2013 News
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Living Labor: Towards a New Understanding of the Working Class
A Literary and Cultural Studies Event taking place on Wednesday May 8
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
A Ph.D. candidate in Literary and Cultural Studies in the Department of English, Julie Bowman began teaching at Carnegie Mellon as a first-year Ph.D. student. In addition to teaching the university's key service course, 76-101, Julie has twice served as a teaching assistant for the English department's Shakespeare course as well as designed and taught her own 200-level courses in Renaissance literature. Committed to education in the humanities, Julie also served as a teaching assistant for the College of Fine Arts, leading recitations for the Critical Histories of the Arts course for several semesters. Previous degrees include a B.A. in Humanities from Brigham Young University and an M.A. in English from Rhode Island College. MORE
Julie Bowman Wins 2013 Graduate Student Teaching Award
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Five English majors were recently inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, a college honors society for students from all academic disciplines. The students were inducted on April 7 during a ceremony in the McConomy Auditorium in the University Center. Congratulations to Anna Albi, Hannah Dellabella, Colleen Eagan, Laura Stiles and Kayla Walker! MORE
Five English Majors Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Channeling the collection's muse, jazz composer and pianist Mary Lou Williams, “Hemming the Water” speaks to the futility of trying to mend or straighten a life that is constantly changing. Here the spiritual and the secular comingle in a "Fierce fragmentation, lonely tune." Carnegie Mellon University’s Yona Harvey inhabits, challenges, and explores the many facets of the female self--as daughter, mother, sister, wife, and artist. Every page is rich with Harvey's rapturous music. MORE
English Department's Yona Harvey Publishes New Book Entitled "Hemming the Water"
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Ginny Redish to Give Erwin R. Steinberg Memorial Lecture on April 16
The late Carnegie Mellon University English Professor Erwin R. Steinberg was one of the great pioneers of plain language and technical writing in the 20th century. From his earliest teaching and consulting to his long tenure at CMU, he advocated, encouraged, and taught clarity and a user focus in everything his students and his clients wrote. To honor Steinberg, the English Department will host a memorial lecture on Tuesday, April 16 at 4:30 p.m. in Baker Hall's Steinberg Auditorium (A53).
Saturday, March 23, 2013
PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University Senior Madelyn Glymour has won the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Alliance for Family Entertainment's (AFE) Search for America's Newest Screenwriter Contest. Glymour, who received the top honor in the college category for her script titled "Nuclear," was awarded a $2,500 cash prize. MORE
Carnegie Mellon Senior Wins America's Newest Screenwriter Contest
Saturday, March 23, 2013
The induction ceremony for Carnegie Mellon's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honors Society, will be held on Wednesday, April 3, at 4:30 p.m. in the Steinberg Auditorium. The chapter will induct 30 new members. MORE
CMU's Sigma Tau Delta Chapter To Induct New Members on April 3
Friday, February 22, 2013
Carnegie Mellon University will hold an information session for students interested in majoring or minoring in an English Department program on Monday, March 4 from 5 pm to 6 pm in Baker Hall 255 B (the Swank Room). Following the session, prospective students, current English majors and minors, and faculty are invited to attend "Movie Night" from 6 pm to 8 pm in Baker Hall A53 (the Steinberg Auditorium). MORE
Department To Host Info Session For Prospective Students, Movie Night on March 4
Friday, February 1, 2013
Each year the college selects one of its graduate students for the Dietrich College Graduate Student Teaching Award to recognize excellence, dedication, and innovation in teaching. We are pleased to announce that English Department Ph.D. candidate Doug Cloud, and Modern Languages Ph.D. candidate Ryan Miller, have been selected as 2013 co-winners of the Dietrich College Graduate Student Teaching Award.
English Department Student, Doug Cloud, Wins Dietrich College Graduate Student Teaching Award
Each year the college selects one of its graduate students for the Dietrich College Graduate Student Teaching Award to recognize excellence, dedication, and innovation in teaching. We are pleased to announce that English Department Ph.D. candidate Doug Cloud, and Modern Languages Ph.D. candidate Ryan Miller, have been selected as 2013 co-winners of the Dietrich College Graduate Student Teaching Award.Friday, February 1, 2013
Over the past 10 years, Carnegie Mellon University has strengthened its standing in the humanities thanks to distinguished faculty in the English, History, Modern Languages and Philosophy Departments as well as generous support from numerous foundations, corporations and individuals.
To celebrate CMU's excellence in the humanities, the Dietrich College and the Center for the Arts in Society will host a program and reception featuring A keynote address by Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, on "What is Access: Perspectives on the Archive." The program and reception will take place on Friday, February 15 at 4:30 pm in the Giant Eagle Auditorium. MORE
Michael Witmore To Deliver Keynote Address for The Celebration of the Humanities
To celebrate CMU's excellence in the humanities, the Dietrich College and the Center for the Arts in Society will host a program and reception featuring A keynote address by Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, on "What is Access: Perspectives on the Archive." The program and reception will take place on Friday, February 15 at 4:30 pm in the Giant Eagle Auditorium.