• From the Chair by Richard E. Miller
  A semester full of good news.
  
• Awards and Honors
  Congratulations to faculty, students, and alumni.
  
• Carolyn Williams Wins a Guggenheim Fellowship by Maria Villafranca
  Professor Williams was selected to be a Fellow for her work on Victorian melodrama.
  
• Ron Levao Wins Teaching Award by Dara Courtney Evans
  Professor Levao, famous for his lectures, wins the Susman Award.
  
• William Galperin Wins Research Award by Ronah Sadan
  Stirring up controversy about the staid Jane Austen.
  
• Kurt Spellmeyer Wins Scholar-Teacher Award by Robert Lawless
  New award honors profs. who integrate research and classroom concerns.
  
• The English Honors Program by Ronah Sadan
  Undergraduates writing honors theses get a taste of literary scholarship.
  
• Writers at Rutgers: Maggie Anderson by Maria Villafranca
  Making poetry of the spaces “in-between”.
  
• Writers at Rutgers: Jhumpa Lahiri by Dara Courtney Evans
  Pulitzer Prize-winning author describes the life of a writer.
  
• Writers at Rutgers: Edmund White by Sherri Smith
  Noted gay author finds a new voice in American history.
  
• Plangere Center Interns by Sandhya Ramashwar
  A new internship program helps tutors do their job well.

• Jewish Scholar Jonathan Boyarin Visits by Robert Lawless
  The inaugural lecture of the New Humanities Lecture Series.
  
• A History of Rutgers English by Karen Heinbach
  Part Two: The department is reborn around the study of literature.
  
• Another Great Year
  Rutgers graduate students had another strong year finding jobs as professors.
  
• Graduate Program Open House by Robert Lawless
  Faculty and current graduate students welcome prospective colleagues.
  
• Graduate Student Runs for Mayor by Ronah Sadan
  Steven Syrek ran for mayor of Princeton, between classes.
  
• More Roads to Travel for English Ph.D.s
  Alum William Bartlett describes his career at NBC.
  
• Online Literature, Beyond Amazon by Sandhya Ramashwar
  The best places to read books online.
  
• The New English Lounge by Robert Lawless
  Thanks to a generous donation, there’s a new place to be in Murray Hall.
  
• English Alum Returns to Speak at Commencement by Sandhya Ramashwar
  Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky is the first university commencement speaker in 26 years.
  
• More About Friends of Rutgers English
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