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March 17, 2014

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UT Tyler Presents Bosnian Genocide Exhibit at Robert R. Muntz Library

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March 17, 2014

Media Contact:  Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
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March 17, 2014

The University of Texas at Tyler Robert R. Muntz Library currently features the exhibit “The Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide,” Jeanne Standley, library director, announced.

The public exhibit, continuing through Monday, April 7, tells the story of genocide in the Bosnian city of Prijedor between 1992 and 1995. Thirty-two panels and a 40-minute video with original photographs and testimony from survivors are part of the exhibit. The Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission serves as sponsor.

“The UT Tyler Muntz Library welcomes area schools, churches, organizations and individuals to come and tour the presentation,” Standley said. “It is our hope you will be able to attend.”

Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Sunday. Groups are encouraged to contact the library in advance, Standley added.

For more information or to schedule a visit, call 903.566.7161 or 903.566.7342.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 7,500 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.