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Alumnus Adam Beaty creates new digital collection that sheds light on queer nightlife in Champaign County
Editor's Note: The School of Information Sciences profiled history alumnus Adam Beaty and we have reshared it here with their permission. Adam Beaty (BA, '21, history) decided to pursue an MSLIS degree to combine his love of history, the arts, and community-centered...
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Professor Barrett interviewed by CBS Mornings and ABC News about Trump's second term
Professor Marsha Barrett recently joined fellow historians Julian Zelizer and Nicole Hemmer in a roundtable discussion on CBS Mornings to discuss Trump's lasting impact as he begins his second term....
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The untold stories of the women of France: Professor Chaplin's new book explores a nearly lost chapter of lesbianism
Editor's Note: This story originally appeared on the College of LAS website in September 2022. We're resharing it to celebrate the recent publication of professor Chaplin's book, Becoming...
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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...
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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 ...
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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,...
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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.