The nature of what counts as the historical record, and how it is made, is rapidly changing. Through social media and other methods, people are quickly becoming accustomed to digitizing and sharing the events of their lives at a furious pace—and relying upon the Internet as a kind...
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 teaching duties.
The positions were created through gifts to the college. For example,...
In 1915, Illinois sports were practically unbeatable. The university’s baseball, football, basketball, and track teams all won Big Ten championships. The mood on campus must have been a far cry from 1918, however, when nearly every building on campus—including some Greek houses and university...
Scholarships are a critically important means of support for many students within the College of LAS. Read on to see how they've changed the lives of six LAS students. This group represents just a sampling of the 781 students in our college receiving life-changing support across our college and its...
Thomas Dowling, a senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pursuing a double major in political science and history, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Dowling, of Chicago, is one of 32 students from...
A student in the College of LAS has been chosen again for this year’s Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award, which recognizes university seniors for their excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities.Thomas Dowling, a double-major in political science...
Matt Eisenbrandt
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 Canada. Recently, his experience and education in history and Latin American studies...
With the nation of Brazil facing political strife and a deep economic recession, public figures and scholars from the South American nation—along with scholars and policy experts from Europe and the United States—will gather at Illinois to discuss turning points that could help the nation regain...
The late Ralph Fisher, a professor of history at Illinois, used to describe a profound shift in his field of study in the late 1950s. Before October 1957, the university was set in a “lovely prairie town” with few resources in...
Three College of LAS alumni whose career paths merged at a liberal arts college in Louisiana have more in common than just their alma mater. They are working together to run a successful study abroad program in Paris that transforms the experiences of first year college students.Kate Pedrotty (MA...