Wednesday University course
looks at mixed race in the U.S.

Is it a coincidence that the first nonwhite U.S. president comes from a multiracial background? In the 21st-century United States, mixed-race people, from the chief executive to the family next door, seem to be everywhere.

Communication Assistant Professor Ralina Joseph will teach a Wednesday University class titled "Mixed Race in the United States," beginning in January. The class will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Kane 220.

This course will interrogate what it means to understand mixed-race identity in America and what representations and histories of U.S. multiracialism can illustrate about changing notions of race, power, and privilege in the United States. Read more >>

Alum Robert Merry will autograph book at U Bookstore on Nov. 23

Communication alumnus Robert Merry will read from and autograph his new book, A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent, on Monday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at the U Bookstore.

When James Polk was elected president, we were in a struggle with Britain over the Oregon Territory (Washington, Oregon, Idaho), Texas was threatened by Mexico, and the territories west of Texas (California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado) belonged to Mexico. Four years later, it was all part of the United States. Find out how Polk acquired it.