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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 […]
New York artist’s installation at Illinois will be accessible by computer
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -“Being Here,” Adam Pendleton’s upcoming four-day conceptual art installation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will, in a sense, be everywhere. Much of the New York artist’s installation and commentary – and his audience’s physical and verbal response to the events – will be viewable on the World Wide Web, Oct. 10-13 […]
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 […]
Polls, not Bush Administration, helped shape Americans’ bias against Saddam
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Why were so many Americans, as early as the first anniversary of Sept. 11, convinced that Saddam Hussein was behind the terrorist attacks in the United States? Did their mistaken belief that the Iraqi dictator was responsible for the attacks result from the Bush administration’s information campaign to convince the public to […]
Two new books examine history, meaning of roadside signs, parking lots
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Professor John Jakle continues to be a fearless Roads Scholar. Over the past decade the cultural geographer has cruised the nation’s highways and byways, exploring, dissecting and writing about its unique roadside landscape and culture. First he pumped America’s gas stations for their rich properties, then he frequented fast-food restaurants, and later, […]
Authors advocate more and better women’s restrooms in public facilities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Women have made significant strides in their fight for equal rights, but they’re being kept in line by inadequate restroom facilities. Restroom parity is not a frivolous issue, says Kathryn Anthony, a professor of architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The author of “Designing for Diversity: Gender, Race and Ethnicity […]
Journal of Women’s History finds new home at University of Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the new editorial home of the prestigious Journal of Women’s History (JWH). Previously at Ohio State University, the journal’s editorial base relocated to the U. of I. in July after Illinois’ proposal won out over those of several competing universities. U. of I. history professors […]
People’s concept of ‘land ethic’ linked to attitudes of use vs. conservation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Bill Stewart believes that everybody – from the trail-mix-munching hiking enthusiast to the SUV-driving mall-shopper – has what he calls a “land ethic, whether they know it or not.” Most people, however, “acquiesce to the dominant cultural ethic, which tells us that in the urban, workaday world, we have no connection to […]