01/06/2023 - It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Bruce Rosenstock, professor of religion and director of graduate studies in the Department of Religion.
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12/19/2022 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is recognizing several staff members and academic professionals for their outstanding contributions in 2022-2023, including Brenden Carollo, director of...
12/16/2022 - Classics graduate student Ky Merkley is being recognized for their exceptional dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion as one of four 2022...
12/14/2022 - Two faculty members in the Department of French & Italian will spend part of the spring semester revising one of their courses with inclusivity in mind,...
12/12/2022 - It’s been a busy year for Antony Augoustakis, professor of classics and interim director of SLCL. Along with taking over leadership of the school for the fall semester, he also published four books,...
12/07/2022 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior Grace Mitchell, of Dixon, Illinois, was named a Schwarzman Scholar, one of 151 recipients selected from an international pool of nearly 3,000 applicants...
12/05/2022 - If you’ve ever stood in front of a room full of people to take part in a debate, you know what a nerve-wracking experience it can be. Now, imagine doing it in another language. That’s the challenge...
11/21/2022 - Mariselle Meléndez, professor of Spanish and interim associate director of the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, has been chosen by the...
11/21/2022 - Florencia Henshaw, director of advanced Spanish in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, has been selected for two prestigious service and teaching...
11/14/2022 - The College of LAS is welcoming 38 new professors for the 2022-23 academic year, including several in SLCL.
11/09/2022 - Miscommunication can have serious consequences in any situation, but in a healthcare setting it can become a matter of life or death. That’s why Matthew Ginsberg-Jaeckle (MA, ’15, translation and...
11/04/2022 - When new students step foot on campus for the first time, it’s with the knowledge that it’s about to become their home away from home. It’s not always an easy transition, however, especially during a...
11/01/2022 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is leading a new research initiative to make voice recognition technology more useful for people with diverse speech patterns and disabilities.
10/28/2022 - A project focused on anti-Asian rhetoric known as “Yellow Peril” has won a grant from the Chancellor’s Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program for 2022-23.
10/24/2022 - Comparative and world literature professor Brett Ashley Kaplan has been selected as a featured author for the Texas Book Festival, which is taking place November 5 and 6 in Austin, Texas.
