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Alston selected for ACE Fellows Program
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Kal Alston, the director of the women’s studies program and professor of educational policy studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been selected for the 2003-04 American Council on Education Fellows Program. Established in 1965, the program is designed to strengthen institutions and leadership in American higher education by identifying […]
Ukrainian scholars to gather for conference June 16-21
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Members of Ukraine’s intelligentsia will be living – and working – in Central Illinois next month. They plan to tackle a wide range of topics in a program dealing with Ukrainian culture and history: from new developments in Ukrainian linguistics and literature to an assessment of the Chernobyl disaster. Thirty-six distinguished Ukrainian […]
‘Deep Throat’ unmasked: UI journalism professor, students identify key Watergate source
The identity of “Deep Throat” is no longer a mystery, at least not for one investigative journalism class at the UI. After four years of work, involving more than 60 students over eight semesters, UI professor Bill Gaines and his current class believe they know the identity of the anonymous source who helped two Washington […]
Newspaper Library’s grand opening in new location set for Wednesday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – After many decades of operating out of modest quarters in a remote, cramped, low-ceilinged part of a basement, one of the world’s largest libraries of its kind is moving up in the world – into a large and totally remodeled space. The grand opening of the Newspaper Library of the University of […]
Journalism professor, students identify ‘Deep Throat’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The identity of “Deep Throat” is no longer a mystery, at least not for one investigative journalism class at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After four years of work, involving more than 60 students over eight semesters, professor Bill Gaines and his current class believe they know the identity of the […]
Parents must interpret war talk for kids
Children rely on the cues they get from their parents, so mothers and fathers who feel jittery about war with Iraq should confront their own fears and get ready to talk with their children, said Aaron Ebata, family life expert at the UI. UI Extension is hosting a Web site to assist parents in talking […]
‘Terror and Torture: Ethics and Law in Extremis’ to be annual philosophy lecture April 4
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Michael S. Moore, professor of law and of philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will give the 2002-2003 Annual Philosophy Public Lecture at 4 p.m. April 4 (Friday) in 141 Loomis Laboratory of Physics, 1110 W. Green St., Urbana. In his inaugural lecture as a professor of philosophy, Moore will […]
20th Century French Studies Colloquium to begin Thursday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – More than 200 scholars from Europe and North America will meet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to take part in the 2003 Twentieth-Century French Studies Colloquium March 27-29 (Thursday to Saturday) in the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. All academic events are free and open to members of […]
IBM’s high-tech gift helps provide access to rare, fragile library materials
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The problem has vexed librarians for centuries: How do you give patrons free reign to use precious and rare materials without taking the chance that they will damage them through normal use or carelessness? Thanks to an equipment gift from IBM, some of the 21st century librarians at the University of Illinois […]
Conference April 3-5 to explore ‘The South’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The fifth annual conference of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will explore “The South” as it is multifariously defined by seven special invited speakers and two dozen other scholars from Illinois and across the country. In some cases the South will mean […]
Second annual “Reel Queer Film Festival” opens April 1
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The second annual “Reel Queer Film Festival” at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign kicks off with “Trembling Before G-d,” a movie exploring the ways Orthodox Jews reconcile their love of Judaism with biblical prohibitions against homosexuality. “Trembling” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. April 1 (Tuesday) in 100 Gregory Hall, 810 […]
University of Virginia scholar named dean of library school
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – John M. Unsworth has been named the new dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His appointment was approved today by the Board of Trustees at its meeting in Rockford, Ill. Currently an associate professor of English and the director of the […]