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  <title>New BMI Fellows Announced - 6/2/08</title>
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BMI happily welcomes Luljeta Lleshanaku, Mary Palevsky, and Robert Rosenberg as our 2008/09 fellows. More information on the incoming fellows will be posted in the coming weeks on the BMI Fellows homepage: http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/programs/fellows.htm
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  <pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 21:10 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Two New Rainmaker Translations - 4/28/08</title>
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BMI is pleased to announce the release of two new Rainmaker translations: Elias Khoury's _Yalo_ (Translated from the Arabic by Peter Theroux, Archipelago Books - 2008) and Horacio Castellanos Moya's _Senselessness_ (Translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver, New Directions - 2008). More information on these and all the Rainmaker translations can be found in the 'Programs' section of the BMI's website: http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/programs/translations.htm
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  <pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 20:05 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>BMI Fellows on KNPR's "State of Nevada"; New Podcast Episode - 4/28/08</title>
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BMI fellows Donna Hemans, Tom Bissell, and Josip Novakovich discuss their experiences in Las Vegas while advancing their literary careers on the 4/28/08 edition of KNPR's "State of Nevada" program. This interview has been added to the BMI podcast as episode #18. For more information on the BMI podcast, visit http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/news_and_events/multimedia.htm
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  <pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:33 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>BMI Fellow Bissell Profiled in Las Vegas City Life - 3/20/08</title>
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<![CDATA[  In its March 20th issue, Las Vegas _City Life_ profiled BMI Fellow Tom Bissell, his father, and their 2003 trip to Vietnam: a trip which resulted in Bissell’s book _The Father of All Things_. The article can be accessed at the _City Life_ website: http://www.lvcitylife.com/articles/2008/03/20/news/local_news/iq_20420712.txt It is also attached to the .pdf announcement on the BMI website: http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/news_pdfs/2008/20_march_2008.pdf ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:17 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>'Warring Perspectives: Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon' with Elias Khoury and A.B. Yehoshua - 4/23/08</title>
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<![CDATA[ President Emerita Carol C. Harter and the BMI present an evening with Lebanese novelist and critic Elias Khoury, author of _Gate of the Sun_ and _Yalo_, and Israeli novelist and playwright A.B. Yehoshua, author of _A Woman in Jerusalem_ and _The Lover_, as they discuss the intractable situation that exists among Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon. Although great admirers of one another's work, Khoury and Yehoshua do not necessarily agree politically. Nobel Laureate and BMI Senior Fellow Wole Soyinka has been engaged to moderate and, if needed, referee.
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  <pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 13:47 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Josip Novakovich on KNPR's "State of Nevada"; New Podcast Episode - 4/3/08</title>
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In advance of the BMI's "Imagination in Exile" (4/2/08) panel event, writer and BMI fellow Josip Novakovich discusses his work and native Croatia on KNPR's "State of Nevada" program. This interview has been added to the BMI podcast as episode #17. For more information on the BMI podcast, visit http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/news_and_events/multimedia.htm
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  <pubDate>Thursday, 3 April 2008 12:37 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>The Imagination in Exile - 4/2/08</title>
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On Wednesday, April 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Barrick Museum Auditorium on the UNLV Campus, Black Mountain Fellows Tom Bissell, Donna Hemans, and Josip Novakovich will discuss writing about places an author doesn't reside and the influence of national identity on the creative imagination. Bissell's acclaimed memoir, _The Father of All Things_, contrasts today's Vietnam with that of the 1970s; Hemans' provocative _River Woman_ shows Jamaica and New York in a fresh perspective; and Novakovich's darkly humorous _April Fool's Day_ paints an absurdist picture of the Balkans since 1948. BMI Associate Director Richard Wiley moderates.
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  <pubDate>Thursday, 13 March 2008 13:29 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>Tom Bissell in Conversation with John Bissell - 3/12/08</title>
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On Wednesday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Atomic Testing Museum on 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Tom Bissell, Black Mountain Fellow and author of the acclaimed memoir _The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam_, is joined by his father, Marine veteran John Bissell, in a conversation about their 2004 trip to Vietnam to retrace John's tour of duty. BMI Executive Director Carol C. Harter moderates.
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  <pubDate>Monday, 3 March 2008 13:54 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>New Podcast Episodes and Video Updates - 3/8/08</title>
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Several videos and podcasts have been added to the BMI multimedia archive: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/multimedia.htm. Video from the 03/07/07 Richard Wiley reading and the 04/19/07 Derek Walcott reading are now live and ready for viewing in the BMI Video Archive. Additionally, the audio from these events has been added to the BMI podcast along with an inverview with author and filmmaker William Kittridge. Kittridge participated in the BMI's 3/4/08 panel event "Writing in the West."
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  <pubDate>Monday, 3 March 2008 13:54 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>'Writing the West' Event 3/4/08</title>
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On Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Barrick Museum Auditorium on the UNLV Campus, William Kittredge, author of _Hole in the Sky_ and co-producer of _A River Runs Through It_; Annick Smith, author of _In This We Are Native_ and founding member of the Sundance Film Institute; and Greer Chesher, author of _Heart of the Desert Wild_, come together to address the importance of the West in life, writing, and filmmaking. This is a UNLV Forum event co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Department of Film, and Black Mountain Institute.
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  <pubDate>Thursday, 28 February 2008 11:27 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>18 February 2008 - Event Cancellation: 'Joyce Carol Oates: A Reading and Conversation'</title>
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We regret that this event has been CANCELLED. Please visit our web site in the next few weeks for rescheduled event information.
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  <pubDate>Monday, 18 February 2008 13:00 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>12 December 2007 - Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast Update #12 and 13</title>
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The Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast has been updated with two interviews from Las Vegas Public Radio Station KNPR’s “State of Nevada”: a daily news and information show concerned with Nevada politics and culture. First, BMI International Women's Forum Fellow Donna Hemans discusses her first novel _River Woman_ and the challenges of writing in a world consumed by Blackberries, iPods and sound bites. (A permalink to the show’s profile can be found here: http://www.knpr.org/son/archive/detail.cfm?programid=1245). Second, BMI fellow Tom Bissell, author of _The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam_, discusses how a magazine article turned into a 340 page novel, his travels to Vietnam with his father, and his most recent project on the twelve tombs of the Apostles. (A permalink to the show’s profile can be found here: http://www.knpr.org/son/archive/detail.cfm?ProgramID=1256). The interviews were broadcast respectively on the 1/22/08 and 2/6/08 editions of State of Nevada.

The audio of these interviews can be found posted in the SoN archives, as part of the KNPR “State of Nevada Select Podcast” (feed URL: http://www.knpraudio.org/select.xml), and as part of the BMI Podcast: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/podcast.htm

This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of 'KNPR's State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.
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  <pubDate>Monday, 11 February 2008 13:48 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>30 January-2 February, 2008 - AWP Bookfair</title>
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Visit us at the AWP Bookfair (http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2008bookfair.php), table 328, from January 30 through February 2, 2008. The bookfair will be open to the general public on Saturday, February 2 so we hope to see you there!
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  <pubDate>Wednesday, 30 January 2008 01:34 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>14 January 2008 - Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Spring Events Calendar"</title>
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The Black Mountain Institute (BMI) spring events calendar is shaping up. Included at present are: (1) 'Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation' which will be held Saturday, February 23 at 8:00 p.m. in the Moyer Student Union Ballroom on the UNLV Campus. At this event, Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates -- author of _The Gravedigger's Daughter_, _I'll Take You There_, _We Were the Mulvaneys_, _You Must Remember This_, _Black Water_, and _Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?_, among her seventy novels, novellas, and short story collections -- joins Black Mountain for a reading from and conversation about her work. (2) 'Writing the West' which will be held Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Barrick Museum Auditorium on the UNLV Campus. At this event, William Kittredge, author of _Hole in the Sky_ and co-producer of _A River Runs Through It_; Annick Smith, author of _In This We Are Native_ and founding member of the Sundance Film Institute; and Greer Chesher, author of _Heart of the Desert Wild_, come together to address the importance of the West in life, writing, and filmmaking. A UNLV Forum event co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Department of Film, and Black Mountain. (3) 'The Imagination in Exile' which will be held Wednesday, April 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Barrick Museum Auditorium on the UNLV Campus. At this event, Black Mountain Fellows Tom Bissell, Donna Hemans, and Josip Novakovich read from and discuss their creative work. (4) 'Debating the Middle East Crisis: A.B. Yehoshua and Elias Khoury' which will be held Wednesday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Moyer Student Union Theater on the UNLV Campus. At this event, Israeli playwright and novelist A.B. Yehoshua, author of _A Woman in Jerusalem_, and Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, author of _Gate of the Sun_, discuss relations between their respective homelands.
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  <pubDate>Monday, 14 January 2008 01:34 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>12 December 2007 - Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast Update #9, 10, and 11"</title>
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The Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast has been updated with audio from three events: John Dean's lecture and reading held 11/1/06; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s lecture held 11/20/06; and "The Vitenam War in light of Iraq" panel discussion held 3/21/07. All three events were held at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV. For more information on the events, visit: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/archive.htm. For more information on the BMI podcast, visit http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/news_and_events/multimedia.htm Finally, video footage from all three events is available for viewing in the BMI Video Archive: http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/news_and_events/multimedia.htm
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 September 2007 12:07 -0800</pubDate> 
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The BMI video archive is now active. Featuring professionally edited video footage from BMI events, the archive serves as both a repository and as a form of hypermedia outreach. New videos will be added several times per year. If you'd like to be notified when we update the archive, please subscribe to the BMI Video Updates Feed (http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/vidfeed.xml).
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  <pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 02:37 -0800</pubDate> 
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<title>The Imagination in Exile - 4/2/08</title> 
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BMI Fellows Tom Bissell, Donna Hemans, and Josip Novakovich read from and discuss their creative work. More information forthcoming.
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  <pubDate>Sunday, 25 November 2007 19:53 -0800</pubDate> 
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<title>Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation - 2/23/08</title> 
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Join BMI for a reading by and conversation with one of America's most distinguished authors, Joyce Carol Oates, on Saturday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Moyer Student Union Ballroom on the UNLV campus. More information forthcoming.
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  <pubDate>Monday, 19 November 2007 16:50 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>23 October 2007 - BMI Presents an Election-Year Assessment, “The (Failed?) State of American Politics</title> 
  <link>http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/news_and_events/nande_pages/failed_state.htm</link> 
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UNLV President Emerita Carol C. Harter and the Black Mountain Institute present a panel dissecting the strengths and shortcomings of the American political system. On the eve of the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, State Senate Minority Leader and UNLV Professor of Political Science Dina Titus leads former CNN news anchor Aaron Brown, _New Yorker_ Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza, and _New Yorker_ staff writer and Iraq correspondent George Packer in a lively examination of election-year politics and the quest for leadership. For more information about the pannel, read this press release: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_pdfs/2007/23_october_2007.pdf The event is free and open to the public; no tickets are required. The event will be held Wednesday, November 14 at 7 p.m. in the Doc Rando Recital Hall of the Beam Music Center at UNLV. Call 895-5542 or email quiries@blackmountaininstitute.org for more information. 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 23 October 2007 23:24 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>12 October 2007 - Four Media Profiles of the BMI Added to News and Events Archive</title> 
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Over the summer and during the early fall, the BMI was profiled in three Las Vegas-area publications: CITY LIFE, SUN, and the REVIEW JOURNAL. Links to and copies of the four articles have been posted in the BMI News and Events Archive (http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/archive.htm) under following titles: 9/13/2007 - "Las Vegas CITY LIFE Profiles From Apartheid to Darfur Event"; 8/2/2007 - "BMI and UNLV Literature Programs Profiled in Las Vegas SUN"; 7/19/2007 - "BMI Fellow Moniro Ravanipour Profiled in Las Vegas CITY LIFE"; and 7/16/2007 - "BMI Profiled in Las Vegas REVIEW JOURNAL".
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  <pubDate>Sat, 13 October 2007 12:43 -0800</pubDate> 
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  <title>14 September 2007 - Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast Update #8: "From Apartheid to Darfur: Africa’s Struggle Against Disdain"</title> 
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The Black Mountain Institute (BMI) Podcast has been updated with audio from the "From Apartheid to Darfur: Africa’s Struggle Against Disdain" event held 9/11/07 at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV. For more information on the event, visit: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events/archive.htm
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 September 2007 12:07 -0800</pubDate> 
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<title>12 September 2007 - BMI Advisory Board Member and CEO of Fontainebleau Resorts Glenn Schaeffer on KNPR's "State of Nevada"; BMI Podcast Update</title> 
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<![CDATA[  Glenn Schaeffer, Black Mountain Institute Advisory Board member and CEO of Fontainebleau Resorts, was featured on the 9/12/07 edition of of Las Vegas Public Radio Station KNPR’s “State of Nevada”: a daily news and information show concerned with Nevada politics and culture. A permalink to the show’s profile can be found here: http://www.knpr.org/son/archive/detail.cfm?programid=1148

The audio of the interview can be found posted there, as part of the KNPR “State of Nevada Select Podcast” (feed URL: http://www.knpraudio.org/select.xml), and as part of the BMI Podcast: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/podcast.htm

This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of 'KNPR's State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.

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  <title>12 September 2007 - The (Failed?) State of American Politics</title> 
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<![CDATA[  On Tuesday, November 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Beam Music Center (Doc Rando) Recital Hall on the UNLV Campus, former CNN anchor Aaron Brown will lead a panel of noted journalists (TBA) in dissecting the strengths and shortcomings of America’s political process. More information forthcoming.
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  <title>08 September 2007 - BMI Executive Director and UNLV President Emerita Carol C. Harter on KNPR's "State of Nevada"; BMI Podcast Update</title> 
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<![CDATA[  Carol C. Harter, BMI Executive Director and UNLV President Emerita, was featured on the 6 September 2007 edition of Las Vegas Public Radio Station KNPR’s “State of Nevada”: a daily news and information show concerned with Nevada politics and culture. A permalink to the show’s profile can be found here: http://www.knpr.org/son/archive/detail.cfm?programid=1144 

The audio of the interview can be found posted there, as part of the KNPR “State of Nevada Select Podcast” (feed URL: http://www.knpraudio.org/select.xml), and as part of the BMI Podcast: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/podcast.htm

This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of 'KNPR's State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.

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  <title>14 August 2007 - From Apartheid to Darfur: Africa’s Struggle Against Disdain</title> 
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<![CDATA[  The Black Mountain Institute announces the first event in its 2007-2008 Forum on Contemporary Cultures series. Preeminent Nigerian novelists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chris Abani, exiled writer Chenjerai Hove of Zimbabwe, and Zambian memoirist Alexandra Fuller join Nobel Laureate and BMI Senior Fellow Wole Soyinka to explore the myriad challenges facing Africa today: Why do despots continue to gain and remain in power? Has the legacy of colonialism permanently impaired pan-African unity? To what extent are Africans themselves responsible for solving the continent's seemingly intractable problems? And how should Western nations be held accountable for the war, famine, and genocide that continue to rage? The event will be held Tuesday, September 11 at 7 p.m. in the Doc Rando Recital Hall of the Beam Music Center. Call 895-5542 for more information.
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  <pubDate>Sat, 8 September 2007 14:10 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>29 June 2007 - BMI Welcomes New City of Asylum Las Vegas Writer</title> 
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<![CDATA[  The Black Mountain Institute (BMI) and the North American Network of Cities of Asylum (NANCA) at UNLV are pleased to announce the selection of Iranian writer Moniro Ravanipour as the third City of Asylum Las Vegas writer-in-residence, following Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone and Er Tai Gao of China.
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  <title>22 June 2007 - BMI Senior Fellow Soyinka Responds to Charges of Racism</title> 
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<![CDATA[ 'I have an obligation to bring the following to your attention, as engaged individuals and collaborators – direct or indirect - on humanist issues - racism, democracy, freedom of expression, and fundamental human rights in general. Even if it has come to your notice already, my own thoughts on this bizarre episode have not. I have taken some time to review the unpleasant distraction, and have now decided to respond in a number of ways, of which this is the beginning' ... (read more: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events.htm)
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  <title>13 June 2007 - Associate Director, Black Mountain Institute and Director, the Forum on Contemporary Cultures Richard Wiley on KNPR’s “State of Nevada”; BMI Podcast Update</title> 
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<![CDATA[  Richard Wiley, Associate Director of the Black Mountain Institute and Director of the Forum on Contemporary Cultures, talks about his career and reads from his 2007 novel COMMODORE PERRY'S MINSTREL SHOW on the 13 June 2007 edition of Las Vegas Public Radio Station KNPR’s “State of Nevada”: a daily news and information show concerned with Nevada politics and culture. A permalink to the show’s profile can be found here: http://www.knpr.org/son/archive/detail.cfm?ProgramID=1083 The audio of the interview can be found posted there, as part of the KNPR “State of Nevada Select Podcast” (feed URL: http://www.knpraudio.org/select.xml), and as part of the BMI Podcast: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/podcast.htm This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of 'KNPR's State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.
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  <title>12 April 2007 - The BMI Presents Poet, Playwright, and Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott</title> 
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<![CDATA[ Distinguished poet, playwright, Nobel Laureate and visual artist Derek Walcott will read and discuss selections of his work during a free, public presentation on Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m. in Room 208 of the UNLV Student Union. Part of the Black Mountain Institute’s (BMI) Forum on Contemporary Cultures, the reading will conclude with a discussion between Walcott and BMI Senior Fellow and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, who will engage Walcott in a dialogue about his work. Walcott is spending the month of April 2007 at UNLV as the Elias Ghanem Chair in creative writing, a post recently vacated by Soyinka, and is teaching a graduate poetry seminar through the department of English.
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  <pubDate>Thur, 12 April 2007 00:47 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>23 February 2007 - BMI Panel and Reading: 'The Vietnam War in Light of Iraq'</title> 
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<![CDATA[ Distinguished authors, historians, educators and veterans will explore “The Vietnam War in Light of Iraq” during a special two-day event sponsored by the Black Mountain Institute (BMI) at UNLV. Award-winning authors Tim O’Brien and Robert Stone will headline a panel discussion of the politics and lessons of the Vietnam era, viewed through the lens of the current conflict in Iraq, on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. in Doc Rando Hall, UNLV Alta Ham Fine Arts building.  The following evening, Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 pm., both authors will read from their latest works at the Barrick Museum Auditorium.  Both events are free and open to the public.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 23 February 2007 13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>23 February 2007 - BMI Associate Director Wiley to Read from and Discuss New Novel at UNLV</title> 
  <link>http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/news_and_events/nande_pages/wiley.htm</link>  
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<![CDATA[ UNLV Professor of English and acclaimed author Richard Wiley will read from his long-awaited novel on March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Barrick Museum Auditorium on the UNLV campus. A sword-swinging story set against the historic opening of Japan to the West, _Commodore Perry's Minstrel Show_ is the prequel to Wiley's PEN/Faulkner award-winning novel _Soldiers in Hiding_. The event is co-sponsored by University Forum and is free and open to the public. Call 895-5542 for more information.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 23 February 2007 13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>23 February 2007 - BMI Panel and Reading: 'The Vietnam War in Light of Iraq'</title> 
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<![CDATA[ Distinguished authors, historians, educators and veterans will explore “The Vietnam War in Light of Iraq” during a special two-day event sponsored by the Black Mountain Institute (BMI) at UNLV.  Award-winning authors Tim O’Brien and Robert Stone will headline a panel discussion of the politics and lessons of the Vietnam era, viewed through the lens of the current conflict in Iraq, on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. in Doc Rando Hall, UNLV Alta Ham Fine Arts building.  The following evening, Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 pm., both authors will read from their latest works at the Barrick Museum Auditorium.  Both events are free and open to the public. Part of BMI’s “Forum on Contemporary Cultures,” the panel discussion will include distinguished historian Charles Herring, Iraq War veteran and conscientious objector Jimmy Castellanos, emerging writer and Vietnam native Vu Tran, and UNLV professor of English John Irsfeld, who has written and taught extensively about the Vietnam era.  UNLV Distinguished Professor of History Joseph (Andy) Fry, a noted expert on the Vietnam War, will moderate.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 23 February 2007 13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>10 November 2006 - BMI Advisory Board Member Gates to Speak at UNLV 11/20/06</title> 
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<![CDATA[ Esteemed cultural historian and literary critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois Professor of Humanities and chair of African American Studies at Harvard, will discuss and show clips from his new PBS documentary, _African American Lives_, during a Nov. 20 event at UNLV. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Black Mountain Institute and will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Doc Rando Hall at UNLV. For more information on the event, please contact Maritza White at 895-5542.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 November 2006 02:05 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>02 November 2006 - BMI Director Harter to Participate in UNLV Brown Bag Lunch Series</title> 
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<![CDATA[  On November 14, 2006 from 12:30-1:45, BMI Executive Director Dr. Carol Harter will participate in the UNLV Women’s Studies Department’s “Brown Bag Lunch Series.” Her address is entitled “How I Became a Feminist” and will be delivered in UNLV’s Boyd School of Law, room 110. To RSVP, call 702 895 0837 or email gay.sessums@unlv.edu.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Thurs, 02 November 2006 05:25 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>19 October 2006 - BMI Fellows Program</title> 
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<![CDATA[  Applications are now being accepted for the 2007-08 BMI Fellows Program. Conducted by the the Forum on Contemporary Cultures at the BMI, the program is made possible by generous gifts and endowments from donors to the BMI. Applications must be received by February 28, 2007. For more information on the program, visit the BMI Fellows homepage: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/fellows.htm or email blackmountaininstitute@unlv.edu
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Thurs, 19 October 2006 04:20 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>4 October 2006 - New BMI Website Live</title> 
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<![CDATA[  The new BMI website is now live. Improved in design and function, the site went live at 16:15 -0800 on 3 October 2006 and was designed by O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com).
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 3 October 2006 04:15 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title>25 September 2006 - Former Nixon Counsel John W. Dean to Discuss Current State of Politics at UNLV November 1</title> 
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<![CDATA[  John W. Dean, a key Watergate witness, will offer his views on the current political climate during a reading sponsored by the Black Mountain Institute. Dean, a former White House counsel to President Nixon, will read from and discuss his newly published book, _Conservatives without Conscience_, on Nov. 1 at 7:30 in the Moyer Student Union Theatre at UNLV.  The reading is free and open to the public and is sponsored by UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute. Dean will be signing copies of his book, which will be available for purchase after the event.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 October 2006 15:03 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>21 September 2006 - BMI Featured in UNLV's _Rebel Yell_ Newspaper</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events.htm</link>  
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<![CDATA[ The BMI was recently featured in an article in UNLV's campus newspaper _The Rebel Yell_ entitled 'Black Mountain Institute delivers: Former UNLV President heads school's first think tank'. Written by Tamara Essayyad, the article outlines the goals and vision of the BMI and its impact on the UNLV campus. The URL for the article is: http://www.unlvrebelyell.com/article.php?ID=9667, but a copy of it can be found on the BMI's 'News and Events' webpage (http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events.htm).
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 October 2006 15:31 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>13 September 2006 - Nobel Laurate and BMI Advisory Board Member Wole Soyinka on KNPR’s “State of Nevada”; BMI Podcast Update</title> 
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<![CDATA[  Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and BMI Advisory Board Member, was featured on the 13 September 2006 edition of Las Vegas Public Radio Station KNPR’s “State of Nevada”: a daily news and information show concerned with Nevada politics and culture. A permalink to the show’s profile can be found here: http://knpr.org/son/archive/detail.cfm?programid=866

The audio of the interview can be found posted there, as part of the KNPR “State of Nevada Select Podcast” (feed URL: http://www.knpraudio.org/select.xml), and as part of the BMI Podcast: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/podcast.htm

Please note that Soyinka’s 9/13/06 reading at UNLV has also been added to the updated BMI Podcast.

This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of 'KNPR's State of Nevada' which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.

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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Sat, 16 September 2006 08:09 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>7 September 2006 - BMI Open House 13 September</title> 
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<![CDATA[  Please join the Black Mountain Institute for an open house at our new offices in the Rogers Administration and Justice building at the Boyd School of Law at UNLV. Light refreshments and drinks will be served. Following the reception, please join us at 6 p.m. for a reading and book signing by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka in the Barrick Museum Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 895-5542.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 7 September 2006 09:26 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>24 August 2006 - Soyinka Reading from Memoir 13 September @ UNLV</title> 
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<![CDATA[  Nigerian playwright and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka will read from his newly published memoir, “You Must Set Forth at Dawn” (Random House), during a Sept. 13 event sponsored by The Black Mountain Institute at UNLV. The reading, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium of the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, located on the campus of UNLV. The reading will be followed by a book signing and reception.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 5 September 2006 12:14 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>1 July 2006 - International Institute of Modern Letters Joins BMI</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events.htm</link>  
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<![CDATA[  On July 1, 2006, The International Institute of Modern Letters, the UNLV-based nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the cause of democracy and progress through a free literature, joined the Black Mountain Institute as one of its three official strands. BMI also administers the Forum on Contemporary Cultures and the North American Network of Cities of Asylum (http://www.cityofasylum.org/). To learn more about IIML, please visit www.modernletters.org.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 5 September 2006 12:13 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>27 June 2006 - BMI Featured in Summer 2006 Issue of _UNLV Magazine_</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events.htm</link>  
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<![CDATA[  In an article entitled 'Red-Hot Rhetoric,' The Black Mountain Institute was featured in the Summer 2006 issue of _UNLV Magazine_ (http://magazine.unlv.edu/). The contents of the issue will doubtlessly be posted on the magazine's website in the near future, but a .pdf version of the article (Erin O'Donnell, 'Red-Hot Rhetoric: New Institute Hopes Cooler Heads Prevail as Artists and Writers Debate Today's Issues' [UNLV Magazine, Summer 2006, 29, 39]) has been posted here: http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/newsandevents.htm#bmiinside.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Mon, 8 May 2006 14:18 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>27 June 2006 - BMI Executive Director Harter Featured on KNPR's "State of Nevada</title> 
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<![CDATA[   Carol Harter, Executive Director of the Black Mountain Institute, was featured on the 27 June 2006 edition of Las Vegas Public Radio station KNPR's 'State of Nevada' (http://www.knpr.org/son/): a daily news and information show concerned with Nevada politics and culture. Harter, who is the outgoing president of UNLV, was joined by incoming UNLV president David Ashley. She discussed her tenure at UNLV and her plans for the BMI. A permalink to the show's profile can be found here: http://www.knpr.org/son/archive/detail.cfm?programid=798.

The audio of the interview can be found posted there, as part of the KNPR 'State of Nevada Select Podcast' (http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds/index.cfm | feed URL: http://www.knpraudio.org/select.xml), and as part of the BMI Podcast (http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/podcast.htm).

This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of 'KNPR's State of Nevada' (http://www.knpr.org/son/) which podcasts many segments of its programs. See http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds (http://www.knpr.org/son/feeds) for more information.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 27 June 2006 23:05 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>10 May 2006 - Nevada Governor Proclaims 11 May 2006 "Carol Harter Day"</title> 
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<![CDATA[   Gov. Kenny Guinn has proclaimed May 11, 2006 a Day in Honor of Carol Harter, in recognition of her outstanding service to the university, its students, and the state during her eleven years as President of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Mon, 8 May 2006 14:18 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>08 May 2006 - Soyinka Profiled in _Washington Post_</title> 
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<![CDATA[   Nobel Laureate and BMI board member Wole Soyinka was recently profiled in an article in the _Washington Post_: Bob Thompson, 'A Hunger for Justice,' 27 April 2006, C01.
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  <pubDate>Mon, 8 May 2006 14:18 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>07 May 2006 - Harter on UNLV Tenure, BMI Future; UNLV CBC Renamed "Harter CBC"</title> 
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<![CDATA[   In her May 2006 'From the President' article in _Inside UNLV_, Dr. Carol Harter, BMI Executive Director, reflects on her UNLV tenure and the future of the BMI. NSHE also announced that the Classroom Building Complex on the UNLV campus will be renamed the 'Carol C. Harter Classroom Building Complex' in honor of her eleven years of service as the seventh (and longest serving) UNLV President.
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  <author>O. Quimby Melton for Studio Hyperset (www.studiohyperset.com)</author> 
  <pubDate>Sun, 7 May 2006 15:54 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>06 May 2006 - Soyinka Memoir Reviewed in _San Francisco Chronicle_ &amp; _New York Times_</title> 
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<![CDATA[   _You Must Set Forth at Dawn_ (Random House, 2006), the recent memoir of Nobel Laureate and Elias Ghanem Professor of Creative Writing at UNLV Wole Soyinka, was recently reviewed in the _San Francisco Chronicle_ ('Thinking man's rebel from Nigeria: Soyinka describes exemplary career as intellectual, activist and artist,' Chris Abani, _San Francisco Chronicle_, 23 April 2006, M-3) and the _New York Times_ ('Exile's Return,' Norman Rush, _New York Times_, 23 April 2006, Sunday Book Review). 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 7 May 2006 01:42 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>17 April 2006 - BMI Executive Director Harter Writes about BMI in _Inside UNLV_</title> 
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<![CDATA[   Dr. Carol Harter, BMI Executive Director, dedicated her April 2006 'From the President' article in _Inside UNLV_ to the institute. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 7 May 2006 01:40 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>22 March 2006 - Black Mountain Institute Approved by the NSHE Board of Regents</title> 
  <link>http://www.unlv.edu/institutes/bmi/news_and_events.htm</link>  
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<![CDATA[   Please note that the Black Mountain Institute (BMI) was approved at the March 2006 NSHE Board of Regents meeting. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 7 May 2006 01:38 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>17 March 2006 - Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison to Speak at UNLV</title> 
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<![CDATA[   The campus community is invited to attend the first Black Mountain Institute Lecture featuring Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 7 May 2006 01:37 -0800</pubDate>
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  <title>16 March 2006 - BMI Reviewed in Las Vegas _Sun_</title> 
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<![CDATA[   Las Vegas _Sun_, March 16, 2006 - 'Dealing with the world's woes UNLV think tank is taking shape,' by Christina Littlefield 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 7 May 2006 01:35 -0800</pubDate>
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