Department of English News Archive
Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
Great Minds Think Alike: Twin Graduating Seniors Share Their UAlbany Experience
Originally from Rochester, N.Y., the Adejumos did not plan to go to the same college, but found UAlbany too inviting to pass on.
2025 Research and Writing Conference, Showcase Day
View our program of excellent student work to be presented at our 2025 Research and Writing Conference as part of the University's Showcase Day, April 30th, 2025.
StAR Grants Fund 17 Initiatives that Spotlight Research Excellence and Public Impact
The University at Albany will award $500,000 during the 2025-2026 academic year to 17 initiatives that reflect the University’s academic and research excellence and address real-world challenges. Designed to create opportunities that further enhance the strategic priorities of the University, the Strategic Allocation of Resources (StAR) program provides resources and funding to projects that drive innovation and make meaningful societal contributions.
Annual Living in Languages Colloquium to Explore Issues of Translation, Identity
The departments of English and Languages, Literatures and Cultures at UAlbany will present the 7th annual Living in Languages Colloquium this week, a two-day event focused on issues of translation, language and identity.
Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
Lynne Tillman's collection Thrilled to Death is a Publisher's Weekly Pick
Publisher's Weekly has selected Lynne Tillman's collection Thrilled to Death as a pick of the week. They write, "Tillman is infinitely clever and a master at concision, able to unspool both ordinary and epic tragedies in just a few pages. This is Tillman’s best book yet."
Professor Eric Keenaghan wins MLA award for Biographical or Archival Scholarship
The Modern Language Association of America has announced the winners of the fourteenth Modern Language Association Prize for Bibliographical or Archival Scholarship. One of two projects chosen for recognition is The Muriel Rukeyser Era: Selected Prose, published by Cornell University Press by Eric Keenaghan, associate professor of English at the University at Albany, State University of New York and Rowena Kennedy-Epstein, professor of gender studies and women’s writing at the University of Bristol.