Before social media, before podcasts, before streaming television — it was 1993, and Eboo Patel was a freshman hoping to find his way while living on West Gregory Drive in Allen Hall.
And that made all the difference.
The eclectic, diverse residence hall community became a rich environment where...
How are schools of thought defined? The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has more than 60 academic units, and some, like English and chemistry, have been within LAS since the beginning. But how is it that the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular...
Gender history is hiding in plain sight, at work in all aspects of our society, said history professor Antoinette Burton.
“For many decades, histories were written without attention to women or gender or sexuality. Everything that mattered happened...
Researching is like putting together a puzzle you don’t have all the pieces for, according to history professor Anna Whittington. Sometimes you don’t even know what the puzzle adds up to, she noted—and that’s where the fun lies. While research is a year-...
Politician and businessman Nelson Rockefeller was seen as a moderate or liberal Republican even as he embraced conservative policies as the Republican Party shifted to the right in the 1960s and ‘70s.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history...
Twenty-one faculty members have accepted new leadership positions in departments and other academic units within the College of LAS for the 2024-25 academic year.
Executive officers lead each of the almost 70 departments, programs, schools, centers, and other academic units within the College of...
The College of LAS has announced 40 faculty promotions to take effect this fall. The promotions include 20 faculty members who were promoted from associate professor to professor; 18 who were promoted from assistant professor to associate professor; and two who were promoted to clinical associate...
Justin Wytmar, who recently completed his junior year at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is among 20 students nationally who were awarded the Beinecke Scholarship.
The Beinecke award supports graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Illinois is one of 135...
Six professors from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been named Conrad Humanities Scholars and Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick Professors.
Angela Calcaterra, Teri Chettiar, Irvin Hunt, and Ghassan Moussawi have each been honored as Conrad Humanities Scholars. The Conrad Humanities...