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Why It’s Important to Write a Proposal for an Academic Book

A good proposal has eight basic elements. After you’ve determined that the press publishes in your area, your book proposal is pretty straightforward. Naomi Schneider, executive editor of the University of California Press, described…

Humanities as Essential Services

One of the ways that humanities scholars can contribute to the current pandemic: by engaging in long-term, big-picture research that brings humanities questions to bear on public health. This kind of work provides…

We Need Tuition-Free College. For Adults.

We need a national, federally funded program that will enable any adult without a degree to return to college or earn a comparable credential without paying tuition. Much as the G.I. Bill served…

The Pandemic Is the Time to Resurrect the Public University

For decades, a handful of boutique colleges and powerhouse universities have served as emblems of our system of higher education. If they are not the focus of discussion, they are the subtext, shaping…

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The ‘Public’ in Public College Could Be Endangered

One possible solution would be for Congress to give states immediate financial relief in exchange for strengthening their long-term financial commitment to public higher education. James Kvaal, president of the nonprofit Institute for…

Public Service Graduate Internship Award

Providing graduate students with a public service opportunity during a period of crisis. Overview The Graduate College at the University of Illinois has created a new award in order to fund graduate students…

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NYT: The Nude Selfie Is Now High Art

The nude human form as a subject of art dates back tens of thousands of years to explicit cave carvings and a woolly mammoth tusk-ivory sculpture: Though headless and small enough to wear…

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Quarantine hommage to Courbet

Courtesy of our UIC affiliates in the V21 Collective. courbet, l'origine du mondeh/t N. Beckton/ L. McCarthy pic.twitter.com/lYBKgPytcc — V21 Collective (@V21collective) April 23, 2020

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Nicoletta Rousseva selected as a Dean's Scholar Fellow.

The Dean’s Scholar Fellowship is a one-year, non-renewable award presented by the Dean of the Graduate College in recognition of a student’s scholarly achievement. The award is intended to provide the most distinguished,…

U & I Care Emergency Fund

The U and I Care Emergency Fund is made possible through the partnership between the Office of the Dean of Students & Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships. The U and I…

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Art historian Maurice Berger dies of Covid-19

R.I.P Maurice Berger, 63; Historian, Writer. Of Coronavirus. We have been told that we may not die but we will all know someone who has. Maurice Berger, Historian Who Fearlessly Called Out Art-World…