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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
We are saddened to share that Catherine A. Callaghan, a long-time faculty member in the Department of Linguistics, known to all as “Cathy”, passed away on March 16, 2019 at the age of 87, after…
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 of…
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 Miami…
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!
Stephanie Antetomaso Awarded FLAS Fellowship
Stephanie Antetomaso has been awarded an academic year 2019-2020 FLAS Fellowship to study Ecuadorian Kichwa at Ohio State. Congratulations, Stephanie!
Micha Elsner Receives Google Research Award
Associate Professor Micha Elsner has been awarded a Google Research Award for his work on cognitively inspired deep Bayesian neural networks for unsupervised speech recognition. Congratulations,…