<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023/08/director-folklife-center-selected-prestigious-afc-research-award.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>08/02/2023 12:59:24 PM</pubDate><title>Director of Fairmont State's Folklife Center selected for prestigious AFC research award</title><description>On July 17 Director of the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Dr. Lydia Warren was announced as a recipient of the American Folklife Center (AFC) Gerald E. And Corinne L. Parsons Fund Award for Ethnology at the Library of Congress. This year the award was split between Warren and one other researcher, Dr. Everardo Reyes.</description><image><img src="/_images/news/lydiawarren_crop.jpg" alt="Lydia Warren"/></image><tags><tag>Folk Life</tag></tags></item>