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    Find the latest news and information from around the college, including student experiences, faculty research and awards, and alumni updates.

    The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art, School of Music

    Ten Can’t-Miss Features at NextNOW Fest 2021

    Annual UMD arts extravaganza returns with immersive projections, art-making workshops and outdoor music pop-ups.
    July 30, 2021 English

    MFA Alum David Biespiel Featured in The New Yorker

    Recent works and updates from David Biespiel .
    May 14, 2021 English

    William Wong Wins 2021 Library Award for Undergraduate Research

    The Library Award for Undergraduate Research aims to promote the value and use of library services and information resources.
    April 13, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    Early American Literature Program Ranks Among Best in Nation

    Faculty, student achievement highlighted by U.S. News & World Report's 2022 'Best Graduate Schools' rankings.
    March 26, 2021 English

    Joshua Weiner and Translation Team of "Anniversary Snow" Win the Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry In Translation

    The Sarah Maguire Prize recognizes the best book of poetry by a living poet from Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East published in English translation.
    March 25, 2021 English

    In Session

    An internship at the Maryland General Assembly is helping English major Sumayyah Ghori ’21 prepare for a future in law.
    March 23, 2021 English

    2021 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prizes Announced

    Congrats to our English major awardees in the prose and poetry categories.
    February 12, 2021 English

    Cecilia Shelton Wins the 2021 Outstanding Dissertation Award and 2021 Technical and Scientific Communication Award

    The National Council of Teachers of English awarded the English professor two awards for her work surrounding “A Techné of Marginality.”
    January 07, 2021 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, English

    Orrin Wang Wins 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award

    English professor Orrin Wang is the 2020 recipient of the Keats Shelley Association of America's Distinguished Scholar Award.
    January 04, 2021 English

    MFA Alum's Novel Listed Among Forbes' Best YA Books of 2020

    Elizabeth Acevedo's (MFA '15) book Clap When You Land is listed among the best YA books of the year.
    Inside Higher Ed August 19, 2021

    UMD English Department Chair Amanda Bailey Weighs in on New Netflix Show "The Chair" for Inside Higher Ed

    The new Netflix series portrays a chair of a department at a moment when the position has never been more demanding and the humanities are at an inflection point, writes Amanda Bailey.
    New Yorker August 09, 2021

    UMD English Alum Jason Reynolds '05 Profiled in the New Yorker

    Best-selling alum discusses helping young readers discover their own stories.

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    Justin Lohr's student, Eunice Braimoh, chosen as a 2021-22 Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar Award

    September 15, 2021 English

    This highly selective Philip Merrill Award recognizes students’ academic excellence and the important role that teachers and faculty have as mentors.

    Professor of English Jessica Enoch Appointed ARHU ADVANCE Professor

    September 14, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    The position supports women faculty members’ career advancement at UMD.
    Maryland Today

    Ten Can’t-Miss Features at NextNOW Fest 2021

    September 13, 2021 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art, School of Music

    Annual UMD arts extravaganza returns with immersive projections, art-making workshops and outdoor music pop-ups.

    Broadening the Arts Umbrella

    September 08, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, Art, Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland Art Gallery, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    New initiative expands offerings; unites arts, STEM and social justice.

    UMD English Alum Hillary Roegelein ‘20 Produces an Episode of C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists Podcast

    August 23, 2021 English

    The episode uncovers how American economists used metaphors of contagious disease to first conceptualize what it meant to be unemployed.

    Inside Higher Ed

    UMD English Department Chair Amanda Bailey Weighs in on New Netflix Show "The Chair" for Inside Higher Ed

    August 19, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    The new Netflix series portrays a chair of a department at a moment when the position has never been more demanding and the humanities are at an inflection point, writes Amanda Bailey.

    Professor's New Book Explores ‘Failed Promise’ of Reconstruction

    August 18, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    Literary historian chronicles Frederick Douglass’ disillusionment with Andrew Johnson.
    Los Angeles Review of Books

    Los Angeles Review of Books Releases Final UMD English Antiracism Publication

    August 11, 2021 English

    The publication is titled "On Pedagogies and Fictions of Black Childhood: Kandice Chuh, William A. Cohen, and Nicole King in Conversation"
    New Yorker

    UMD English Alum Jason Reynolds '05 Profiled in the New Yorker

    August 09, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

    Best-selling alum discusses helping young readers discover their own stories.
    Los Angeles Review of Books

    Los Angeles Review of Books Releases Next UMD English Antiracism Publication

    August 09, 2021 English

    The publication is titled "Race and Antiracism in Science and the Humanities"