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![Audie Klotz portrait.](/media/images/Audie_Klotz.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(May 10, 2023)
Audie Klotz Receives 2023 Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate TeachingThe prize memorializes William Wasserstrom, a noted professor of English at Syracuse University.
![Margaret Atwood, left and Mona Awad, right, both seated.](/media/images/Margaret_Atwood_and_Mona_Awad.b81f5a15.fill-150x150.jpg)
(April 24, 2023)
Famed Author Margaret Atwood Calls Creative Writing Professor Mona Awad Her ‘Literary Heir Apparent’The authors were interviewed for a feature titled 'This Woman's Work' in The New York Times Style Magazine.
![George Saunders holding an open book.](/media/images/george-saunders-cover-shoot_copy_c.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(April 14, 2023)
Is Kindness Still Relevant?10 years after his Convocation speech went viral, acclaimed author George Saunders G’88 revisits its message.
![Students sitting at a table writing.](/media/images/Write_Out_Students_at_Francis_Even.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(March 28, 2023)
Uniting the Community in the Pursuit of Environmental JusticeThe Environmental Storytelling Series of CNY brings together faculty, students and local community partners to address the climate crisis through creative outlets.
![Mosab Abu Toha portrait](/media/images/Mosab-Abu-Toha_yehWFFM.fde70819.fill-150x150.jpg)
(March 23, 2023)
‘My Poetry is a Record of What Happened’Mosab Abu Toha finds mentors, refines his craft in A&S’ Creative Writing Program.
![Mona Awad portrait](/media/images/mona-awad.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(March 8, 2023)
Film Rights to Mona Awad’s Novel Bunny Purchased by Bad Robot ProductionsThe 2019 bestselling novel has become a viral phenomenon on TikTok, with book-related posts garnering over 4.1 billion views.
![Tolley Humanities Building in winter.](/media/images/Tolley_Humanities_Building_in_Wint.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Feb. 9, 2023)
Graduate Students Illuminate Lives, Race and PlaceHumanities Center fellowships and project grants support students' research on Druze culture, histories of self-harm, youth literacy and Black narratives from Syracuse schools’ desegregation era.
![Side by side portraits of Carol Fadda and Dana Olwan.](/media/images/Carol_Fadda_and_Dana_Olwan_CNuVHHp.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Feb. 6, 2023)
Mellon Foundation Recognizes Syracuse Black/Arab Racial Justice Research ProjectProfessors Carol Fadda and Dana Olwan will examine the impact of racism and discrimination on the interconnected histories and lived experiences of Arab and Black communities living in the city of Syracuse.