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Professor Kristin Hoganson awarded NEH Fellowship

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Kristin Hoganson has been awarded a 2024 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. “An NEH...

Paris research trip reconnects Native American tribes with historic painted robes

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Robert Morrissey traveled to a Paris museum in November to see four ...

New book by professor Laura Frances Goffman uncovers history of trachoma medical experiments in Saudi Arabia

In the 1950s, the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) partnered with the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) to conduct medical research on the eye disease trachoma. Aramco spent over $2 million on the project with the goal of developing a vaccine. In her new book, ...

Graciela Best, Stamps Scholar

The Stamps Scholars program recently profiled Graciela Best, a sophomore majoring in history and Latina/Latino studies, president of Phi-Alpha Theta, social media coordinator for the Society of...
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Student spotlight: Graciela Best, Stamps Scholar

The Stamps Scholars program recently profiled scholarship recipient Graciela Best in their newsletter, Aspire. It has been reprinted with their permission.

Amanda Quealy, undergraduate researcher at the Illinois State Archaeological Survey

Amanda Quealy is a sophomore majoring in history and anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. As an undergraduate researcher at the Illinois State...
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Lillian Webb, a Humanities in Action Scholar using humanities skills to support Reentry Project

Lillian is a junior majoring in history and anthropology with a minor in integrative biology. As a Humanities in Action Scholar, Lillian is partnered with the Education Justice Project, which is...
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