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Department of English News Archive
Professor Ed Schwarzschild Spring 2024 fellow at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor Ed Schwarzschild will be participating as a fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Spring 2024. Located in Amsterdam, this international institute is dedicated to promoting interdisciplinary and collaborative studies. You can find the full announcement in the article by clicking on the news item.
Professor Roberts' work on Phyllis Wheatley reviewed by Boston Globe
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.
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The Department of English's Undergraduate Writing and Research Conference, April 27
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.
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English Major Tyler Jones Receives SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
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/)
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Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest on University at Albany faculty and staff receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
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Interdisciplinary Labs Project Gives Humanities a Boost at UAlbany
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.
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Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest on University at Albany faculty and staff receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
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UAlbany Professor Finds New Poem by Famed Early American Poet Phillis Wheatley
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.