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Priceless baseball volumes returned to U. of I. Library
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Library got the scholarly equivalent of a grand slam late Tuesday night. The priceless volumes of Collyer’s Eye that were reported missing earlier this week were returned – anonymously and in relatively good condition. “This is really unbelievable good luck,” said Karen Schmidt, associate university librarian for collections, […]
Priceless ‘Black Sox’ scandal book missing from library at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign would like to say it ain’t so, but it is. Two very rare volumes of U.S. baseball history, one of them dealing with the Chicago White Sox scandal of 1919, are missing from its shelves. The two folio-sized bound volumes of Collyer’s Eye […]
Documentaries were ‘hot’ in Spain in 1930s, author says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Today, the term “documentary” usually brings to mind video exposés of corporate or political wrong-doing. Or perhaps the exploits of a near-extinct indigenous species struggling to survive in some remote locale. And while such films may have mass appeal, they more typically are relegated to the margins of popular culture. But it […]
Music, lecture, readings at Illinois to celebrate author Thomas Mann
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A musical performance, lecture and readings – all commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of one of Germany’s greatest 20th-century writers, Nobel laureate Thomas Mann – will be presented Thursday (Dec. 1) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The concert-lecture, titled “Thomas Mann, Beethoven und das Geheimnis von Opus 111” […]
Technology contributes to scholar’s reinterpretation of ancient tablets
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – With the benefit of computer imaging and macro-photography, a scholar who has spent two years studying six fragmented clay tablets from the ancient Canaanite civilization is proposing some new interpretations of the tablets. Wayne Pitard, a professor in the Program for the Study of Religion and expert on ancient Near Eastern texts […]
Exercise adds years to life and improves quality, researchers say
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Exercise is a lot like spinach … everybody knows it’s good for you; yet many people still avoid it, forgoing its potential health benefits. But researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who study the effects of exercise on aging point to new findings that may inspire people to get up, […]
U. of I. classics department celebrating 100th year
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The department of the classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is celebrating the anniversary of its 100th year – the highs and the lows, the goods and the bads of its century-plus history. The celebration, “Over One Hundred Years of Classics at the University of Illinois,” will take place from […]
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, […]