02/07/2018 - Slavery and racism played their roles in planting beliefs about race and racial difference, but so did medicine, says Prof. Rana Hogarth in her new book. Many physicians in pre-Civil War America and...
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01/29/2018 - The University's Open Illinois resource website provides undocumented and DACA students information and tools that will support their success at the University...
01/16/2018 - The Humanities Without Walls Consortium, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, fosters interdisciplinary, collaborative research, teaching, and scholarship in the humanities, sponsoring new...
11/21/2017 - Thomas Dowling, a senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pursuing a double major in political science and ...
11/15/2017 - Several outstanding professors in the College of LAS have been selected by their peers to receive named professorial positions, which provide financial assistance to support their research and...
11/15/2017 - Thomas Dowling, a double-major in history and political science, has been named Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award, which recognizes university seniors for their excellence in curricular and...
11/10/2017 - Matt Eisenbrandt, a history alumnus, has spent his career litigating against perpetrators of abuse and atrocities in foreign countries who thought they had found safe haven in the United States and...
10/26/2017 - Russia’s world-changing revolution came 100 years ago this November, but our view of it has been shaped by the repression and massive death that came in its wake, as well as by decades of Russian-U.S...
09/28/2017 - When and where professional athletes have the right to voice their political opinions became an issue following comments by President Donald Trump aimed at players in the NFL. History professor...
09/20/2017 - Hear Prof. Leslie Reagan and PhD candidate Nathan Tye talking about Illinois' connection...
09/14/2017 - Health issues arising from Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War have altered ideas about war wounds and the cause of birth defects, says U. of I. history professor Leslie Reagan, who...
06/26/2017 - Emeritus Professor Winton Solberg has been one of three awarded the highest campus honor. The Chancellor's Medallion has only...
06/21/2017 - Professor Adrian Burgos, Jr. was featured in a segment on ESPN regarding...
06/09/2017 - Professor and Chair Clare Crowston was invited to speak to LAS alums at Klairmont Kollections in Chicago. Her talk was based on the history of the automobile. Klairmont Kollections encompasses 100,...
05/15/2017 - Courtney Cain is a future three-time graduate of Illinois with a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree in history. After she officially graduates in...
