Darlene Sadlier, director of the Portuguese Program and a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, has won first place in the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Competition for best monograph on the writer Graciliano Ramos.

The exhibit "In the Shadow of Cortés: From Veracruz to Mexico City" will open at 5 p.m. Friday (Oct. 2) at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave. at Indiana University Bloomington.

Indiana University Bloomington professors have prepared comments about Hispanic issues to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month, which began Tuesday, Sept. 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries -- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua -- and continues until Oct. 15. IU professors Peter Guardino, Darlene Sadlier and Carol O. Rogers share their thoughts on topical issues relevant to these issues.

Scholars from across the U.S. and from Canada will be at Indiana University Bloomington this month to present and discuss papers on the importance of place in modern American literary and cultural studies. A symposium titled "Deep Localities: The New Critical Regionalism" will take place April 10 in the University Club of the Indiana Memorial Union.

The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index--a new survey which uses faculty research and scholarly activity from more than 350 universities as a measure--has recognized and ranked 14 programs at Indiana University Bloomington and two at the IU School of Medicine.

Featuring lectures and speakers on the Bloomington campus, including NPR's Michele Norris, recognizing the dangers of Facebook and "Confessions of a Cha Cha Feminist."

This issue of Lecture Notes features talks at IU Bloomington from Sept. 25 through Oct. 10. Lectures include a special evening with journalist Christopher Hitchens, and a lecture about Herman B. Wells.

Indiana University Bloomington seniors Laura Ertmer of Lafayette, Ind., and Thade Correa of Hammond, Ind., have been selected as the winners of the 2004 Palmer-Brandon Prize competition and will be honored today (Sept. 8) at a reception hosted by the IU College of Arts and Sciences. This year, each student will receive $20,000 to be used to further his or her educational experiences.

Joseph Clancy Clements, associate professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington, is one of 18 faculty from IU campuses across the state to receive the 2004 Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching award.