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Illinois Scholars at Risk program welcomes 2024-2025 cohort
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...
IGI Interview with Kainen Bell
Kainen Bell (current PhD student, Information Sciences)
Kainen Bell, awardee 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...
Alumni Spotlight: Benjamin Nathan
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...
Alumni Spotlight: Kofi M. Bazzell-Smith
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...
Alumni Updates
Marilia Corrêa
(PhD, ’19, history; former affiliate of CLACS)
When asked to list the most important skills Dr. Corrêa learned from her time at the University of Illinois, she responded, “that is difficult to answer in only a few sentences. I learned how to be an academic and a...
IGI Summer 2024 Virtual Global Educators Workshop
Critical Thinking in the Technological World
July 17 -18 I 9:30 AM -12 PM CDT I For Zoom registration, click https:
Economic Systems of Africa
This course examines the fundamentals of economic development in Africa. It will provide students the tools and concepts to think about development in a way that is consistent with economic theory, informed by empirical research, and practically connected to policy. We will discuss issues that the region faces related to economic growth, poverty, population, health, education, gender, agriculture, and climate change.