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A director to the stars and a professor to UI students
UI theater professor Daniel Sullivan is recognized as one of the leading stage directors in the United States today. Sullivan recently received the Village Voice Obie Award for Best direction for the Off-Broadway production of “Stuff Happens,” and he was nominated for a 2006 Tony Award for best director, for the Broadway hit “The Rabbit […]
H.G. Wells’ cartoons, a window on his second marriage, focus of new book
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – How does an imaginative but irascible writer – the future author of 100 books and the grandfather of science fiction – thank his literary partner and wife for her steady, selfless and sterling contributions to his career? How does he ask for forgiveness when he’s behaved badly? How does he diffuse the […]
Couple’s book on H.G. Wells’ cartoons to be celebrated May 25
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hosting a celebration for a new book conceived and born right under its roof. The event, a book signing, discussion and reception, is in honor of local authors Gene Rinkel, a librarian at Illinois, and Margaret Rinkel, a former high school English […]
White House rhetoric runs counter to policy realities, speech experts say
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – President George W. Bush frequently has been criticized for being verbally challenged, but a new rhetorical analysis of the Bush White House, based on the public record, argues that the president and his colleagues have demonstrated an impressive facility with the language. According to the researchers, whose findings appear in a new […]
U. of I. poet’s new collection fetes islands’ artists, musicians, shamans
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – In his new volume of poetry, Laurence Lieberman again beckons readers to explore the islands that have bewitched him for more than 40 years. “Carib’s Leap: Selected and New Poems of the Caribbean” (Peepal Tree Press) is the poet’s third retrospective homage to the Caribbean – from its sea floor to its […]
U. of I. English scholar to lead organization of 45,000 professors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Cary Nelson, a professor of English and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been elected president of the American Association of University Professors. His two-year appointment, which is renewable, begins June 12. It is a non-salaried office in what he describes as the […]
Business owners should go ‘green’ in rebuilding after disasters
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – When tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters unleash their furies on communities, the losses can be especially devastating for small-business owners with limited budgets and flimsy safety nets. But when the skies clear, and the cleanup and rebuilding begins, savvy owners may actually find a silver – or “green” – lining beneath […]
Preserving cultural heritage despite wars and tourism
D. Fairchild Ruggles is a professor of landscape architecture whose research explores the visual culture and built environment of the Islamic world. Ruggles also is co-director, with anthropology and landscape architecture professor Helaine Silverman, of a new interdisciplinary collaborative at Illinois called Cultural Heritage and Museum Practices. She was interviewed by News Bureau arts editor […]
Five U. of I. faculty members awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Five faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for 2006. It is the sixth time in 40 years that Illinois has won five Guggenheims in a single year. In this year’s competition, the 82nd annual John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s U.S. and Canadian competition, only […]
French historians to gather at Illinois April 20-22 for annual meeting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The 52nd annual meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies will be held April 20 to 22 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is the first time Illinois is hosting the meeting, which this year is expected to attract 200 scholars of France, many of them from abroad. Several […]
U. of I. symposium to focus on issues tied to public education and the Bible
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A symposium on “The Bible, Public Schools and American Identity” will be held April 24 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The symposium, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Reading Room of the Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana. It […]
Struggles of ‘temporary migrants’ documented by U. of I. researchers
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Across the United States, hundreds of thousands of newly empowered Latino immigrants have been stepping out of the shadows, taking to the streets and moving into the public-policy spotlight in recent weeks with their vocal opposition to proposed legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration. Meanwhile, at the University of Illinois […]