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Creative writing contests keep memory of WWII-era poet alive
 Folger Adam Jr.’s eyes were drawn to the bronze plaque hanging over the fireplace in the dining room. “In honor of the brothers of the Illinois chapter Alpha Delta Phi who rendered service during the World War.” Below, there were many names.Adam was an LAS student from Joliet, Ill. Enough...
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The ballad of Bob Byars
Robert Pahre is a longtime professor of political science at U of I. Bob Byars had a vision. Once an assistant professor at Illinois, he had left the university on poor terms. However, he loved his students and remained in...
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Starting from scratch
 After two days and nine previous events of sprinting, jumping, throwing, and vaulting, the final race of the decathlon is less about speed than endurance — pushing forward even as the body begins to break down. By that point, Straus said, the hardest part isn’t just physical.“The worst part...
Kara Federmeier
The meaningful milliseconds
 Psychology and neuroscience professor Kara Federmeier directs the Cognition and Brain Lab and co-leads the Illinois Language and Literacy...
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A global war without end
 World War II became a global war in 1942, after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, drawing the U.S. into the war. All the world’s most powerful nations were at war with one another, and the fighting spanned the globe.But the war was global in other ways too — in the unifying idea of a fight for...
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A hub for connection and learning
 Who is a museum for? At the university’s Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, the answer is: All of us. Illinois undergraduate and graduate students and faculty and staff: of course.  K-12 students and teachers: absolutely. Community members...
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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