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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The English Department and the Humanities Center at CMU sponsor Living Labor: Towards a New Understanding of the Working Class, a Literary and Cultural Studies event. The event, which will take place throughout the day on Wednesday, May 8, will be held on Carnegie Mellon's campus in the Erwin Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A51. Featured in the event will be a keynote lecture from Joseph Entin of the Brooklyn College English Department, as well as a number of guests chairs from the University of Pittsburgh's Department of English. MORE
Living Labor: Towards a New Understanding of the Working Class
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
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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

