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CMLT Essay Contest Winner Announcement

May 12, 2015 English

The Program in Comparative Literature is pleased to announce the winner of the fourth annual CMLT Essay Contest.

Stanley Plumly Wins 2015 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism

May 12, 2015 English

Distinguished University Professor Stanley Plumly has been named winner of the 2015 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism for his book The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb.

Congratulations to Stanley Plumly and Maud Casey on their Recent Awards

May 12, 2015 English

Stanley Plumly has won the 2015 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism and is a 2015 Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Alum Shares Unanticipated Career Path

May 08, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Karen Sloan, an ’81 alumna from the department, shares the many twists and turns her English degree has given her.

English Alum Credits English Degree for Career at Federal Reserve

May 08, 2015 English

William Dowling '13, has found the skills he learned as an English major invaluable for his career at Federal Reserve.

Two Faculty Members Selected for Professional Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards

May 05, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Two faculty members have been selected for the English department's first Teaching Excellence Awards for Professional Track Faculty. The recipients of the 2015 awards are Alexandra Calloway and Lyra Hilliard.

In Memoriam: Morris Freedman

April 30, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

We are sorry to report that Morris Freedman, professor emeritus and former chair of the English department, passed away on April 27, 2015. He was 94.

Alum Tackles One Week Book Challenge

April 28, 2015 English

What type of person would be brave enough to write a 50,000 word manuscript in one week? A 2014 University of Maryland English Alum!

Maud Casey Wins Guggenheim Fellowship For Creative Writing

April 27, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Maud Casey will join writers, scholars, artists, historians, scientists and university faculty members after being selected last week for a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship. She is one of 175 chosen from more than 3,100 applicants.

David Wyatt Honored as Faculty Mentor

April 22, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Stacia Odenwald, a rising senior in Architecture, Planning & Preservation, was recently chosen as a 2015-2016 Philip Merrill Presidential scholar