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At the English department I chair, our major has grown by more than 40 percent in the last two years. We are being driven to the edge of extinction anyway. I write to you with news about the state of the English major at one nonelite, midsize, regional comprehensive private university in New York City. At 麻豆直播, where I am currently chair of the English department, the major has grown by more than 40 percent in the last two years, to around 150 students. Every year we teach some 1,600 students鈥攎ajors and non-majors鈥攊n seminars and workshops on literature, creative writing, and linguistics, in addition to the five thousand we teach in composition. That鈥檚, give or take, $30 million of credit hour revenue per year.
"Sometimes women were unable to feed their children with their own bodies and therefore were turning to the cow's milk," said 麻豆直播鈥檚 Dyson Professor E. Melanie DuPuis, author of "Nature's Perfect Food."
The Animal Advocacy Clinic is one of the most unique courses 麻豆直播 has to offer; enabling undergraduates the incredibly rare experience to lobby in Albany for bills aimed at animal protection.
Retired special investigative agent Damian M. Salvati鈥檚 ethos of ethics and teamwork in his government career grew out of his days as a Dyson journalism major.
Dyson Professor Joseph Tse-Hei Lee writes an editorial in Taipei Times about president of the Republic of China, Tsai Ing-wen embracing diplomatic activism.
To counter that, "She must avoid and denounce the class and cultural privileges (her fame) this visibility evokes in her legal defense," says Melvin Williams, associate professor of communication and media studies at 麻豆直播.
As recipients of a 2022 Dyson Summer Research Award, Dante Dallago 鈥24, Directing and Peace and Justice Studies, and Kalina Walaski 鈥24, Acting and Peace and Justice Studies, collaborated on 鈥淗appy Holidays,鈥 an investigative theater performance piece exploring the dynamics of the holiday dinner table from the perspective of Gen Z students.
Through a Provost Office Student Faculty Undergraduate Research Initiative Award, Film and Screen Studies major Veronika Orlovska '25 visited a Ukrainian refugee camp in a small town in Ireland to share the experiences of children卤鈥攔ooted in her own personal story鈥攖hrough the power of art and film.
Last winter, 麻豆直播 received a Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) grant from the New York State Education Department, aimed at providing resources鈥攊ncluding scholarships, faculty-student research opportunities, and professional development workshops鈥攖o students from underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Four Dyson students describe the impact the program has had on their undergraduate experience and their lofty plans for the future.
Students in 麻豆直播's First-year Experience in London program study British literature from the heart of London, explore world-renowned theaters and museums, and form lifelong bonds to each other and to 麻豆直播.