Author: Olympia Friday

Stone Center to celebrate 30 years of service

This fall, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center will celebrate 30 years of service to the community. During this time, the Center has become an epicenter...

Stone Center to host first-ever retrospective exhibition

This fall, the Stone Center will host a first-ever retrospective of past Stone Center Visiting Artists. The exhibition, With Us Comes the Parallax, opens with a...

Whatever happened to Countdown at Kusini?

The Stone Center's Annual Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film kicks off on September 23 with a special screening of filmmaker S. Torriano Berry's...

World-renowned jazz singer to deliver annual Stone Lecture

Six-time Grammy nominee, Nnenna Freelon will deliver the Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture Tuesday, October 2, at 7 p.m. in the Stone Center's auditorium. This...

Stone Center launches Seat Naming fundraising campaign

Maxine Brown-Davis, Class of '74, poses with the seat plaque bearing her name The Stone Center has launched a new seat naming campaign for the...

Announcing the 2018 Undergraduate International Studies Fellows

Five undergraduate students were awarded Undergraduate International Studies Fellowships (UISF) for studying abroad in 2018. The Fellowship supports international study by undergraduate students from underrepresented...

Stone Center to commemorate Frederick Douglass bicentennial

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will host Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. a direct descendant of Frederick Douglass, on Monday, April...

2018 Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship application now open

The Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship (UISF) supports international study for two undergraduates of color or other students who, because of socioeconomic or other reasons, maybe...

2018 Sean Douglas Fellows application now open

We are now accepting applications for the 2018 Sean Douglas Leadership Fellows Program (SDLF) The Sean Douglas Leadership Fellows (SDLF) Program provides an opportunity for...

Author and Activist Edwidge Danticat delivers Stone Lecture on September 20th!

Edwidge Danticat, Award-winning author and activist will deliver the 25th Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture. Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Claire...