Would you like to enhance your experience when attending performances at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts? Patrons may use monthly guides provided by the Music and Performing Arts Library to learn more about the performers and works being performed through materials in the library’s collections. The October guide can be found here. All guides can be found online.
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Behind the scenes
Taking flight on a New York City stage
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It’s a Saturday afternoon and I’m waiting in a cramped hallway beneath The Joyce Theater stage in Chelsea, Manhattan. My palms are sweaty, and I feel anxious as I attempt to take my mind off the looming event, my New York City debut. The audience is filled with my peers, teachers, family […]
Announcements
Four Illinois faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Four faculty members from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. Materials science professor Paul Braun, history professor Antoinette Burton, physics professor Aida El-Khadra and chemistry professor Jonathan Sweedler are […]
Education
Computer science teachers may be better qualified than their peers
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Educators and researchers have had longstanding concerns about the quality of computer science instruction in U.S. schools. A recent study exploring student learning and computer science teachers’ qualifications in one state suggests that these teachers may be better qualified than those teaching other subjects, even within the same schools. Paul Bruno, a […]