The Undergraduate Rhetoric Program was presented with the Student Success Champion team award at this year's Student Success Symposium held in February. The Office of the Provost's Student Success @ Illinois initiative presents this award each year to individuals and teams who have exhibited...

Deborah Lynch (BA, ’70, English) has always considered her time at the University of Illinois to be the foundation of her career. That’s why she has sponsored the Greenfield...

English professors John Levi Barnard and John Gallagher have been named 2024 Conrad Humanities Scholars by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The two were honored with the appointment alongside Maryam Kashani (gender and women’s...

Perusing a used bookstore was nothing out of the ordinary for David Obuchowski (BA, ’01, English) and his wife, Sarah Pedry, but the excursion was anything but typical the day that they found “Birds Asleep,” a 1989 scientific and comprehensive...

Annah Freudenburg, Julie Price, and Hina Nazar have earned undergraduate teaching awards from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The three were among just 14 instructors and advisors selected by the College as recipients of the extremely competitive awards. “We are proud to have such an...

Professor Christopher Freeburg was selected as one of the inaugural Presidential Humanities and Social Science Chairs, along with D. Fairchild Ruggles (landscape architecture). The endowment, with funds invested by...