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Grant Sternhagen, a junior in ��«Ӱҵ's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, is this month's "Jackrabbit in the Spotlight."

The Eminent Leaders in Agriculture, Family and Community Selection Committee is seeking nominations of individuals for ��«Ӱҵ's Eminent Leaders in Agriculture, Family and Community Award Program.

The ��«Ӱҵ School of Performing Arts welcomes concert pianist Grigor Khachatryan for a solo recital focused on the music of Frédéric Chopin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

The Child and Family Resource Network at ��«Ӱҵ will hold four parenting classes throughout March to focus on helping parents discover what their children’s behaviors could mean.

Michael Walsh, professor of music at ��«Ӱҵ, will present a recital, “As Voice, With Voice, In Voice,” at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 3, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall.

Josh Howard, a senior majoring in music studies, will present his senior recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 3, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the ��«Ӱҵ campus.

A series of events featuring the bestselling book “Killers of the Flower Moon” this semester will culminate April 5, when author David Grann will give a lecture on the ��«Ӱҵ campus. The events — Community Read discussions, a free movie screening and the author lecture — are all part of SDSU’s School of English and Interdisciplinary Studies’ first-ever Community Read.

The annual ��«Ӱҵ Celebration of Faculty Excellence recognized 30 faculty members, researchers and scientists Tuesday. The event honors faculty members in the university's colleges for outstanding research, teaching and service.

Srinivas Janaswamy, associate professor of food chemistry, has demonstrated how banana peels can be utilized to create biodegradable films — plastic-like material that will decompose in the environment and may one day replace petroleum-based plastic as the dominant food packaging material.

Los Angeles actor and playwright Deb Hiett is coming to ��«Ӱҵ to celebrate the collegiate premiere of her new play, “The Escape Thingy.”