Graduate students in the humanities and social and behavioral sciences spent part of last summer supporting worthwhile causes: They worked with community organizations in the Urbana-Champaign area to help them achieve everything from running shelters to preparing incarcerated individuals for life outside of prison. Read more: ...
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U of I history faculty traveled to Los Angeles for the annual meeting of the Western History Association in October 2023. Pictured here are Yuri Ramírez, Dave Beck, Bob Morrissey, Rosalyn LaPier, and Dale Mize. Bob is holding the plaque for the Hal K. Rothman Prize for the best book in Western Environmental History, which was awarded for his book People of the Ecotone: Environment and...
When huge herds of bison roamed the Great Plains... Read more: https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/859024435.
Congratulations to Professor Leslie Reagan who has received the Robert W. Schaefer Professorship in Liberal Arts & Sciences.
More Department News
- See who in the History Department received new ranks for 2023-2024.
- Illinois public schools will be required to teach students about Native American history in the state beginning with the 2024-25 school year.
- Professor Dave Beck discusses the history of Native American boarding schools in Illinois with Northern Public Radio.
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