Seven of the awardees have accepted grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, which builds international relationships to help solve global challenges. This flagship international educational exchange...
The Campus-Community Compact is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Building Beyond the Barriers Grant Program. Five campus-community partnerships have been selected for funding to address community-identified needs in Champaign County. Funded projects advance several of the Compact’s...
Noam says, "I recently received an Open Study/Research Fulbright Italy Grant! I will be using my grant to enroll at l'Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore at the Rome Campus in order to complete a Specializing 1-Year Masters Program in Public and Cultural Diplomacy. I am incredibly honored and...
You are cordially invited to attend an Illinois Road Scholar lecture by musician and cultural preservationist Dennis Stroughmatt, who learned to play Creole tunes and to speak the local variety of French from the last Francophone descendants of Illinois and Missouri (see abstract below). He will...
Please join us in congratulating Professor Manuel Rota who has been officially promoted to the rank of Professor in French and Italian, School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics; and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, without change in tenure, effective March 20...
Willie Asamoah has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Xiaohui Zhang Diversity & Community Engagement Award in recognition of his contributions to servicing the department through mentorship of peers and undergraduate students, and also for...
Professor Aurore Mroz is the 2026 recipient of the SLCL Diversity and Engagement Award, in recognition of her efforts to engage in university teaching and research schools, libraries, cultural institutions, and families in the Champaign-...
We are delighted to announce that our colleague, Dr. Laura Callegari Hill, has received the prestigious LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The College of LAS selected 19 professors, graduate students, lecturers, and advisors this year in recognition of their exceptional commitment...
The many French and Francophone events organized as part of the French Around the Corner initiative have made it into in our university’s independent, student-run newspaper, The Daily...
