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Host families sought for Japanese summer visitors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The Intensive English Institute is hoping to recruit dozens of friendly people who are willing to host friendly visiting Japanese college students in Champaign-Urbana this summer. Japanese students from five universities Aichi Gakuin (Nagoya), Dokkyo and Senshu (Tokyo), Kinki (Osaka) and Konan (Kobe) will be staying on the UI campus for three or […]
Veteran journalist Shana Alexander to give UI her papers
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Of the thousands of documents, photos and artifacts that veteran journalist Shana Alexander has just given the University of Illinois Library, perhaps none telegraphs her career better than her collection of press passes. The passes, a tiny part of the vast Shana Alexander Collection, reflect her decades of globetrotting in pursuit of the […]
Temira Pachmuss to receive medal of honor from Republic of Estonia
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Illinois has won a medal of honor from the Republic of Estonia for her meritorious contributions to that nation. Temira Pachmuss will receive the Medal of the Order of the White Star on March 30 in ceremonies at the Estonian Embassy in […]
‘Producing Cities/Consuming Cities’ to be topic of third annual humanities conference
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A Classical Greek poet once mused that the city is “the teacher of man.” Whether or not they agree with that, several dozen modern scholars of the city will gather at the University of Illinois to consider Simonides and their own ideas about cities new and old, real and imagined. The conference, “Producing […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer to discuss globalization and its impact
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Thomas Friedman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, will discuss globalization and its impact during a lecture at the University of Illinois. The talk, titled “Globalization and Its Discontents: Cultural, Political and Economic Consequences of Globalization,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. March 29 in […]
Illinois establishes MFA in creative writing
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An advanced creative writing program has been established in the American heartland. Rooted in the rich prairie soil as is Iowas famed writers workshop, the new University of Illinois program will offer, its planners say, another first-rate opportunity for the nations most promising writers. The UIs MFA (masters degree in fine arts) […]
Author to share story of little-known haven for Hitler’s refugees
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Historian and author Michael Luick-Thrams will visit the University of Illinois and surrounding communities Nov. 28-Dec. 3 to share his knowledge of a little-known, Midwestern safe haven for refugees of Hitler’s Nazi regime. Luick-Thrams is the author of “Out of Hitler’s Reach: The Scattergood Hostel for European Refugees, 1939-43.” The book chronicles […]
History professor wins prestigious award for contributions to Slavic studies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois history professor Keith Hitchins has won a prestigious award for his distinguished contributions to Slavic studies. The award is the highest honor the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) bestows. Hitchins received the award, a scroll, Nov. 11 at the association’s annual convention, held this year […]
James Jones exhibit to be on view through Dec. 31
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An exhibit in honor of an old soldier and literary giant opens Saturday at the University of Illinois. The exhibit, which celebrates the life and work of Illinois native son and best-selling novelist James Jones, will run through Dec. 31 at the UI Rare Book and Special Collections Library, 346 Main Library, […]
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 […]