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Five undergraduates named first Civic Leadership Fellows at Urbana campus
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Three juniors and two seniors have been named the first Civic Leadership Fellows at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Civic Leadership Program is a new initiative of the department of political science and is being run in conjunction with its new Center for the Study of Democratic Governance. The fellows […]
Host families sought for Japanese students who will be studying at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A dozen undergraduate students from Senshu University in Tokyo will be arriving at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign early next spring to spend a month improving their English-speaking skills. They hope to find families in the community who will not only share some time with them, but also provide a welcoming […]
Voter turnout in Tuesday’s election unlikely to have been higher than in 1992
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Despite the widespread assumption that voter turnout was substantially higher in the 2004 presidential election than it was in the 2000 election, “the numbers suggest a different story,” says Scott Althaus, a professor of speech communication and political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who conducts research on the effects […]
Europeans view U.S. missile defense system with interest, skepticism, expert says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – With the Bush administration poised to announce activation of its missile-defense system by the end of this year, the European community is eyeing the program with equal doses of interest and skepticism, according to Julian Palmore, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor who specializes in international security issues. The latest debate […]
Mellon grant to fund project to develop data-mining software for libraries
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Using cutting edge “tools of discovery” and a diamond-sharp new process called data-mining, information scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are beginning work that eventually will help scholars carve out new literary knowledge in the works of writers across languages, cultures and time. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is funding […]
If you thought Florida was bad — wait till there’s a tie in the Electoral College
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – While national preference polls are shedding little light on the outcome of the 2004 presidential race, state-level polls and electoral history can yield important insights, including “some unsettling possible outcomes in next month’s election.” So says Peter F. Nardulli, the author of a new study that is based on 20 years of […]
What’s left unsaid about sexuality and schools can be harmful, author says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Sexuality is not an easy topic for discussion as it relates to schools, but what is left unsaid can cause a lot of harm, says Cris Mayo, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author of a new book. Discussions about issues of sex and sexuality, […]
Forum to show students who speak French what business opportunities await
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The 2004 French Means Business Forum will be held Oct. 28 (Thursday) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During the ninth annual forum, government officials and company executives doing business with French speakers will be on campus to help students discover where their knowledge of French can take them in the […]
Chicago Tribune, New York Times columnists to discuss challenges to democracy
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Clarence Page and David Brooks, editorial columnists for the Chicago Tribune and The New York Times, respectively, will offer their opposing perspectives on current challenges to American democracy during free public talks at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Page, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and frequent essayist and panelist on “The NewsHour […]
Illinois to host monthlong music celebration in honor of John Philip Sousa
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – In tribute to his soul-stirring fanfares for and about the United States of America, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is throwing a monthlong music festival for John Philip Sousa. The “Sousa Sesquicentennial Celebration,” to be held in November in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of Sousa’s birth, also will showcase American […]
Experts in the humanities to discuss future of their discipline
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Three distinguished speakers whose works have influenced the direction of humanities scholarship in the United States will participate in a free public discussion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Stanley Fish, Cary Nelson and E. Ann Kaplan will discuss the prospects for the humanities at 2 p.m. Oct. 22 (Friday) in […]
U. of I. to play lead role in project to preserve digital information
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been chosen as one of the lead institutions in a massive new Library of Congress project to save at-risk digital materials nationwide. The U. of I. Library and the U. of I. Graduate School of Library and Information Science will receive nearly $3 million over […]