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Illinois students, recent graduates receive foreign language scholarships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates Mary Kate Buchheit, Audrey Dombro, Buyandelger Tsetsengarid, Hannah Wernecke and Priyanka Zylstra were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign languages this summer. A sixth student, Kaya Van Dyke, was offered a Boren Scholarship to further her studies of French. […]
Illinois senior selected Knight-Hennessy Scholar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior Sriyankari Chitti, of Marlboro, New Jersey, and a graduate of the Medical Sciences Magnet Program at Freehold High School, has been named a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. She is one of 76 students to be offered this award from more than 8,000 applicants around the world. A chemistry major […]
Faculty members, staff, teaching assistants honored with Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Faculty and staff members and graduate teaching assistants at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign this spring were honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring and advising, collectively known as the Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction. The Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognizes sustained excellence and innovative approaches in undergraduate teaching […]
Illinois English professor awarded Carnegie Fellowship
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Gillen D’Arcy Wood, an English professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign whose work involves the environmental humanities, has been awarded a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship to develop a database of baseline oceanographic information to enhance marine research, and also to examine the Victorian origins of marine science. The Andrew Carnegie Fellows […]
Three Illinois faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Three University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest professional honors a scientist can receive. Physics professor Nadya Mason and chemistry professors Ralph Nuzzo and Wilfred van der Donk are among 120 newly elected U.S. members – 59 of whom are women, […]
Four Illinois faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Education Dean James Anderson, physics professor Nadya Mason chemistry professor Nancy Makri and materials science and engineering professor Kenneth Schweizer have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honor societies in the nation. They are among 252 new members […]
Illinois student awarded Beinecke Scholarship
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Kolten Conklen, a junior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from Sterling, Illinois, is among 16 students nationally awarded the Beinecke Scholarship. Valued at $34,000, the Beinecke award supports graduate study in the arts, humanities or social sciences. Illinois is one of 135 colleges and universities annually invited to nominate one junior […]
Academic professionals honored with CAPE awards for 2021, 2020
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A total of 12 academic professionals at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were honored this week with the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence award, encompassing the 2020 and 2021 award cycles. The recipients, six from each year, received their awards remotely due to the pandemic. The CAPE award was established to recognize academic […]
Three Illinois researchers receive ACLS Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Three researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been awarded 2021 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships. The recipients are Bobby Smith II, a professor of African American studies; Retika Adhikari Desai, a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian American Studies; and Juliet Larkin-Gilmore, a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in American Indian Studies. […]
Illinois history professor awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Kevin Mumford has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Mumford is one of 184 artists, writers, scholars and scientists who were awarded fellowships. They were chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 3,000 applicants, according to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s press release. […]
Four Illinois students honored with Goldwater scholarships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students Emmarie Alexander, Marta Cortinovis, Evan Dray and Ariel Lerman were awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering. The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by Congress in […]
Illinois researchers awarded grants through new NEH-UK joint digital scholarship program
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are among the first recipients of new grant funding to advance digital scholarship in cultural institutions, through a joint initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the United Kingdom’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. The first round of NEH/AHRC New Directions for Digital […]