English alumna Riley Parks wins Fulbright grant

 Riley Parks, from Fisher, Ill., graduated from Illinois in May with a bachelor’s degree in English along with a minor in secondary education. She will use her Fulbright award to teach English in Taiwan —...

A poet, a poem, and generations of fraternity members determined to never forget

 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...

The persistent thread of poetry

 “There’s a thread you follow,” William Stafford wrote in the poem “The Way It Is,” and for Dipali V. Apte, that thread may be poetry, a quiet, persistent line running through childhood, through her years at U of I, through a career in ophthalmology, and back again in the form of the...

Van Landingham, McNulty earn LAS named scholar awards

 English professors Corey Van Landingham and Tess McNulty earned named scholar awards in recognition of their contributions to education and learning at the University of Illinois.The College of LAS honored 20 professors, researchers, and research staff members with named scholar positions and...

Amarillo Boulevard

David Wright Faladé, professor of creative writing in the Department of English, was recently published in The New Yorker. ...

Unraveling the mystery behind string boards

Illinois English professor Shawn Gilmore was recently featured on Slate's Decoder Ring podcast. The podcast episode explores the...

The perfect time to read "The Scarlet Letter"

The Norton Library Podcast explores influential works of literature and philosophy with the leading scholars and teachers behind Norton’s newest series of classics. In this...

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Rebecca Oh earns HRI Research Prize honorable mention

 Rebecca Oh has been named an honorable mention for the 2025-2026 HRI Research Prize for her article "Apocalyptic Realism: Death and Life Amid Nuclear Infrastructures" in the journal Environmental Humanities. In this...
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