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Study to examine how Korean immigrant families overcome challenges
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has launched a multi-year study to learn how Korean immigrant families achieve academic and economic success in the face of the challenges and struggles they encounter in the United States. The study, which involves both research and an outreach initiative, is […]
Palestinian-American playwright to bring play to campus Oct. 27
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Palestinian-American playwright/actress Betty Shamieh is bringing her critically acclaimed play “Chocolate in Heat: Growing Up Arab in America” to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following the free public performance at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 (Monday) at the Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, Shamieh will take part in a […]
Love for the library revealed in 10 millionth volume
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A national treasure is adding another gem to its collection. The Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – the largest public university library in the world, a place so beloved by faculty, students and scholars that people have been married there – has acquired its 10 millionth volume. A dedication […]
Novelist Yann Martel to read, speak Oct. 20-21
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Canadian writer Yann Martel will read from and discuss his works at two events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Martel is the author of three books in English, including his most recent novel, “Life of Pi,” for which he earned England’s prestigious 2002 Man Booker Prize. Both Martel events, scheduled […]
Where do you put 10 million books? Construction of library warehouse under way
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – One would expect the library of the future to look moderately, perhaps even extremely, different from its current incarnation. In the near future, libraries might contain voice-activated online catalogs, for example, or patron identity pads. Eventually, they may use pieces of equipment beyond our current imagining. And forklifts. Yes, forklifts. Within the […]
U.of I. Press Week Oct. 17-22 to feature six authors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The second annual University of Illinois Press Week will be held Oct. 17 to 22 (Friday-Wednesday) on the campus of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Six authors will discuss their recently published U. of I. Press books during the weeklong celebration, which, with one exception, will be held in the Author’s […]
Film series to look at women in sport
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Gender and Women’s Studies Program (GWSP) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced its fall semester film series. The series, titled “Run Like A Girl: Representing Women in Sport After Title IX,” is supported by the Chancellor’s Office in conjunction with the university’s yearlong examination of the Brown v. […]
Richard Powers wins two more literary prizes
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Richard Powers, the prize-winning American novelist, MacArthur Foundation “genius award” recipient and English professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has won two more literary prizes. Powers, the author of eight novels including his most recent, “The Time of Our Singing,” has won the 2002 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature. […]
NASA pioneer’s gift to be celebrated Thursday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University Library is celebrating the gift of the collection of pioneering NASA scientist John C. Houbolt with a dedication ceremony and panel discussion Thursday (Oct. 9) at the Grainger Engineering Library, 1301 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana. U. of I. faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the free event, which […]
Love for the library revealed in 10 millionth volume
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A national treasure is adding another gem to its collection. The Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – the largest public university library in the world, a place so beloved by faculty, students and scholars that people have been married there – has acquired its 10 millionth volume. A dedication […]
Three original Freedom Riders to speak Oct. 18
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – In May 1961, a group of six blacks and seven whites boarded buses in Washington, D.C., for the original Freedom Ride, designed to test the legality of “separate but equal” facilities in interstate public travel in the South. The riders would never reach New Orleans, their intended destination, as they would be […]
Conference to focus on path-breaking Chinese filmmakers
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A conference focusing on the Shaw Brothers Studio, a path-breaking filmmaking enterprise that was founded in Shanghai, and later based in Singapore and Hong Kong, runs Oct. 2-4 (Thursday through Saturday) on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. According to Poshek Fu, the conference organizer and a professor of […]