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Expert: Public school speech case is potential watershed moment for cyberbullying
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A U.S. Supreme Court case set for oral argument next week will be a major test of the First Amendment rights of K-12 public school students and school administrators’ power to discipline them for cyberbullying, according to a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign media law scholar who studies free speech issues. The case […]
New book studies intersection of psychology, environmental law
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new book from a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign legal scholars considers the unlikely intersection of environmental law and psychology, which can play a subtle-yet-important role in how laws shape people’s interactions with the natural world. Arden Rowell and Kenworthey Bilz are co-authors of “The Psychology of Environmental Law,” which […]
Report shows recent Illinois graduates succeeding despite COVID-19 pandemic
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The sixth annual Illini Success report released today shows that University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduates in summer 2019, fall 2019 and spring 2020 still found jobs, enrolled in graduate school or began volunteer programs on par with previous years – despite the global pandemic. The report found that 91% of graduates secured […]
University to hold stage-crossing experience for 2020, 2021 graduates
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is planning an in-person individual, private stage-crossing experience for 2020 and 2021 graduates May 10–17 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The stage crossing will be an individual procession specific to each graduate. Graduates may register for a time slot, during which they will proceed into […]
University among top producers of Fulbright US Student Awards
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is among the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2020-21 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards, as announced recently by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Celebrating its 75th anniversary, the Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. […]
University updates COVID-19 dashboard to enhance transparency
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign updated its COVID-19 dashboard to add more data points and greater detail. “We believe it is critically important to be transparent about our on-campus COVID-19 tests and cases,” Chancellor Robert J. Jones said. “The previous dashboard shared this information with our university community and with the public, […]
Carle Illinois College of Medicine granted provisional accreditation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Carle Illinois College of Medicine has been granted provisional accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education following an in-depth review of educational and program quality standards. Provisional accreditation moves the college’s engineering-based M.D. degree program one step closer to full accreditation in 2022. “This is a great accomplishment and another […]
Campus tops 1 million COVID-19 tests
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has administered its millionth saliva-based COVID-19 test since initiating a broader management program last summer. A number of other institutions are in the process of implementing the Illinois system, which the university validated by successfully comparing its performance to a test with Food and Drug Administration emergency […]
Illinois joins Age-Friendly University Global Network
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has joined the Age-Friendly University Global Network, a consortium of universities dedicated to promoting “an inclusive approach to healthy and active aging.” Begun in 2012 at Dublin City University in Ireland and now including dozens of member universities, the AFU Global Network developed 10 principles to guide […]
Revised process to speed on-campus COVID-19 testing
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Beginning Monday, Dec. 7, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will shift on-campus COVID-19 testing to make the processing of results even faster. Under the current process, students, faculty members and staff provide a small saliva sample into a large test tube. With the new process, participants will use a straw to deposit […]
University releases Native American imagery implementation plan
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —Chancellor Robert Jones today released an implementation plan to address issues related to Native American imagery, drawing upon input from the communitywide discussion he initiated in 2018. The implementation plan includes actions in the next three years: Students enrolled as citizens of any federally recognized tribal nation may attend the University of Illinois […]
Illinois announces changes to spring academic calendar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will begin 2021 spring semester classes a week later, forego spring break and add three additional noninstruction break days, the university announced today. The measures are intended to facilitate the continued blend of in-person and remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The university’s Academic Senate approved […]