Society & Culture
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Remembering Bronzeville
Alumna Dawn Turner’s striking new memoir is an homage to the power of sisterhood and to the ways in which fate plays a role in our lives.
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Resiliency on the Mother Road
Two alumnae shed light on the Black experience on Route 66.
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Curiosities: Series 6
In this sixth installment of Curiosities, we try our hand at games of chance, fortune, and skill.
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Found in translation
The University of Illinois and the local Q’anjob’al-speaking Mayan community are discovering ways to communicate.
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Writing comedic gold
Mort Nathan (MEDIA ’75), executive writer and producer of The Golden Girls, was kind enough to answer this fangirl’s questions about the iconic show.
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Curiosities: Series 5
These treasures have been amassed through the hard work and generous philanthropy of countless students, researchers, professors, alumni, and friends.
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Answering the call
In a trying and difficult year, Trevor Riggen (LAS ’98) is helping the Red Cross rise to the challenge.
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Delivering the vote
How the Civil War shaped mail-in voting today.
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Pandemics and fear
Historians and anthropologists see parallels between past outbreaks and today’s crisis.