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We’ve sent the latest edition of our Alumni Newsletter! Check out the latest happenings within our community, both in and off campus! mailchi.mp/676038146666...

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Applications are being accepted until March 1! There's still time to submit yours: www.cmu.edu/pre-college/...

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"We're trying to outrun our own minds." Last week, Professor Kathy M. Newman @unionmaidpgh.bsky.social spoke with author and commentator @chrislhayes.bsky.social at @pghartslectures.bsky.social about the demands on human attention. Read more here: www.instagram.com/p/DGdtTekR_yl/

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Can large language models (LLMs) accurately match the style of text written by humans? A team of CMU researchers from the department set out to answer this question, with their findings recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...

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Can large language models (LLMs) accurately match the style of text written by humans? A team of CMU researchers from the department set out to answer this question, with their findings recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...

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Mark your calendar: the Center for Early Modern Print, Networks, and Performance (CPNP) will present a talk by Dr. Nicole Aljoe (Tufts) about Black Britons' letters & early Black print culture! Posner Hall 234 Wed, April 23 | 4:30 – 6:30 PM

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Happening this Thursday! Don't miss it.

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The CPNP is pleased to announce their second guest speaker of the semester. Rebecca Maatta (Duquesne University) will present on "Word/Image/Flesh: Embodied Pedagogy & The Resonant Corpse" on Thursday, Feb 13 from 5-7 pm in Posner 234 on the Carnegie Mellon campus. Free and open to the public.

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Know a rising junior or senior in high school who is into writing, film, visual design, and culture? They might be interested in our #Pre-College Program! Applications are being accepted until March 1. Complete details here: www.cmu.edu/pre-college/...

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In CMU’s Dietrich College, all first-year students take a Grand Challenge Seminar, offering students a window into complex, global problems. Senior Lecturer Barbara George recently co-taught “Grand Challenge: Equity and the Environment.” Read more here: www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...

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Eunji Jo, PhD Candidate in Literary and Cultural Studies, was selected for the 2024-2025 Dietrich College Graduate Student Teaching Award, which aims to recognize excellence, dedication, and innovation in teaching at Carnegie Mellon.

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A new summer program enables students who are non-native speakers of English to hone their skills in academic communication before beginning graduate study at CMU. For more details and to register: www.cmu.edu/dietrich/aeap/

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A new summer program enables students who are non-native speakers of English to hone their skills in academic communication before beginning graduate study at CMU. For more details and to register: www.cmu.edu/dietrich/aeap/

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Literary & Cultural Studies Professor Kathy Newman will serve as the moderator for an upcoming Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures event featuring Chris Hayes, on Feb. 17. Newman’s work also deals with audience attention and mass media. Details and tickets here: pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/chr...

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LCS PhD candidate Elizabeth Dieterich published “‘Mad Composition!’: Gender, Historiography, and Performance in Royal Shakespeare Company Productions of King John (2012, 2019)” in ‘Regendering Monarchy,’ a Special Issue of Shakespeare en devenir. shakespeare.edel.univ-poitiers.fr/index.php?id...

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Pittsburgh: Join Ed Simon as he celebrates the release of his latest book, THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS AND SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES: A VISUAL HISTORY. On Tues. 1/28, Ed will talk about his book at Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill. Free RSVP required to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

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Pittsburgh: Join Ed Simon as he celebrates the release of his latest book, THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS AND SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES: A VISUAL HISTORY. On Tues. 1/28, Ed will talk about his book at Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill. Free RSVP required to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

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Planning for Bridges and Borders is underway! Graduate students from all institutions are encouraged to propose a paper or preconstituted panel. The deadline for submission is Monday 2/17. Visit our website for the full call for papers and submission details: www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...

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Planning for Bridges and Borders is underway! Graduate students from all institutions are encouraged to propose a paper or preconstituted panel. The deadline for submission is Monday 2/17. Visit our website for the full call for papers and submission details: www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...

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New work from one of our Creative Writing professors! ⬇️

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“I built this throne for you and for myself I built these wings” new poem @yalereview.bsky.social yalereview.org/article/this...

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The CPNP is pleased to announce their second guest speaker of the semester. Rebecca Maatta (Duquesne University) will present on "Word/Image/Flesh: Embodied Pedagogy & The Resonant Corpse" on Thursday, Feb 13 from 5-7 pm in Posner 234 on the Carnegie Mellon campus. Free and open to the public.

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Rhetoric PhD candidate Nicole Tanquary has a new publication in PEITHO: JOURNAL OF THE COALITION OF FEMINIST SCHOLARS IN THE HISTORY OF RHETORIC titled "Tara Reade and the Case for a Feminist Rhetoric-Propaganda Studies." #TeamRhetoric #AcademicSky Read it here: wac.colostate.edu/peitho

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Happening this Thursday! See you there!

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Know a rising junior or senior in high school who is into writing, film, visual design, and culture? They might be interested in our Pre-College Program! Applications are being accepted until Feb 1 (Early Decision) or Mar 1 (general admission). Complete details here: www.cmu.edu/pre-college/...

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Know a rising junior or senior in high school who is into writing, film, visual design, and culture? They might be interested in our Pre-College Program! Applications are being accepted until Feb 1 (Early Decision) or Mar 1 (general admission). Complete details here: www.cmu.edu/pre-college/...

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Film & Visual Media graduate Olav Carter ‘23 won First Prize in the "Lights! Cannes! Action!" student video contest, securing a full scholarship to the 2025 Student Program of the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival. www.indiewire.com/news/festiva...

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Are you a graduate of one of our programs? We’d love to hear what you’ve been up to! Use the form below to share any recent professional successes for possible inclusion in an upcoming Alumni Newsletter. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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This evening! Be sure to register if you plan to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

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Congratulations to Literary & Cultural Studies PhD candidate Catherine Evans, who was awarded the National Women’s Studies Association’s Lesbian Caucus Award in recognition of her doctoral dissertation project “The Provocative Lesbian: Queer Media in the Long Seventies,” at their recent conference.

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If planning to attend, be sure to complete your free RSVP! www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

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Join the Carnegie Mellon Center for Print, Networks, and Performance (CPNP) for their first talk of the Spring term! Norman Conti of Duquesne University will discuss “Are there some histories that are off limits?” on Thursday, Jan. 16, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm in Posner Hall 234.

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Are you a graduate of one of our programs? We’d love to hear what you’ve been up to! Use the form below to share any recent professional successes for possible inclusion in an upcoming Alumni Newsletter. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Curious about the type of work our Professional Writing students do after graduation? Kelley Northam, MAPW '21, a staff writer at Thermo Fisher Scientific, recently published the article “Healing Communities: The Importance of Inclusive Medical Research.” www.fishersci.com/us/en/scient...

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Pittsburgh: Join Professor Ed Simon as he celebrates the release of his latest book, THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS AND SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES: A VISUAL HISTORY. On Tues. January 7, Ed will talk about his book at Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill.

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Professor Jeff Williams recently gave the concluding keynote at a conference, Stuart Hall: Positions and Trajectories, as part of the inaugural events of the Stuart Hall Archive Project at @unibirmingham.bsky.social, held Oct 31-Nov 2. #SHAP2024 stuarthallarchive.bham.ac.uk/conference-c...

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Announcing the 5th Bridges and Borders graduate student conference, 4/11-12, 2025. With the theme The Archive, the conference, co-presented with the Dept of Languages, Cultures, and Applied Linguistics, will feature a keynote by Dr. Abdulhamit Arvas (University of Pennsylvania).

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“Scholars who have closely followed both cases said the public reaction showcases changing norms in the era of digital media.” Literary and Cultural Studies professor and mass culture scholar Kathy Newman weighs in on recent unprecedented media moments. gothamist.com/news/daniel-...

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Associate Head of English Chris Warren @chrisvvarren.bsky.social has won a 3-month fellowship at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, where he'll spend Oxford's Trinity Term as a Gale Scholar North America, Digital Humanities Oxford Fellow. (1/2)

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A great way to add some literature to this evening!

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Congratulations to faculty member Ed Simon, whose book THE DEVIL’S CONTRACT (Melville) is on the New Yorker’s list of the Best Books of 2024! "Simon’s lively account explores the distinct historical phases of the tale of Faust and his deal with the Devil." www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...

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“Perhaps the most important feature of the campus novel is the awakening often experienced by the protagonist, that the world is not as tidy as they imagined... a web of interconnection.” Fred Shaw reviews Professor Sharon Dilworth’s novel TO BE MARQUETTE. pittsburghquarterly.com/articles/dil...

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Congratulations to Literature and Culture major Allison Blair, chosen to join a unique program through the #FolgerInstitute, a colloquy for advanced undergrads exploring the topic of consent and sovereignty in conversation with the Folger's 2024-2025 theme, "Whose Democracy?"

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Only SIX donors to our goal! Can you help us cross the finish line on this #GivingCMUDay? www.givecampus.com/454vv7

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We’re just 14 donors away from our department goal! Your gift of any amount can light the way for the next generation of Tartans. Join us in making a difference this #GivingCMUDay: www.givecampus.com/454vv7

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On this #GivingCMUDay, help today’s students find tomorrow’s purpose. Your gift can provide the spark needed for groundbreaking discoveries and student experiences. We've had 9 donors toward our goal of 25 for the day! Will you help us reach our goal? givecampus.com/454vv7

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Allison Hodsdon, Technical Writer for Google , was recently interviewed about her work, and about how she became a technical writer. Allison, MAPW ‘19, spoke highly of her time at CMU, which both introduced her to and educated her in the field. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpCX...

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