English News Archive

University at Albany faculty and staff were recognized for their outstanding contributions in teaching, scholarship, faculty service, librarianship, and professional service at the SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence on Sept. 17.

The Albany Book Festival will return to the University at Albany on Saturday, bringing dozens of acclaimed authors, local writers, publishers and literary organizations to campus for a daylong celebration of books and reading.

The newest volume of Living in Languages, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published through UAlbany’s Scholars Archive, invites readers to think more broadly about how translation can carry memory, identity, culture and meaning across languages.

On July 2, 2026, Dr. Erica Fretwell was the keynote lecturer at the University at Innsbruck in Austria for a symposium on "Making Sense of America".

Kristen McCallum an alum of UA's English program for her BA and MA has a book signing for her YA novel Free Girls at The Bookhouse in Stuyvesant Plaza July 11.

Senior Amaya Neuwirth came to UAlbany from Orchard Park, N.Y., drawn by the promise of a diverse campus community. Now on the brink of graduating with double majors in Psychology and English, Neuman will leave a proven campus leader, with a clearer sense of self.

The University at Albany will celebrate the Class of 2026 this week with a four-day series of Commencement events beginning May 14. Approximately 4,900 graduates will earn their degrees, joining a global network of more than 205,000 alumni.

Jacqueline Arena found a semester in Milan was where her studies in political science and English took on a new meaning.