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Group photo at investiture ceremony
English professors receive named positions
Poetry, stories, and reflections mark ceremony for Janice Harrington, Curtis Perry, and Gillen D'Arcy Wood
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How humor is more than just a joke
Luvell Anderson explores the context behind laughter and what people find funny
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Summers of study
Humanities professors make inroads on scholarship and research in the time between academic years
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Max and Bonnie Kim
Hahl-mo-nee goes back to school
Forty-five years after withdrawing from college to get married, Bonnie Kim returns to the University of Illinois to complete her degree
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Marsha Barrett
History professor examines Nelson Rockefeller’s career as a lens for Republican Party’s rightward shift
Marsha Barrett explores the path of moderate and progressive ideas in the GOP
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Ocelot
Unveiling the ancient Maya’s relationship to animals and nature
Graduate student in anthropology describes site research in Belize
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College of LAS fills leadership posts
Twenty-one faculty members are named new executive officers
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JungHwan Yang
Will social media polls accurately predict the winner of the U.S. presidential election?
Professor: Rather than measuring information, social media polls are indicators of public engagement
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Former President Barack Obama looks at May Berenbaum as a woman in a military uniform holds the National Medal of Science
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