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How does Russian invasion exacerbate Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis?
Cynthia Buckley is an Illinois sociology professor and demographer, and a co-leader of a U.S. Department of Defense-funded project looking for keys to stability and security in Ukraine and two other former Soviet republics, Estonia and Georgia. She spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about Ukraine’s humanitarian and infrastructure crises. How […]
Can historical racism in medicine help explain current racial differences in medical care?
Past instances of racism in medical care and the resulting distrust among Black Americans have been cited as factors in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Rana Hogarth is a medical historian and a history professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who teaches the history of Western medicine and African American history, and the author of “Medicalizing […]
Book examines history of Mexico City’s public square, evolution of Mexican spatial identities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For 700 years, Mexico City’s public square, known as the Zócalo, has been the place where many of the nation’s most significant events unfolded. Benjamin Bross, an architecture professor and urban historian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, wrote an urbanism-based cultural history of the Zócalo, using the public square and historic […]
Private investment in California’s solar energy industry increases climate vulnerabilities, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — California is a national leader in renewable energy development. But energy systems development is driven more by financial considerations than environmental ones, leaving customers more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researcher determined. Sean Kennedy is a professor in urban and regional planning whose research interests […]
Directors del Toro, Zwigoff join ‘Ebertfest’ slate
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The 22nd Annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, co-founded and hosted by Chaz Ebert and also known as “Ebertfest,” announced that director Guillermo del Toro will return to the festival in April alongside screenwriter Kim Morgan with a black-and-white version of their Oscar-nominated movie “Nightmare Alley.” Director Terry Zwigoff also will attend with […]
English professor’s novel tells of Black Civil War soldiers’ fight for freedom
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Richard Etheridge was a biracial former slave who fought in the Civil War and led a regiment of Black troops. A fictionalized account of Etheridge and his military service drives the narrative in a recently published novel by David Wright Faladé, an English professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Faladé described […]
What are the consequences for US interests in Russia-Ukraine conflict?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign political science professor Nicholas Grossman is the author of “Drones and Terrorism: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security” and specializes in international relations. Grossman spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about the brewing Russia-Ukraine conflict. How close are we to seeing military action in Ukraine, […]
Climate adaptation increases vulnerability of cocoa farmers, study shows
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — New research offers an alternative perspective on adaptation to climate threats in Southeast Asia. Sean Kennedy, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, looked at the ways that small cocoa farmers in Indonesia are adapting to threats from climate change, including prolonged drought. He found that […]
How do we define what happened on Jan. 6, 2021?
The Cline Center for Advanced Social Research’s Coup D’état Project categorized the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as an attempted coup – specifically, an “attempted dissident coup.” Scott Althaus is the director of the Cline Center, a nonpartisan research center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with more than a decade […]
Project explores Octavia E. Butler novel through discussions, art, music
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Octavia E. Butler’s dystopian novel “Parable of the Sower” is centered around themes that seem particularly resonant today – climate change, economic instability, social chaos and government corruption. The novel is the focus of a year-long project, Parable Path CU, led by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The project includes a […]
What are the geopolitical implications of US nuclear submarine deal with Australia?
Edward A. Kolodziej is an emeritus research professor of political science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the founding director of both the Center for Global Studies and the Program in Arms Control & Domestic & International Security at Illinois. An expert in international relations and global politics, Kolodziej spoke with News Bureau business […]
Canadian historian, writer Michael Ignatieff to speak Nov. 18 as part of EU Day at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An annual campus event focused on the European Union will feature a former Canadian political leader turned academic speaking about threats to intellectual freedom in Europe. History professor Michael Ignatieff, a rector emeritus of Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, and the author of “On Consolation: Finding Solace in Hard Times,” will deliver […]