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Btn Livebig: Maryland Grad And Radio Legend Dave Mcconnell’S 50 Years On (W)Top

February 16, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

This Maryland English alumnus says his humanities background enabled him to enjoy a robust career in radio.

UMD English at CCCCs

February 13, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

When the Conference on College Composition and Communication convenes in Tampa, FL, in March, many faculty members and graduate students will present current research.

Linda Kauffman's Fulbright at the University of Groningen

February 12, 2015 English

Linda Kauffman was the Walt Whitman Chair of American Literature and Culture through a Senior Fulbright fellowship at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

College Researchers Design, Develop Alternate-Reality Game

February 12, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Associate professor Kari Kraus, whose research interests include digital humanities, helped develop this new game to get teens interested in STEM.

Bobbitt Prize Reading: Patricia Smith, Tues. Feb. 17, 6:30 pm

February 11, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Patricia Smith, winner of the 13th Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, will read selections from her poetry collection Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah. This event is free and open to the public. Book sales and a signing will follow. 

Film Lecturer Caitlin McGrath to Run Old Greenbelt Theatre

February 11, 2015 English

Department lecturer Caitlin McGrath will run the Old Greenbelt Theatre as a non-profit, art house movie theater. 

A Black Preacher Addresses Congress

February 11, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Henry Highland Garnet "could not escape notice," English Professor Carla Peterson writes in The New York Times.

English Alum Directs Oregon Dept. of Energy

February 10, 2015 English

Michael Kaplan, a ’99 English alum, was recently named Director of the Oregon Department of Energy by Oregon’s Governor, John Kitzhaber.

Brian Richardson: Scholar in Residence at the University of Bologna

February 06, 2015 English

Brian Richardson received a RASA grant for spring semester, 2014. This allowed him to be named a Scholar in Residence at the University of Bologna for that term. 

Nelson essay published in RE-READING MARY WROTH (Palgrave, 2015)

February 06, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Edited by Katherine R. Larson and Naomi J. Miller, with Andrew Strycharski, the volume marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the groundbreaking collection READING MARY WROTH.