Driving Change: A Preview of the 2024 Policy Summit at University of Illinois Springfield
On Tuesday April 23, 2024 there is an all-day Policy Summit at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) campus. The summit is sponsored by UIS Center
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The Development of US Immigration Policy
On February 1st and February 16th, 2024, Dr. Isabel Skinner, Assistant Professor in the School of Politics and International Affairs, and Dr. Brooke Depenbusch, Assistant Professor in the Legal Studies Department, shared their professional insights with the Citizens Club of Springfield at the two-part event: Springfield’s Immigrant Stories.
Using Artificial Intelligence and Cell Phone Tracing Data to Reevaluate Travel Demand and Investments in Public Transit
Why are fewer people riding public transit, and what do lower farebox revenues mean for state and federal government in their oversight and support of transit agencies? In an article published last year in the Municipal Finance Journal, our research team at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs developed some hypotheses for a possibly permanent decline in commuting: many workers became accustomed to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and have been hesitant to return to working in the office (Funderburg et al. 2023).
Iowa Law Bridge Program 2024
About the Event
The University of Iowa College of Law invites you to the Law Bridge 2024 program. The program is designed to introduce diverse, under-represented, and non-traditional students to law school. This program is a way for you to learn what it is like to be a law student, develop a strong application, take two mock law classes, and listen and interact with current and former law students.
Schedule:
April 5: Introduction, followed by sessions on law careers, a mock class, law school tours, and group work.
UIS School of Education awarded a $145,000 grant to address teacher shortages in central Illinois
The University of Illinois Springfield School of Education has been awarded a $145,000 grant from Grow Your Own Teachers (GYO) to develop a consortium aimed at addressing teacher shortages in central Illinois.
UIS announces Fall Semester 2023 Dean’s List
The University of Illinois Springfield has released the names of the 681 students who made the Dean’s List for Fall Semester 2023.
A total of 99 students in the College of Business and Management; 325 students in the College of Health, Science and Technology; 101 students in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences; 128 students in the College of Public Affairs and Education; and 28 non-degree seeking or undecided students made the list.
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Illinois Could Adopt Ranked-Choice Voting. What Do Illinois Voters Think of It and Other Alternative Electoral Systems?
2024 ISBA High School Mock Trial Invitational
About the Event
This program provides an opportunity for high school students to learn what it is like to prepare and present a legal case before the Illinois courts. Participating students gain a better understanding of the justice system and improve their knowledge, skills, and ability to articulate in a reasoned, thoughtful manner.
UIS Associate Professor Jennifer Martin honored with an award for scholarship excellence from Kappa Delta Pi
Jennifer Martin, an associate professor in the University of Illinois Springfield’s School of Education, has been selected to receive the Truman L. Kelley Award for Scholarship Excellence from Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), a national educational honor society. The award will be presented during KDP’s first-ever virtual Founders Day Celebration on March 8.