2026-05-05
- The Illinois Global Institute has selected 29 graduate students from across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to receive research awards and language fellowships. Graduate Summer Research Awards Summer research awards provide Illinois graduate students with up to $3,500 to...
- 2026-03-13 - The University of Illinois recently hosted its annual research exchange symposium with scholars from Osaka Metropolitan University. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the partnership between these two institutions, which is coordinated on the Illinois side by the Illinois Global...
- 2026-01-28 - Edward A. Kolodziej, professor emeritus of political science and founding director of the Center for Global Studies, passed away at the age of 91 on Jan. 18, 2026. As the founder and former director of CGS from 2000-2016, Kolodziej provided the vision to pursue new forms of interdisciplinary...
- 2025-12-12 - Anita Kaiser, the associate director of the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity, is among eight staff and academic professional employees recognized by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences for their outstanding professional contributions....
- 2025-12-02 - International Student and Scholar Services has recognized the Illinois Scholars at Risk program with an award for Outstanding Campus Unit or Organization. ISAR, which is administratively housed in the Illinois Global Institute, aims to provide...
- 2025-10-08 - Maiga Muga earned an MA in African Studies in 2024, focusing on education policy, digital transformation, and global education trends, particularly in the context of Tanzania and Sub-Saharan Africa. He is now a PhD student in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership; his research explores the...
- 2025-03-05 - The Illinois Global Institute (IGI) is launching an innovative new Master of Science in Global Studies (MSGS) program. This interdisciplinary program is a collaborative effort among the Center for Global Studies (CGS), the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity (CSGGE), and the Program in...
- 2025-02-25 - Bergen Bassett received her master of arts degree in European Studies in 2012, and the European Union Center also facilitated her Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship focused on Swedish. We were able to...
- 2024-12-11 - Allyson Purpura (senior curator, Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavillion) and Kasia Szremski (associate director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies) wrote about reinstalling the...
- 2024-11-08 - Illinois alum Rachel Brichta (MA, '04, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies) is now chief administrator for the International Institute at the University of Michigan. She shares how the language, communication, and research skills and international perspective she gained at...
- 2024-11-08 - This year, I joined IGI as the first faculty director of South Asian Studies (SAS). Since 1983, South Asian studies has been housed within the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES). Recently, interest and capacity on campus has grown in both regions. My job, therefore, consists...
- 2024-10-24 - The Illinois Scholars at Risk (ISAR) Program welcomes people from around the world. The program provides sanctuary and assistance to scholars, researchers, practitioners, and artists who face severe threats at home. The 2024-2025 cohort has welcomed 10 scholars to campus from eight countries who...
- 2024-10-18 - Kainen Bell, recipient of the Global Policy Fellowship 2024 and affiliate of the Center for Global studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies, discussed his education and work regarding surveillance...
- 2024-10-18 - In May of 2023 a member of the European Union Center interviewed Ben Nathan, then a student in their MA program (https://shorturl.at/qSrle). He spoke about his happiness in returning to campus after the pandemic, interviewing US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovich, and his...
- 2024-10-18 - Please note that Kofi Bazzell-Smith is a Future Faculty Fellow at the Rochester Institute of Technology College of Art and Design. Kofi Bazzell-Smith is an artist with a passion for manga, a style of Japanese comics, and a professional boxer. He has participated in the 2023 Future Faculty...