In This Section News Events News Recent news from the Department of English From the Bronx to Cape Town: Making College Possible Alum Richard Donovan has been a pioneer in creating meaningful access for underrepresented students. Professor Charles Baxter Retires The beloved mentor and fiction writer taught at the U for 18 years. MFA Student Wins Major Poetry Award torrin a. greathouse awarded Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry. PhD Candidates Awarded Dissertation Fellowships Stephen Ellis and Bomi Jeon receive University-wide recognition. Celebrating Shakespeare in a Pandemic Prof Katherine Scheil celebrates the playwright who, yes, penned King Lear while social distancing. English majors win President's Leadership Awards English majors Schumacher and Silvola win University-wide honors for exceptional initiative. PhD Candidate Awarded Merit Award Elizabeth Howard receives PEO Sisterhood award. Adaptation: Students on Their Changed Lives Adjusting to the new normal, in the words of English students. Lives in Literature: Will and Rosalie Weaver BA alums married fiction writing and scholarship. How are you #UMNRemoting? See how English faculty, grad students, and staff are writing, teaching, and researching at home! Kim Todd on Science Writing & Female Stunt Reporters Kim Todd always had a knack for finding untold stories, and has made it her mission to reveal the histories of groups marginalized through time. Holding multiple degrees in… Teaching Hall of Fame! Numerous English faculty have been awarded University and college teaching recognition. Major Spotlight: Liv Riggins This senior, a double major in Technical Writing, interned at First Avenue, Franklin Library, and the Museum of Russian Art. Major Spotlight: Lauren Swee This English peer counselor reads to be a better writer and writes to be a better reader. PhD Alum Wins Mellon/ACLS Fellowship Jewon Woo lands in inaugural group of Community College Fellows with her project about the 19th-century Black press in Ohio. English and COVID-19 Response Department information in regards to the public health crisis. COVID-19 Impact Updates Current information about the virus' impact on University operations. Weaving In and Out of Wor(l)ds BA alum Eve Schulte, Artistic Associate and dancer at James Sewell Ballet, reveals how dance and literature inform each other. Major Spotlight: Dylan Miettinen This junior interned at CNN last summer and is also majoring in Journalism and Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Deviance. Major Spotlight: Annie Zheng This major and Creative Writing minor, a staff member of THE TOWER, appreciates English professors' enthusiasm and insight. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 … Next page ›› Last page Last »
From the Bronx to Cape Town: Making College Possible Alum Richard Donovan has been a pioneer in creating meaningful access for underrepresented students.
PhD Candidates Awarded Dissertation Fellowships Stephen Ellis and Bomi Jeon receive University-wide recognition.
Celebrating Shakespeare in a Pandemic Prof Katherine Scheil celebrates the playwright who, yes, penned King Lear while social distancing.
English majors win President's Leadership Awards English majors Schumacher and Silvola win University-wide honors for exceptional initiative.
Adaptation: Students on Their Changed Lives Adjusting to the new normal, in the words of English students.
How are you #UMNRemoting? See how English faculty, grad students, and staff are writing, teaching, and researching at home!
Kim Todd on Science Writing & Female Stunt Reporters Kim Todd always had a knack for finding untold stories, and has made it her mission to reveal the histories of groups marginalized through time. Holding multiple degrees in…
Teaching Hall of Fame! Numerous English faculty have been awarded University and college teaching recognition.
Major Spotlight: Liv Riggins This senior, a double major in Technical Writing, interned at First Avenue, Franklin Library, and the Museum of Russian Art.
Major Spotlight: Lauren Swee This English peer counselor reads to be a better writer and writes to be a better reader.
PhD Alum Wins Mellon/ACLS Fellowship Jewon Woo lands in inaugural group of Community College Fellows with her project about the 19th-century Black press in Ohio.
Weaving In and Out of Wor(l)ds BA alum Eve Schulte, Artistic Associate and dancer at James Sewell Ballet, reveals how dance and literature inform each other.
Major Spotlight: Dylan Miettinen This junior interned at CNN last summer and is also majoring in Journalism and Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Deviance.
Major Spotlight: Annie Zheng This major and Creative Writing minor, a staff member of THE TOWER, appreciates English professors' enthusiasm and insight.