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Among continuing education offerings is a trip to Italy
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Members of the community can explore topics as diverse as opera, terrorism, flower gardens and the detective novel in programs to be offered this spring and summer by the Office of Continuing Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. One opera program features a 10-day trip in July to Verona, Italy, […]
Peer groups influence early adolescent bullying behavior
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Peer-group influence on adolescents is well established, especially regarding drugs and alcohol. New research indicates it also extends to bullying behavior. Through surveys at a Midwestern middle school, conducted early and late in the academic year, lead investigator Dorothy Espelage found that kids who hang out with peers who bully, both boys […]
Center for Advanced Study/MillerComm lecture series opens
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Afghanistan, Africa, anti-Semitism and animal rights – as well as an evening with a novelist, and a look at how culture shapes personal choices. They’re all on the program – along with other topics – for this spring’s Center for Advanced Study/MillerComm lecture series at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The […]
Authority on African-American families to speak Nov. 12
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Robert B. Hill, a nationally known authority on African-American families, will speak on “Understanding Black Families: Strengths and Challenges” in a lecture Nov. 12 (Tuesday) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Hill’s talk, the first in a new “Visiting Scholars in Child Welfare” series, will begin at 10 a.m. in Room […]
Sun-Times sports columnist to speak Friday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Rick Telander, a Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist and the author of the recently published “String Music,” a novel about a young basketball fan and the basketball star who befriends him, will speak at 12:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 4) at the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. Telander’s talk, in Illini Rooms […]
Teachers learn to integrate technology into classes during weeklong workshops
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. More than 1,200 Illinois educators have upgraded their computer skills during the past four summers through a weeklong institute called “A Moveable Feast.” Starting next week, as many as 500 more will get the same opportunity, at 10 locations throughout the state. The institute, organized by the College of Education at the University […]
Former Illinois president to speak at community college leadership retreat
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The new executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), along with a former University of Illinois president, will be among the speakers at a two-day retreat next week for community college leaders in Illinois. The third annual Community College Leadership Retreat will be held Tuesday and Wednesday (May 21-22) at […]
Kris Kristofferson among guests slated to attend Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Fest
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Actors Kris Kristofferson, Robert Forster and Cliff Robertson, along with an international cast of directors and other special guests, are scheduled to join film critic Roger Ebert and thousands of film buffs for Eberts fourth annual Overlooked Film Festival April 24-28 in Champaign-Urbana and at the University of Illinois. Kristofferson and author Kaylie […]
Educators to share how to keep, train, mentor new teachers
Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education, 893-4921. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Educators from Illinois and other Midwestern states will be in Urbana this Thursday and Friday (April 11-12) to share resources and best practices on how to keep, train and mentor new teachers, and prepare them for state certification. The third annual “Successful Transitions” conference will be at […]
Teacher placement day attracts recruiters from half the states
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Recruiters from half the states and several foreign countries will be looking for teachers to fill thousands of positions March 28 at the University of Illinois at the annual Teacher Placement Day. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in various rooms at the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., […]
UI student named congressional fellow
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Margaret Brooks LaRaviere of Chicago, a doctoral student at the University of Illinois, will be working on Capitol Hill this academic year instead of on campus. LaRaviere, a student in the UIs School of Social Work, was recently named one of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations Congressional Fellows. As a fellow, she will […]
Pulitzer Prize-winner Bill Gaines named to Knight Chair in Journalism
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Bill Gaines, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner during 27 years as an investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune, has been named to the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of Illinois. Gaines, who has taught courses for more than two decades on investigative reporting and is the author of a widely used textbook […]