English News Archive

The Boston Globe recently published a feature on Professor Roberts' work on the newly discovered Phillis Wheatley poem. You can read the article in news item.

The Department of English's Undergraduate Writing and Research Conference will be held April 27 in LC 3B, in conjunction with UAlbany's Showcase Day. Click on the announcement for the conference program.

Tyler Jones, an English major, has been selected to receive the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence (CASE). “The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence acknowledges students for outstanding achievements that have demonstrated the integration of SUNY excellence within many aspects of their lives in areas such as academics, leadership, campus involvement, community service, or the arts. It is the highest honor bestowed upon a student by the University.” (https://system.suny.edu/university-life/student-excellence/)

The latest on University at Albany faculty and staff receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

The Humanities Labs Project is an initiative of UAlbany’s Center for the Humanities, Arts and Technosciences (CHATS) and aims to revive interest in the humanities with hands-on, practical programming that can demonstrate its reach beyond the classroom.

The latest on University at Albany faculty and staff receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

A University at Albany professor has discovered the earliest known full-length elegy by famed poet Phillis Wheatley (Peters), widely regarded as the first Black person, enslaved person and one of the first women in America to publish a book of poetry.

Starting in Fall 2022, English majors will be able to enroll in a new Writing Concentration. The concentration will be officially recognized on students’ transcripts, thus allowing graduates to announce their extensive work in writing to potential employers and graduate schools.