Graduate Student Assembly awarded Graduate Travel Student Award grants for the spring semester to:
- Abhiteja Konda, chemistry
- Carol Tscahmpl-Diesing, communication studies
- Aaron Hess, earth and atmospheric sciences
- Azar Mohammad Abadi Kamarei, earth and atmospheric sciences
- Clarisse Warren, political science
More than 70 applied for the grants, which are awarded three times each year. Awards are $400 for domestic/regional conferences and $600 for international conferences.
