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08/17/2026

The latest Fifth Floor is live, with features on AI and faculty awards, along with a review of Gary Jackson's _small lives_! Not to mention faculty, staff, and grad student news and alumni news.

02/20/2026

We know what’s up, Pitt English alumni!

Let’s take a look back at our most recent Alumni News Column, featuring our alums winning awards, publishing debut novels, and sending out their poetry collections.

Check out our most recent Alumni News Column here: www.english.pitt.edu/alumni-news-5

Then send us yours by April 26, 2026!

Anna Lomando (PhD, 1988) is enjoying retirement and time with family, including children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Malkiel Choseed (PhD, 2007) is a professor of English at Onadaga Community College in Syracuse, New York. His program received a 2024 Diana Hacker Two-Year College Englis...

02/20/2026

Hey Pitt English alums ... new format alert!

The Fifth Floor Newsletter has switched to a new format! And great news: we'll be publishing a double issue this May! Please send us your news by April 15, 2026 using our Google form.
https://www.english.pitt.edu/alumni-send-us-your-news-3

02/01/2026

Pitt English alumni: We have switched to a new format and will be publishing a double issue this May! Please send your news by April 15, 2026 (after you file your taxes, of course), using our Google form. See the call for details.

If you haven't sent us news lately, please do! We're happy to pass along word of what you've been doing, where you are, what projects you are involved in, and any recent accomplishments or important events in your life. Here at The Fifth Floor, we are always crowd-sourcing and looking for story idea...

03/04/2025

The latest issue of Pitt English's Fifth Floor is live. Great stories featuring Marianne Novy, Lori Jakiela, Jan Beatty, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Brandon Som, and Joy Priest! Alum news, including information on the new book by Joshua Zelesnick. Take a peek!

02/27/2025

The Fifth Floor is now on Instagram! Please join us there:

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07/04/2024

We're live for Spring/Summer!

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09/08/2022

Back to school! The campus is hopping! Catch up on English department news with the latest issue of The Fifth Floor.

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So, what is the “traditional college experience” really like? Did it become lost during the pandemic, or did it just get reimagined? Did it ever really exist in the first place? Most students will say that the pandemic ruined their time in academia. The events that unfolded in the world were har...