Writing minor Danielle Lee (‘19) has published an article in Essence.

Rebecca Brutus ('20) has been awarded a Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship.

Luke Broadwater ('02) of The Baltimore Sun has been awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting.

Writing major Margaret McKinnis ('20) has been named one of this year's Phi Kappa Phi Presidential Scholars.

A food blog by alumna Tess Le Moing ('16) has been chosen as a finalist for Saveur magazine's 2019 Blog Awards.

Writing major Leah Skay ('21) has been named a finalist in Iron Horse Literary Review's 2019 PhotoFinish Contest.

Two works of fiction by associate professor and department chair Jack Wang have been acquired by House of Anansi Press.

Associate professor Eleanor Henderson has been named the next Robert Ryan Professor in the Humanities.

Writing major Kyra Bean ('19) receives the Dean's Award in the Humanities and the Sally Parr Memorial Award.