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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 […]
University students’ research projects explore their own university
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Undergraduate students have been conducting research at U.S. universities for years, but what happens when they are encouraged to do research on universities, particularly on their own? Students and faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are well on their way to discovering the answer – or answers – to […]
Conference to explore art ‘Beyond East and West’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will explore current artistic practices, paying special attention to artists who move among Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and the United States. “Beyond East and West: Art in a Transnational World” takes place Feb. 6 and 7 (Friday-Saturday). Free and open to […]
Biography of Queen Victoria refutes longstanding misconceptions
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – On the eve of the 103rd anniversary of her death on Jan. 22, the woman whose name defined an age – arguably the most famous woman of modern times – comes to life in a new and myth-shattering biography. The book, “Queen Victoria” (Palgrave), has been praised for its “fairness and cogency” […]
Hosts needed for Korean college students during spring semester
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Intensive English Institute (IEI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is now recruiting local families to host visiting Korean college students during the 2004 spring semester. The students, from Konkuk University in Seoul, will study English language and American culture for an entire semester at IEI. They will be on […]
Researchers discover fairy tale aspects of Christmas consumerism
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Once upon a time in the land of rigorous longitudinal studies, researchers discovered something – well, magical – about American consumption rituals, particularly the Big One that occurs around the winter solstice. The researchers, professors of marketing both, found that for some people, there’s a startling similarity between shopping for Christmas gifts […]