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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 […]
Latest mystery novel by archaeologist draws from experiences in Israel
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A race to find early Christian writings before fanatical groups discover and destroy them, sinister Bedouins and spirited archaeologists, papyrus writings by a “Deborah of Damanhur,” one of 12 female apostles of Christ. Toss in a death and a couple of smoldering love affairs. It’s all part of a new novel, “Dead […]
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 […]
‘Reading the World Festival’ features writers from around the world
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Distinguished authors from around the world – and the campus – will take part in the first annual “Reading the World Festival” April 18 to 20 (Tuesday through Thursday) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. All of the festival events are free and open to the public and will be held […]
New U. of I. video writing class draws diverse group of students
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Instructors for an experimental new composition course at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign now know firsthand the power of the well-known movie line, “if you build it, they will come.” What the educators built was a new course, Art 199: “Writing With Video” (WWV). The students have flocked to it from […]
U. of I. course teaching students to ‘harness powers of video and writing’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – College students in a new composition course are mixing their metaphors, but that’s their assignment this semester. The undergraduates in Art 199, a “narrative media” course, are learning to combine two communication formats – writing and video. Their challenge in what has been described as an “utterly unique” course is to portray, […]
Egyptian author visiting U. of I. community to talk about Muslim world
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Sahar Mohammed Hassan Tawfiq, an Egyptian author and translator, is spending a month at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign talking to university and public groups about the Muslim world. She is a 2005-2006 Fulbright Visiting Specialist in Fulbright’s Direct Access to the Muslim World Program, which is sponsored by the U.S. […]