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Four Dickinsonians Awarded Fulbrights

The college's long history of Fulbright success continues as a recent graduate and three seniors receive grants for one of the world's most prestigious international exchange programs.

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Janel Pineda '18 Awarded Prestigious New Americans Fellowship

A published poet and daughter of El Salvadoran war refugees, Janel Pineda '18 is pursuing a Ph.D. at UCLA and aspires to bring healing and community to migrant families through the arts.

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English Grad Returns to Campus to Discuss Editing Career

The English department recently welcomed Sarah Blumenstock ’12 back to campus to present the 2023 Cogan Alumni Fellowship Talk.

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon visited Dickinson to deliver a public reading, interact closely with small groups of students and faculty and accept the Stellfox Award. Photo by Joe O'Neill.

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Brings Down the House

The first in-person Stellfox residency in three years was also among the most sparkling. Learn about U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón's triumphant visit to campus—and the powerful story that inspired it.

Poet Laureate Ada Limon serves as the 2023 Stellfox Scholar.

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to Present Reading and Book Signing at Dickinson College

Ada Limón will receive Dickinson's Stellfox Visiting Scholars & Writers Program Award.

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Humanities Professors Seize ‘Urgent Moment’ With $350,000 Mellon Grant

Two Dickinson professors earn a $350,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to reimagine the study of disability and equity across the curriculum.

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Graduate Story: Jenna Clark Embrey ’08, Lincoln Center Theater

Myriad roles in Dickinson's theatre program paved the way for a career behind the scenes at one of the most prestigious theatres in the world.

Poet Ada Limón Named Dickinson's 2023 Stellfox Scholar

The current U.S. Poet Laureate will serve a campus residency in February 2023, giving a public lecture and meeting with students.

Amy Impellizzeri ’92

Amy Impellizzeri ’92 Pivots Away From the Law Into a Writing Career

The former English and philosophy major returns to campus Oct. 7 for a public discussion with President Jones.

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See, Learn and Engage the World With Alumni Global Adventures

Alumni Global Adventures are extraordinary opportunities to learn from Dickinson experts as you explore exciting destinations. Here are the trips we're planning for 2023.

Internationally renowned poet Jan Wagner returns to Dickinson this spring to serve an artistic residency. Photo by Dan Loh.

Acclaimed Poet's Residency at Dickinson Creates 'Incomparable Opportunity' for Student-Translators

Famed German poet Jan Wagner is serving an artistic residency on campus this spring that includes a reading, classroom visits, a panel discussion and a translation contest for students.

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English Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2022

Graduating seniors secure jobs at Enterprise Knowledge and McDonogh School and are accepted to graduate school in Scotland.

Through Dickinson's Stellfox program, Natasha Trethewey (poetry), Greg Rucka and Cully Hamner (graphic novels) and the Wu Ming collective will interact with students and present their work in March and April, 2022.

Poetry, Graphic Novels and Provocative Fiction: Meet the 2022 Stellfox Honorees

Natasha Trethewey (poetry), Greg Rucka and Cully Hamner (graphic novels) and the Wu Ming collective, creator of fiction that inspired QAnon's name, are Dickinson's 2022 Stellfox honorees.

Ben Warren '25 (left) and Lucy Walrond '24 are among the students who used stylometric techniques to analyze literature last fall. Photo by Dan Loh.

What Light Through Yonder Computer Breaks?

Students in literature and intro computer-science classes teamed up to digitally analyze classic texts through an innovative digital humanities project.

The 2022 Mansfield Oxford Students

Six Dickinsonians Admitted to Oxford University’s Mansfield Program

Continuing Dickinson’s history of success, every applicant is accepted into the highly selective, yearlong program.

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