Recent talk sparks book, discussion

Fifteen scholars from around the United States recently gathered  to celebrate the opening of the Kripke’s Seminar on Religion and the U.S. Empire. Sylvester Johnson, the associate professor of African American studies and religious studies at Northwestern University as well as co-founder of the seminar, gave his keynote address on the racialization of Islam in […]

Lecture series educates students and presents research

As October is Hispanic Heritage Month, Creighton will host a lecture series focused on the Catholic Social Teaching of solidarity with the first discussion centering on the issue of immigration reform. According to Luz Minerva Colon-Rodriguez, the assistant director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the solidarity lecture series is an outlet for Creighton faculty […]

The West meets Eastern culture

The Creighton community was  recently exposed to Chinese film culture when Zhou Jun spoke about China’s “New Generation” of directors. The event in the Skutt Student Center was sponsored by the Asian World Center and the Fine and Performing Arts Center “in part to continue our interdisciplinary campaign to further promote a mutual understanding of […]

Writer returns to CU

Recently, Creighton celebrated the opening of its new Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing with a public reading by esteemed author, Ron Hansen. At the Oct. 7 event, Hansen read two short stories from his new collection, “She Loves Me Not.” The first, “The Sleepwalker,” details the experience of a woman observing the […]

New logo for a new era

Say goodbye to Billy Bluejay. At least, the Billy Bluejay that has served as Creighton’s mascot and logo for the last 41 years. The Bluejays have a new look. Creighton recently held an open house at CenturyLink Center Omaha to reveal the new logo for Creighton athletics and give fans a first look at the […]