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Posted: July 17, 2018
The Graduate College is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2018-19 Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Master’s Project Travel Grant, and Dissertation Travel Grant. They are:
2018-19 Dissertation Completion Fellowship Awardees
Niyantri Ravindran (Human Development and Family Studies)Maria Robinson (Psychology)Lucy Mailing (...
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Posted: July 2, 2018
A bill circulating in the Illinois Legislature would require history curricula in Illinois' public schools to include discussions of prominent people who had disabilities or were lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning.
Leslie K. Morrow, the director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center and a doctoral student...
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Posted: July 2, 2018
Eleven University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students and young alumni have been offered student Fulbright grants to pursue international educational, research and teaching experiences across the globe this coming year.
As the flagship international educational exchange program of the U.S. government, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program builds...
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Posted: May 31, 2018
In early February, the usually imposing Beckman Institute atrium resembled a playground of sorts with the addition of an assortment of oddly shaped chairs as well as brightly colored plastic connective toys and pipe cleaners that were placed at tables. The center of the research institute became a laboratory for a research project in design...
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Posted: May 16, 2018
Alumna Linda Marie Perkins, Ph.D. ’78 EPS, has a long and storied connection to the University of Illinois.
Her collegiate journey in Urbana-Champaign is notable for its breadth of searching and discovery—accompanied by a roadblock along the way—leading to the moment when Perkins knew exactly what she wanted to pursue.
“Illinois has just been so...