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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 […]
Linguists from more than 20 nations to hold conference at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Scholars from more than 20 countries will meet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sept. 1-5 for the 10th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences. It is the first time the group, which gathers every three years, has made Illinois its conference site. Linguists hail from Brazil, China, […]
Expert on immigration issues to be visiting scholar, speaker at U. of I.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Rita J. Simon, a sociologist, professor and prolific author whose interests include immigration policies and public opinion, will spend several days at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in September as a visiting scholar for the Program in Jewish Culture & Society and other units. While on campus, she will lecture and […]
TV ads market junk food to kids, new study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – For young Americans, the “food landscape” in television advertising is packed with junk food, according to a new study. The study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the first to explore the nutritional composition of foods advertised to children using Nutrition Facts labeling. Nutrient-poor high-sugar foods – candy, […]
No strong link seen between violent video games and aggression
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Results from the first long-term study of online videogame playing may be surprising. Contrary to popular opinion and most previous research, the new study found that players’ “robust exposure” to a highly violent online game did not cause any substantial real-world aggression. After an average playtime of 56 hours over the course […]
Teens’ use of Internet and online services documented in new book
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – What adults don’t know about teens’ use of the Internet and other high-tech services could fill a book. And has. In “I Found It on the Internet: Coming of Age Online” (American Library Association), readers learn, for example, how teens use online jargon like “Leetspeak” to jockey for status; blogs to display […]
Teens’ use of Internet and online services documented in new book
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – What adults don’t know about teens’ use of the Internet and other high-tech services could fill a book. And has. In “I Found It on the Internet: Coming of Age Online” (American Library Association), readers learn, for example, how teens use online jargon like “Leetspeak” to jockey for status; blogs to display […]
Scholars of emblems to gather at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Experts from across the globe will gather at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in late July to share their latest research on some very old books. Their meeting, “Emblems in the 21st Century: The Materials and the Media,” is set for July 24 to 30 at the Illini Union, 1401 W. […]
Trip aims to discover how Russia deals with information-access issues
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – On Friday (July 15) a dozen or so Americans are going to Russia, openly in search of “Soviet secrets and Russian revelations.” Organizers of the two-week investigation of information and access in Russia say the trip is a “unique historical and educational exploration” of Moscow and St. Petersburg. They also say that […]
Archaeologist’s new mystery novel dug out of real-life work
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Little did the ancient Egyptians know that the afterlife they were preparing one mummy for would be as a key character in a new mystery novel. The mummy, which belongs to the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the thinly disguised co-star of a thriller titled “Bound for […]
Journalism professor outlines wrong conclusion on Deep Throat
The identity of “Deep Throat” is no longer a mystery. The famously anonymous Watergate source was revealed on May 31 by Vanity Fair magazine to be W. Mark Felt, deputy director of the FBI at the time of the scandal in the early 1970s. His identity was confirmed that day by Bob Woodward and Carl […]