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U. of I. Creative Writing Program inaugurates reading program, craft talk
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is creating some new traditions. On Monday (Nov. 7), two new members of the faculty, novelist and documentary-maker LeAnne Howe, and poet-slammer-author Tyehimba Jess, will kick off the new Faculty Reading Program. On Nov. 14, Jess and another faculty newcomer, Rigoberto […]
American music to be celebrated throughout November at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – When Scott Schwartz was looking for an image to represent the upcoming celebration of American music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he wasn’t sure what he wanted. But he knew it when he saw it. The patchwork quilt of a California live oak tree beautifully captured the archivist-musician-scholar’s philosophy about […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism professor gives papers to U. of I. Library
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – An author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has given his professional papers to the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Leon DeCosta Dash Jr., who covered war, urban poverty and teenage childbearing for The Washington Post, is a professor of journalism, a Center for Advanced Study Professor and a Swanlund Professor […]
Violence, exile to be topics of literature conferences at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hosting two literature conferences in mid-October, one focused on violence, the other on exile. Both conferences are free and open to the public. Scholars of German culture will gather at Illinois Oct. 14-16 (Friday through Sunday) for a conference titled “Violence in German Literature, Culture […]
U. of I. to host festival of award-winning French films Oct. 7-13
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been selected to host the prestigious Tournées French Film Festival. Only 50 college and university campuses are annually chosen to host the tour, after a competitive grant process. The festival, a first for the area and being held in cooperation with Parkland College in Champaign, […]
Conference, campus walk to showcase health benefits of walking
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Hands down, walking is the easiest, most efficient and inexpensive form of physical activity known to promote human health, according to Weimo Zhu, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Yet a large proportion of the U.S. population does not walk regularly and lives a sedentary lifestyle, he […]
Lewis and Clark exhibition examines ‘other half of the story,’ historian says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Lewis and Clark traveled 4,000 miles over more than two years on their epic journey west. But, says the curator of a new exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of their odyssey, they weren’t often blazing trails. Far from it. That’s the message historian Fred Hoxie hopes the exhibition conveys. Hoxie, the curator […]
Writers to read from their works in free, public events at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Writers, both nationally acclaimed and aspiring, are giving a series of free public readings at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this fall, all organized by the English department’s MFA Creative Writing Program. Alice Fulton, whose poetry has been described as “simply eloquent” (Los Angeles Times), and “electrifying” (The New Yorker), will […]
U. of I. granted affiliate status by Smithsonian Institution
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The 159-year-old Smithsonian Institution has opened its doors – and collections – to a slightly younger cousin across the country. The renowned institution in Washington, D.C., has invited the 137-year-old University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign into its prestigious Affiliations Program. Affiliation with the institution that “offers the world a picture of America, […]
Web site provides forum for discussion of Katrina aftemath, how to help
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Acting out of a sense of both personal trauma and political distress at the scope of the Katrina Hurricane catastrophe and what he calls the “failure of the response,” a professor who taught at Tulane University in New Orleans has set up a public online forum to address the disaster. Joseph Valente, […]
Medievalists to meet at Illinois for symposium honoring distinguished scholar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Medievalists from all over North America will gather Sept. 16 and 17 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a symposium on “Making Thoughts, Making Pictures, Making Memories in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.” The event, to be held in the auditorium of Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, 611 E. Loredo […]
Experts should be thinking — now — beyond Katrina rescue effort
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – While post-Katrina rescue and evacuation operations continue to be the priority in New Orleans, urban planning expert Rob Olshansky says now also is the time to be staging the next phase of the city’s disaster-recovery plans. That’s one of the most critical lessons to be gained from previous experiences following major natural […]