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Marc Hertzman and Marco Jaimes receive College of LAS and campus teaching awards

Hertzman and Jaimes are two of the 19 awardees of the College of LAS 2026 teaching and advising awards.
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Lillian Webb

Lillian (BA ’26) is a senior majoring in history and biological anthropology with a minor in integrative biology. After college, she plans on attending graduate school for biological anthropology,...
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Jeremy Mitchell

Jeremy Mitchell (2002)

Jeremy Mitchell, (BA, '02, history) is the Deputy Fire Marshal in the Life Safety Division at the City of Champaign Fire Department.
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Jeremy Mitchell

From history major to Deputy Fire Marshal

Q&A with alumnus Jeremy Mitchell
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Uncovering the lost stories of history

A history professor's link to the legacy of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Deepasri Baul (left) and Mania Taher (right)

Professor Deepasri Baul selected to co-develop Humanities Research Institute Interseminars course

Deepasri Baul will co-develop the course "Living Between Worlds: Gender, Migration, and the City" with Mania Taher (art and design).
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Remembering Robert McColley

Historians Don Hickey, Douglas Egerton, and Christopher J. Young reflect on emeritus professor Robert McColley's impact on their careers.
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History undergraduate students named Spring 2026 Humanities in Action Scholars

History major Jatin Mirzayi and history minor Amari Davis were two of seven students selected.
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