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Jiang and de Marneffe nominated for Best Short Paper at ACL

Nanjiang Jiang and Marie-Catherine de Marneffe’s paper entitled, "Do you know that Florence is packed with visitors? Evaluating state-of-the-art models of speaker commitment” has been nominated…

Michael White receives research award from Facebook

Michael White, Professor of linguistics, has received a three-year, $2.4 million Collaborative Research award from Facebook to further his research on neural natural language generation.

Symon Stevens-Guille wins travel awards for ESSLLI

Symon Stevens-Guille has been awarded a fee waiver to attend the European Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information (ESSLLI), as well as a student travel award from the Association of…

Marten van Schijndel accepts job at Cornell

Alumnus Marten van Schijndel has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in Linguistics at Cornell University, beginning in July. Congratulations, Marty!

In Memoriam: Cathy Callaghan

Björn Köhnlein wins CAREER grant

Assistant Professor Björn Köhnlein has been awarded an NSF CAREER grant for his work on mechanisms of sound change in continental West Germanic. Congratulations, Björn!

Brian Joseph elected to the American Philosophical Society

Professor Brian Joseph has been elected to the American Philosophical Society. The APS is the oldest learned society in the US, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743. Brian will join a small number…

Nandi Sims Awarded Migration, Mobility, and Immobility Project Graduate Grant

Graduate student Nandi Sims has been awarded a Migration, Mobility, and Immobility Project Graduate Grant for her research on social group affiliation and language variation in a multi-ethnic…

Alumna Salena Anderson Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

Alumna Salena Anderson (Sampson) has received the 2019-2020 Valparaiso University Excellence in Teaching Award. Congratulations, Salena!