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• Two U. of I. faculty receive Guggenheim Fellowships

  Hoganson, K. L. & Van Landingham, C.

  4/16/25

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• Poetry book looks at how people create a sense of place for themselves

  Harrington, J.

  3/19/25

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• New book shows how literature of extreme poverty provides stirring view of the Great Depression

  Parker, R. D.

  2/25/25

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• English professor’s novel tells of love triangle in post-WWII Paris, based on his family history

  Wright Faladé, D.

  2/5/25

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• Big Ten Academic Alliance announces 2024-25 Academic Leadership and Executive Officers Program fellows

  Brown, N., Chambers, J. P., Goddard, L. L., Harley, B. A., Heller, W., Murphy, C., Beck, D. M., Jenkins, C. M., Lambert, M. C., Liechty, J. M. & Wong, T.

  10/9/24

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• Illinois poet’s new book of poetry reflects on marriage, its constraints and its hopefulness

  Van Landingham, C.

  5/30/24

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• Campus Awards Honor Excellence in Instruction

  Wheeler, M. B., Chen, Q., Heath, K. D., El-Kebir, M., Shoemaker, D. P., Olson, L., Hamm, B. K., Dramin Weiss, S., Lee, S. S., Alawini, A. A. M., Harmon-Threatt, A. N., Huang, P., Jain, P., Kourtikakis, K., Lyons, A. C., Price, J. P. & Thompson, C. M.

  4/15/24

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• Two Illinois professors awarded NEH Fellowships

  von Hesse, H. W. & Turnock, J.

  1/11/24

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• U. of I. names new endowed chairs, professorships

  Freeburg, C., Ruggles, D. F., Gammie, C. F., Imlay, J. A., Nahrstedt, K., Leakey, A., Oliver, C., Roberts, B. W. & Mouza, C.

  1/11/24

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• Illinois English professor writes children’s biography of pioneering Black botanist

  Harrington, J.

  10/12/23

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• Illinois professor describes how whaling shaped U.S. culture even after petroleum replaced it

  Jones, J. L.

  8/14/23

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• Should educators worry about ChatGPT?

  Underwood, T.

  4/4/23

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• New website compiles ocean data from landmark 19th-century scientific voyage

  Wood, G. D.

  1/10/23

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• Why do we love horror films?

  Hansen, J. A.

  10/25/22

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• English professor's novel tells of Black Civil War soldiers' fight for freedom

  Wright Faladé, D.

  3/3/22

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• Richard Powers wins Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for 'The Overstory'

  Richard S Powers

  4/15/19

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• English professor's first book tells stories of contemporary lives of black Americans

  Nafissa D Thompson Spires

  12/4/18

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• BACKSTORY Podcast: Thar She Blows Again, The History of Whales and America (Part 2)

  Jones, J. L.

  10/12/18

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• Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Disarming Humor in ‘Heads of the Colored People’

  Nafissa D Thompson Spires

  4/15/18

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• BBC World News Service: Herman Melville: Moby-Dick

  Jones, J. L.

  3/13/18

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• Illinois professor uses big data to research history of gender in fiction

  Underwood, T.

  2/27/18

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• Poet Janice Harrington’s new work reflects on life and art of painter Horace Pippin

  Harrington, J.

  10/12/16

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• Cellar Door Podcast: Oil!

  Jones, J. L.

  3/7/16

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• Project will help researchers explore big data in HathiTrust digitized library

  Underwood, T. & Downie, J. S.

  2/23/16

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• What the true story of the Essex - the inspiration for 'Moby-Dick' - teaches us today

  Jones, J. L.

  12/9/15

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