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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 […]
New Internet-based tool aids communication for deaf
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Deaf persons and those with whom they communicate now have a powerful tool at their disposal – a free Internet-based video relay system – which will get a local demonstration on Wednesday (March 19) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. The demonstration will be at 6:30 p.m. in Room 2 […]
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 […]
Women and Gender History symposium to run March 13-15
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The fourth annual Graduate Symposium on Women’s and Gender History begins Thursday (March 13) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It will run through Saturday (March 15). The symposium kicks off with a keynote address by Ann Laura Stoler, a history professor at the University of Michigan. Stoler’s talk, titled “Habits […]
Panel discussion on geopolitics of Europe set for March 18
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A panel discussion on the geopolitics of Europe, prompted by current world events, will be held March 18 (Tuesday) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The discussion, titled “Old Europe/New Europe: A Panel on the Geopolitics of the Current Moment,” will begin at 4 p.m. in the Illinois Program for Research […]
Architecture featured in I space exhibitions March 14-April 5
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Architecture – both historic and futuristic – will be featured in three new exhibitions opening this month at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The exhibitions, on view March 14 through April 5: “Walter Burley Griffin: Architectural Models of Projects and Demolished Buildings,” featuring nine basswood […]
Analyst Kevin Phillips to speak at Cline Symposium March 17-18
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Kevin Phillips, a well-known political and economic analyst, media commentator and author, will be the special guest at the 2003 Cline Symposium March 17 and 18 (Monday and Tuesday) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The topic for this year’s symposium is “Private Markets, Public Order and Human Welfare.” All of […]
February continues yearlong stagnation of Illinois economy
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – February marked another month with no significant change from the yearlong period of stagnation that has beset the Illinois economy. The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index fell slightly last month to 95.6 from its January reading of 95.7. The monthly Index has remained between 94 and 97 for the last 14 […]
Macroeconomist to speak on world of work in Kinley Lecture
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Edward C. Prescott, a professor of economics at the University of Minnesota, will deliver the David Kinley Lecture in Economics on the world of work at 3 p.m. Friday (March 14) at the University of Illinois College of Business, 141 Wohlers Hall, 1206 S. Sixth St., Champaign. His lecture, “Why Do Americans […]
Asian American Awareness Month kicks off Wednesday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Asian American Awareness Month at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign kicks off Wednesday (Feb. 26) with a film and presentation by Nisha Ganatra, the Indian American director-actress of the award-winning film “Chutney Popcorn.” The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Krannert Art […]
Carl Woese wins the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences, given by the Royal Academy
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Microbiologist Carl R. Woese today won the $500,000 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The annual prize marks accomplishments in scientific fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes in science, which the academy also selects. The king of Sweden will present the prize to Woese Sept. […]