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News & Events

Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments.

Recent News

Zendaya and Matt Damon stand on a desert landscape in the movie "The Odyssey"

MN Star Tribune | Dr. Simone Oppen on The Odyssey's enduring journey

Oppen was interviewed on Homer's epic poem that inspired this summer's blockbuster film.

Congratulations & Best Wishes to Renana Schneller

Renana Schneller is retiring from her role as senior lecturer and director of language instruction (DLI) for the Modern Hebrew language program at the end of this semester.

Announcing Our 2026 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Awardees

Congratulations to Lydia Belateche (French & Italian) and Charles McNamara (Classical & Near Eastern Religions & Cultures), CLA's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Awardees…

Help CNRC give students archaeology experience!

Early giving is open ahead of Give to the Max Day 2025!

Charles McNamara with MN Air National Guard patches

Minnesota Air National Guard lands in Latin director’s office

Director of Greek and Latin Languages Charles McNamara puts Latin to work for the 133rd Airlift Wing.

Upcoming Events

In-Person

December 02, 2026

Poetry, Ecstasy, and the Dissolution of the Self Performance and Discussion with Janaka Stucky In Conversation with Douglas Kearney

Join visiting poet Janaka Stucky for a reading and conversation exploring poetry as a practice of ecstatic consciousness.

In-Person

December 08, 2026

Rowan Dorin Presents: Before 1492: Expelling Jews and “Jews” in Medieval Europe

Vilified for their supposed usury, condemned by church leaders, and expelled by opportunistic rulers—such was the fate not only of medieval Europe’s Jewish communities, but…