Category Archives: miscellaneous

November 7, 2017

University Press Week: Beware the exclamation point, authors!

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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 labors in the disreputable quarters of the written word: romance … Continue reading →

August 10, 2017

The Food’s The Story

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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.” The compact exhibit space features the nearly 90-year history of … Continue reading →

December 4, 2015

Time and cookies

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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 no one knows. See, the theories of general and special … Continue reading →

October 30, 2015

In publishing, no one can hear you scream

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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 cocktails, and opportunities to look just slightly naughty on social media. … Continue reading →

June 4, 2014

Celia Shapland

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Our thoughts are with the family of Celia Shapland, a longtime colleague who passed away Tuesday morning.

May 15, 2014

Farewell, Kate

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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 work!

December 18, 2012

Cookie!

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Our annual holiday cookie exchange.

August 24, 2012

Prof. Pradeep Dhillon discusses philosophies and practices of Sikhism

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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 at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Dhillon, who is a … Continue reading →

March 29, 2011

Spring Book Sale – 55% off

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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.

November 1, 2010

Celebrity appearances

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NPR’s Melissa Block and Will Shortz (or their respective doppelgangers) at the University of Illinois Press halloween party.