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This September, Pillsbury reopened as a home for the Department of English and the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub, showing the University’s deepening investment in the humanities…

How Lauren Foley was prepared for a career with guidance from the College of Liberal Arts.

This sophomore writes fiction, has interned with Great River Review, is "somewhat interested" in law school--and highly recommends taking a creative writing class.

A lifetime of celebrating creative expression continues beyond the final page.

The professor's fourth collection One Summer Evening at the Falls "renders reality" with polyvocal poems.

The first comprehensive biography of Edward Said explores how the public figure's intellectual breadth and influence developed over the years.

This Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society member discovered her desired career path through her passion for English.

CLA recognizes English BA grad Paul Eaton, higher education scholar.

Drue Schwittes is a fourth year English major planning on becoming a teacher.

The four-year renovation process added the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub and spaces for student groups to meet to the building.

Minnesota Design Center director Thomas Fisher discusses how the renovated Pillsbury Hall can be read on multiple levels with Enter, a publication of the American Institute of…

Twin Cities Public Television's Mary Lahammer tours Pillsbury Hall, a 19th century architectural gem on the U of M campus.

Pillsbury Hall supporters and partners share their memories of the project and vision for the future of the building, Department of English, and the Liberal Arts Engagement…

Alumna Catherine Dang (BA '17) recently published a crime novel set in a Minneapolis suburb, Nice Girls. “I always thought that Minnesota had the potential to be a spooky…

After almost two years of construction, the renovation of Pillsbury Hall is complete. The community will celebrate its reopening on Friday, September 17, 2021.

Taught by President’s Postdoctoral Fellow Jessica Horvath-Williams, co-chair of the University’s Critical Disability Studies Collective.

Spring 2021 graduate Lauren Foley reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate in the Department of English and the Department of Spanish and…

Less than three months until doors open to students!

Get a glimpse of the work in progress from artist Seitu Jones.

The fiction writer directed the MFA program in Creative Writing.