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Ocean Vuong's Debut Novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Named a Top Book in 2019
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Ocean Vuong's debut vovel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, has been selected as top book in 2019 by The Washington Post, Variety, GQ, Time, The Guardian, CNN, The Times, The Register Guard, Lit...

Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina Elected to the American Antiquarian Society
Friday, December 13, 2019
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina was elected to the American Antiquarian Society in November. The American Antiquarian Society is a national research library of American history and culture through 1876....

Florianne Jimenez, PhD Candidate, Awarded 2020 CCCCs Scholars for the Dream Travel Award
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Florianne "Bo" Jimenez, PhD Candidate in the Composition and Rhetoric program, has recently been awarded a 2020 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCCs) Scholars for the Dream...

Stephen Clingman Delivers Invited Presentation at the African Studies Association Conference
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Stephen Clingman recently delivered an invited presentation titled, “Biography, Identity, and Narrative in South Africa,” at a roundtable on the same topic at the African Studies Association...

Robert Bagg, Professor Emeritus, Publishes New Translated Collection
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Robert Bagg, Professor Emeritus, has published a new translated collection titled Four by Euripides: Medea, Bakkhai, and Hippolytos,and Cyclops. The book was published by UMass Press in November of...