Question: Is it possible to be taken seriously as a scholarly writer if you use exclamation points? Less snooty than the semicolon, less trendy than the hashmark, the exclamation point […]
Category: miscellaneous
The Food’s The Story
While on the UI Chicago campus this week, we had the distinct pleasure of visiting the current Special Collections and University Archives exhibit at the library: “The Food’s The Story.” […]
Time and cookies
Our ongoing 1915 Whatta Year! project today embraces the theories of general and special relativity, or if you prefer, the breakthroughs that made the name Einstein synonymous with genius. Why? Next to […]
In publishing, no one can hear you scream
This weekend is the secular-pagan holiday we can all get behind: Halloween. Once a time of fear and foreboding, Halloween has been transformed by thrill-crazed Americans into a festival of decoration, amusing […]
Celia Shapland
Our thoughts are with the family of Celia Shapland, a longtime colleague who passed away Tuesday morning. […]
Farewell, Kate
Today we say goodbye to one of our student workers, Kate Cullen, who graduates from the University of Illinois this coming Saturday. Best wishes and thank you for your good […]
Cookie!
Our annual holiday cookie exchange. […]
Prof. Pradeep Dhillon discusses philosophies and practices of Sikhism
Professor Pradeep Dhillon, editor of our Journal of Aesthetic Education, sat down with the Illini News Bureau to discuss cultural aspects of Sikhism. In light of the August 5 tragedy […]
Spring Book Sale – 55% off
The University of Illinois Press is having a sale on select books. 55% off plus free shipping. Click here for details and a full list of titles. […]
Celebrity appearances
NPR’s Melissa Block and Will Shortz (or their respective doppelgangers) at the University of Illinois Press halloween party. […]
Happy Halloween
The University of Illinois Press fun crew. […]
Ooga chaka ooga ooga
Woo hoo! University of Illinois Press Database Administrator Leslie DeLucia was featured yesterday on NPR’s All Things Considered during its Summer Jobs feature. KFC, featuring Blue Swede! […]