Congratulations to Brian McPhee, one of our graduate students, for winning the Arthur Ross Rome Prize. The American Academy in Rome presents these fellowships to support advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities. For 2019-2020, Rome Prizes … Read more

Matthew received a 2019-20 pre-doctoral fellowship from the Getty Research Institute to complete his dissertation (“Public Entertainment Venues as Urban Network Actors in Roman Macedonia and Thrace”) at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles, CA. There he will also regularly meet and attend lectures with other pre- … Read more

Susan Meyer, ’09, has a BA in Latin and Italian with a minor in Classical Humanities. She graduated UNC’s MAT program with a master’s degree in education with an emphasis on Latin. She is currently a Latin teacher at Culbreth … Read more

Jennifer Gates-Foster, assistant professor of the Classics department, gave commentary about Egyptian archaeologists’ recent discovery of more than 40 mummies. USA Today’s article details more about the discovery of the remains found in Minya, a province roughly 150 miles south … Read more

  The Herington Greek and Latin Poetry Prizes, established in 1999 by Maynard and Florence Mack in memory of John Herington, are awarded for the best oral performance of assigned passages of Greek and Latin poetry.  There are two cash … Read more

We are sad to announce that G. Kenneth Sams, for many years a valued member of our department, passed away on September 17th.  His long-time friend and colleague Mary Sturgeon writes: Ken Sams was a good friend and an excellent … Read more

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The B. L. Ullman Prize in Latin The Ullman Prize is funded by an endowment established by B. L. Ullman for the purpose of encouraging students in their study of Latin. The prize is awarded to a student who shows … Read more

Classics major Ashley Choo-Hen has been named a winner of the Manson A. Stewart Undergraduate Award for outstanding young Classicists.  The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) presents the award to a limited number of Classics majors … Read more

Professor Robert Babcock has received a Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.  Each year, five faculty members from across the university receive the award, established to “recognize excellence in inspirational teaching of undergraduate students, particularly first- and second-year students.”  … Read more