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Read an excerpt of Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant
“With great eloquence and pathos, N. draws on his daily life and references philosophers from Socrates to Kant to describe the netherworld of the undocumented. He takes solace in his […]
Illinois Press director Regier on ‘On War’ in Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Illinois Press director Willis G. Regier writes about German-Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, and the influential tome On War, in the Chronicle of Higher Education. With protracted wars in […]
NBC’s Nightly News interviews Ronald Smith
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On November 20, 2011, NBC’s Nightly News interviewed Ronald A. Smith, professor emeritus of sports history at Penn […]
The Chronicle’s Page View on the Journal of Animal Ethics
The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Page View blog looks at the recent controversy over the new Journal of Animal Ethics. “Fur has flown since the editors of the Journal of […]
Larry Kanfer at the Illini Union Bookstore
Looking for that perfect gift for your UIUC graduate? Larry Kanfer will sign copies of his new photography book Illini Loyalty: The University of Illinois during graduation weekend. Visit him at […]
Disclaimer (I regret any deviation from our usual standards)
Today’s Inside Higher Ed features a report on the brouhaha caused by a special disclaimer that three regular editors of Synthese (a journal focusing on the philosophy of science) slapped […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education reviews Woody Guthrie, American Radical
The April 3, 2011, issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes a profile of Will Kaufman’s new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical. “Yes, there have been two major biographies—Joe Klein’s […]
To Be Open-Access or Not to Be. That Is the Question (at least for today).
Today’s Inside Higher Ed features an interesting article about a new study that has raised doubts about the so-called “citation advantage” for scholars publishing in open-access journals as opposed to […]
William Ayers Set to Retire from UIC; In Other News, Glenn Beck’s Head Explodes
Late last week, several media news outlets, including the Chicago Tribune and NPR, reported on the impending retirement of University of Illinois at Chicago professor William Ayers. Most of the […]
Open source textbooks at U of I?
The local newspaper, The News-Gazette, has a feature story this morning on the University’s pursuit of an open source textbook model. The leader of the initiative, Charles Evans, is considering […]
“Beauty Shop Politics” in The Chronicle
The April 11, 2010, edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes a review of Tiffany Gill’s new book Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry. […]