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The annual show is hosted by the College of Liberal Arts student board.

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Professor Tim Kehoe calls the class, which uses economic models to analyze financial meltdowns, "an experiment."

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School of Music conducting students Foster Beyers, Christina Chen-Beyers, and Jeffrey Specht are preparing to take on the challenge of conducting an opera by Igor Stravinsky.

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On October 16, 2009, Professors Daniel and Mária Brewer of the Department of French and Italian were awarded the Palmes Academiques by the French government and made chevaliers in the French government.

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Partners both professionally and personally, Mária and Daniel Brewer have received France's highest honor for academics

Professors Mária and Daniel Brewer are one of those academic couples people marvel at. Married in graduate school, they have found a perfect way to meld their professional and personal lives. They teach in the same University of Minnesota department, French and Italian. Their research areas--modern literature, theater, and critical thought (Mária) and the literature and culture of ancien régime France and the Enlightenment (Daniel)--complement each other, yet remain distinct. And since 2003 they have served as co-editors of the internationally renowned journal L'Esprit Créateur, which publishes articles on French and Francophone literature, film, criticism, and culture. Exploring all periods of French literature and thought, the journal has consistently helped define the leading edge of critical inquiry in the area of French and Francophone studies.

Daniel and Mária's dedication to L'Esprit Créateur, along with many other contributions promoting French culture and language and bridging France and the United States, have earned them a rare distinction: On October 16, the Brewers were made chevaliers in the French Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

The Palmes Académiques are awarded by the French Ministry of Education. Started in 1808 by Napoleon I, and institutionalized in 1955 by Edgar Faure, President of the Council of the Fourth Republic, the Palmes Académiques honor individuals who have made major contributions to the expansion of French culture.

Speaking in French at the awards ceremony held on campus, Cultural Attaché Marie-Anne Toledano cited several reasons why the Brewers' award was so exceptional. She highlighted the quality, richness, and creativity of their work, both individually and together in their work on L'Esprit Créateur. She also noted that it is rare for two people to be awarded the Palmes Académiques at one time, but even rarer that the awards go to a married couple, "a man and a woman united in solidarity and as productive in their professional lives as in their private lives." Finally, she thanked them for their "relentless energy in the service of disseminating the French language and culture, both classic and contemporary."

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Recent English alumni Stephen Courchane and Ryan Magee describe the highs and lows of joining Teach for America.

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In 1969, the U of M established the first American Indian studies and second African American studies departments in the United States. To celebrate the anniversary of this historic event, the University Libraries are exhibiting archival materials that chronicle the establishment of these pioneering programs.

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Ideas of romantic love, faithfulness and commitment still valued highly by 18-28 year-olds, say researchers.

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Schools and colleges nation-wide celebrated the diversity of writing Tuesday, which was declared by the United States Senate.

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The University is requesting $23 million from the state for renovations to century-old classroom building.

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The University of Minnesota School of Music presents its Collage Concert, an annual ensemble concert with more than 400 students and faculty performing in a non-stop, surround-sound, musical extravaganza at Ted Mann Concert Hall.

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Narayana Kocherlakota of the University of Minnesota Department of Economics will assume his new post October 8.

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The first chair will be held by professor Susan Noakes of the Department of French and Italian for her project, "Globalization of the Middle Ages." The program is part of the University's Imagine Fund.

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Alsop, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director, became first woman to head a major American symphony in 2007.

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Anthropologist Karen Ho shares a view of the investment banking mentality.

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