2026-09-30 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics welcomed nine new faculty members this fall.
2026-09-24 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has named several accomplished faculty members to endowed chair and professorship positions, including two from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
2026-09-18 - Kara Yarrington, professor of Spanish and director of the introductory Spanish program, has been awarded a $225,000 grant by the IMMERSE Essentials Funding Program.
2026-09-18 - An SLCL alumna is helping improve access to higher education in prisons with support from a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
2026-09-16 - A new short-term study abroad course is giving students the chance to bring their studies to life and directly engage with the sacred spaces they’re learning about in the classroom.
2026-09-11 - For many immigrants, attending their naturalization oath ceremony and marking the transition from permanent resident to naturalized citizen is the light at the end of a long tunnel—and it’s alumna Jessica Nicholas’s favorite part of her job at The Immigration Project in Normal, Illinois.
2026-09-09 - The Ukrainian Studies Program has come a long way since its foundations were first created in 1982—and more recently, it’s seen a growth spurt, thanks in part to the Slavic department’s Olha Khometa.
2026-09-07 - The Intensive Language Instruction Program (ILIP) is helping language learners expand their horizons with its offerings, which are a blend of familiar and unique.
2026-08-24 - Seven faculty members from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics have received promotions.
2026-08-07 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Campus-Community Compact has awarded $94,000 through the 2026 Building Beyond the Barriers Grant Program to support collaborative projects addressing community-identified needs across Champaign County.
2026-07-27 - Classics professor Eduardo García-Molina discusses how “The Odyssey” film compares with Homer’s epic poem and the story’s relevance today.
2026-07-27 - Three faculty members from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics have been named as recipients of the Jozef and Huguette Cohen Innovation Awards, a program supporting visionary research in the arts, humanities, and humanistic social sciences.
2026-07-23 - A new book by Illinois linguistics professor Ryan Shosted and computer language designer Neal Davis tells the history of the Deseret alphabet, created by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 19th century and described as “a marvelous, ambitious, quixotic project” to reshape the...
2026-07-23 - Nine U of I students and recent graduates were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences around the globe this coming year. The awardees include three students from SLCL: one major and two minors.
2026-06-17 - Laughter echoed through the halls of the University of Illinois as children waved tiny flags, danced to French music, and explored campus buildings during the inaugural FrancoFun Kids@U of I event.