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Symposium to look at impact of electronic publishing
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The simultaneous development of the Internet and electronic publishing has resulted in a “relentless” flow of new technologies and models of information delivery. Nowhere have the changes been as dramatic and profound as in the field of scholarly communications. Some changes have been smooth, natural progressions in publishing, while others have cost […]
The dean of Asian-American journalists to speak Oct. 23
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Kyung Won (K.W.) Lee, a columnist for the Korea Times who has been called the dean of Asian-American journalists, will return to his alma mater, the University of Illinois, to talk about his personal odyssey in the United States and in journalism. Lee’s talk, which is free and open to the public, […]
Journalism department receives $1.5 million grant to fund investigative chair
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Department of Journalism, which has added two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists to its faculty in the past two years, has received a $1.5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support a new tenured chair in investigative reporting. The grant will support the department’s […]
Advertising historians gather for Sandage Symposium
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Competition may be inherent in the field of advertising, but for one small group of men and women, the name of the game will be collaboration. This weekend, and for the first time, a new breed of advertising professionals — advertising historians — will get together to meet and to exchange ideas […]
IPRH to focus on ‘cities’ during year
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — One of the greatest — but also most overlooked –actors of all time will get many moments in the spotlight during a University of Illinois film series. The consummate but underappreciated actor –“The City” — will be the featured star of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities’ film series. Titled […]
First Computer Fear Film Festival aims to dispel terror of technology
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The fictional birthplace of the world’s first diabolical computer and the home of one of the world’s top computer science programs is holding its first “Computer Fear Film Festival.” The University of Illinois, the home of Hal — the cyberhero-turned-cyberpsycho from the movie “2001” — is hosting the inaugural film festival Sept. […]
Beschloss Family Media Design Center to be dedicated Sept. 22
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The new Beschloss Family Media Design Center at the University of Illinois College of Communications will be dedicated Sept. 22. The dedication, which includes a tour of the state-of-the-art center, begins at 2 p.m. in 213 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana. The event is free and open to the public. […]
English professor wins Hubbel Award for lifetime achievements in American literature
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois English professor Nina Baym has won the 2000 Hubbell Award, given annually by the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association of America. The award, a specially struck medal, is given “to a scholar whose lifetime of scholarly work has significantly advanced the study of American literature,” according […]
Choldin wins prestigious Pushkin Medal
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Marianna Tax Choldin, the C. Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois Library, has won Russia’s prestigious Pushkin Medal. The Pushkin Medal, given by the Russian government, recognizes extraordinary contributions to Russia in the sphere of Russian culture and education. Established in 1999 by (former) Russian President […]
Friendly folks sought to host visiting Japanese students
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Intensive English Institute is looking for friendly people to host visiting Japanese college students in Champaign-Urbana this summer. The 65 Japanese students from four universities — Senshu (Tokyo), Konan (Kobe), Aichi Gakuin (Nagoya) and Kinki (Osaka) — will be staying on the UI campus for three or four […]
Two promising German scholars win fellowships to study at UI
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two promising young German scholars have won prestigious fellowships from a German foundation to work at the University of Illinois on the correspondence of two of the most brilliant German humanists of the 19th century. The scholars, Stephan Heilen and Markus Dubischar, are recipients of the Feodor Lynen Fellowships of the Alexander […]
UI Classics Library receives NEH grant to microfilm works
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A collection of rare, priceless and perishable 19th century European dissertations and other short scholarly works on Latin and Greek literature, history and civilization, will get a new life – and a wider readership – thanks to a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to the University of Illinois Classics Library. The […]