2022-05-17
- It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the unexpected loss of Dara Goldman, professor of Spanish and director of the Program in Jewish Culture and Society.
2022-05-10 - Graduating from U of I with three degrees, Grace Maloney had a lot of options. She decided against going to medical school for a couple of years, packed her bags, and flew to Spain to serve a year as a teaching assistant through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
2022-05-05 - SLCL students Caleb Apperson and Dahlia Davis have been awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign languages this summer.
2022-04-29 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is proud to announce the 2021-22 winner of the Marita Romine Distinguished Service Award: Robb Larson from Student Services.
2022-04-28 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 Dissertation Completion Fellowships, which provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations.
2022-04-20 - “Rare Stuff,” the debut novel of Brett Ashley Kaplan, tells the story of a daughter’s search for answers about her mother’s disappearance, as well as a magical realism tale of Yiddish-speaking whales trying to save the planet.
2022-04-15 - What is intercultural competence? That’s a question Darla Deardorff, executive director of the Association of International Education Administrators, has been exploring for the past decade.
2022-04-13 - It’s been a year filled with recognition for Florencia Henshaw, director of advanced Spanish and interim co-director of the Foreign Language Teacher Education (FLTE) program.
2022-04-12 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is proud to present the 2022 SLCL Diversity Awards.
2022-04-05 - Two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers are developing resources for studying the Deseret Alphabet, which was created by the Mormons and used briefly in the 19th century.
2022-04-05 - A typical day for Matthew Doppelt (BA, ’11, economics) is hard to come by as assistant director for international scouting for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2022-04-01 - High school is a time for learning, making friends, and discovering passions and hobbies, but for many students, it’s overshadowed by something no teenager should have to worry about: gun violence in their hallways and in their community.
2022-03-30 - To most of us, the idea of testing brings to mind bright lights, biting pencils, filling ovals, and (hopefully) the sweet relief of proving that you know the material. Xun Yan, a professor of linguistics at U of I, however, wants to know more about testing and what it tells us about test-takers.
2022-03-23 - Navigating the pandemic hasn’t been an easy task for anyone. Along with health concerns, it’s brought about worries about jobs, finances, housing, and more. But some communities have people like Anthony Erlinger and Kathleen Flores standing behind them.
2022-03-21 - Hadi Umayra’s (MA ’18, translation and interpreting studies) life doesn’t look much like it did a decade ago, but there’s been one constant throughout the years: his passion for language and translation.