2012 News-Department of English - Carnegie Mellon University

2012 News

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Samantha Frank Wins Gladys Schmitt Memorial Scholarship

Samantha FrankSamantha Frank is the 2012 recipient of the Gladys Schmitt Memorial Scholarship. MORE
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Alum Ann Blakeslee Wins Award for Technical Communication Research

Ann BlakesleeAnn Blakeslee has received the Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research in Technical Communication from the Society for Technical Communication (STC). MORE
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Alexis Teagarden Receives Honorable Mention for University Graduate Student Teaching Award

Alexis TeagardenAlexis Teagarden has received an honorable mention for the 2012 University Graduate Student Teaching Award. MORE
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Kate Hamilton Wins National Essay Award

Kate HamiltonKate Hamilton has received the 2012 Catharine Macaulay Prize from the Women's Caucus of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS). MORE
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

New Book By the English Department's David Shumway Examines Filmmaker John Sayles and the Politics of American Cinema

David ShumwayIn his new book "John Sayles," Carnegie Mellon University's David R. Shumway profiles independent filmaker, John Sayles. MORE
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Carnegie Mellon Professor’s New Book Examines How Biology Became Infused With Mathematical Arguments

James WynnIn "Evolution by the Numbers: The Origins of Mathematical Argument in Biology,"Carnegie Mellon University's James Wynn explores the challenges of infusing mathematics into biology. MORE
Thursday, February 23, 2012

"Magpies," Published By Carnegie Mellon University Press, Wins Gold Medal At Florida Book Awards

Lynne Barrett"Magpies," a collection of short stories by Lynne Barrett published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, has won the gold medal for general fiction in the sixth annual Florida Book Awards.  MORE
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

English Department Student, Heather Steffen, Wins Dietrich College Graduate Student Teaching Award

Heather SteffenWe are pleased to announce that English Department PhD. candidate Heather Steffen has been selected as a 2012 winner of the Dietrich College Graduate Student Teaching Award.       MORE
Monday, February 13, 2012

Center for the Arts in Society Media Initiative Discusses News and New Media

New media forms have been devastating for the economic subscription model on which the print news industry was based. Thousands of journalists have lost their jobs and hundreds of papers have shuttered their doors forever. But what about the aesthetics of the news today?
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Jane McCafferty Publishes New Novel

Jane McCaffertyAssociate Professor of English Jane McCafferty has started off the new year with the publication of her second novel, "First You Try Everything."


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