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Author-illustrator wins first Gryphon Award for children’s literature
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The first winner of the new Gryphon Award for Children’s Literature is Douglas Florian, for his collection of poetry, “bow wow meow meow: it’s rhyming cats and dogs” (Harcourt, 2003). The Gryphon Award, which comes with a $1,000 prize, is given by the Center for Children’s Books at the Graduate School of […]
Parents need to listen to their teens before the teens will listen to them
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Those public service ads that advise parents to “just talk to their teenagers about drugs – they’ll listen” should come with a warning label, says the author of a new and path-breaking study. The “just-talk, they’ll listen” ads are “misleading,” says researcher John Caughlin, an expert in family communication, because, as he […]
Annual humanities conference to focus on violence
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The sixth annual Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) spring conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign kicks off on April 1 (Thursday) with a keynote address by Dominick La Capra. La Capra, the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor of Humanistic Studies at Cornell University, will discuss “Disciplinarity, […]
Study looks at employment rates of U. of I. graduates with severe disabilities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has long been known for its pioneering programs and services for students with disabilities. And judging by results of recent studies of employment outcomes for university graduates with severe disabilities, those programs are continuing to make their mark. Recent survey responses from 94 Illinois alumni with […]
Festival opens with documentary about relationship between two women
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The third annual “Reel Queer Film Festival” at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign kicks off April 1 (Thursday) with “Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House,” a documentary film about love and friendship – and the price two Jewish women paid for it. A reception will follow in the Link […]
Panel to discuss Iraq War on first anniversary of conflict
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A panel discussion about the war in Iraq on the first anniversary of its launching will begin at 4 p.m. on March 18 (Thursday) on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Humanities Lecture Hall […]
University Press celebration begins with look at U. of I.’s historic maps project
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The local 2004 Year of the University Press (YUP) celebration kicks off at noon on March 9 (Tuesday) with a behind-the-scenes look at a digital historic maps project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Paul Arroyo, electronic publisher at the University of Illinois Press, and Nuala Koetter, interim coordinator of the […]
Seminars examine issues involving immigration and globalization
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Immigration law. Haitians. Guantánamo Bay. Hispanic voters. Mexico. Temporary work permits. Cuba. Nafta. Sept. 11. The Patriot Act. Today’s news is saturated with these words, as – among other things – rebels battle in Haiti, presidential candidates jockey for pre-eminence and President Bush attempts, against considerable opposition, to overhaul the U.S. immigration […]
Three-day film festival signals start of Asian American Awareness Month
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The 2004 Asian American Awareness Month at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign kicks off today (Feb. 26) with a three-day film festival titled “Reel to Real: Asian American Voices.” The festival is free and open to the public, and will run through Saturday in 101 Armory, 505 E. Armory Ave., Champaign. […]
Grant to provide for assessment of seven university libraries in Africa
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – International library experts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been awarded a grant that will allow them to work with seven African university libraries. The grant of $42,600 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York was awarded to Illinois’ Mortenson Center for International Library Programs. The seven university libraries are […]
‘Culture Talk’ trio to discuss psychology, culture and politics
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The annual “Culture Talk” at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will feature Illinois’ chancellor and its dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and one of the country’s leading authorities on language and mind. Chancellor Nancy Cantor, LAS Dean Jesse Delia and Harvard psychologist Steve Pinker will grapple with a broad range […]
Volume collects lost stories of underground railroad
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Long-lost stories about one of the most complex, secretive, dangerous and successful collaborations among black freemen, slaves and white abolitionists are told in a new book, “Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad” (Ivan R. Dee). The editors of the book, George and Willene Hendrick, say they drew from the best […]