Campus celebrated the investiture of David Sepkoski as the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in the History of Science on Friday, Oct. 8.
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HISTORIANS CONDEMN ASSAULT ON CAPITOLHistory at Illinois joins fellow historians in condemning white supremacist attack on US Capitol
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First-Generation Historians Leaving a Mark
Twelve police officers with walkie-talkies and binoculars hid in the nearby fields and in the farmhouse next door, waiting and watching. It was dark. After seeing a car drive up carrying two women, who then went inside the house, the officers unlocked the front door and went in.
Professor Leslie Reagan, the author of "When Abortion Was a Crime" and "Dangerous Pregnancies" and a public voices fellow with the Op-Ed Project, discusses the history of anti-abortion laws in the United States.
Sixteen civil service employees – eight this year and eight in 2020 – at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were recognized for exceptional performance with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award.
More Department News
- Initiatives within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are being supported by the second round of funding through the Presidential Initiative: Expanding the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities, announced by University of Illinois President Tim Killeen.
- History professor Roderick Wilson looks at how the interactions between rivers, society and government helped shape Japan’s modern transformation.
- Historians warn that deep-seated racial divides in America make political healing a challenging path.
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