The following in an excerpt of a story published by WICS-TV 20 on Dec. 18, 2022.
"The University of Illinois Springfield men's basketball team has found a ton of success early in the season. The Prairie Stars are 8-3 (3-1), ranked second in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, ranked third in the D2SIDA Midwest Regional poll and is receiving votes in the national poll as well.
The following is an excerpt of a State Journal-Register column written by UIS Chancellor Janet Gooch that was published on Dec. 18, 2022.
"The University of Illinois Springfield campus is quiet today as most of our university community settles in for a brief break between semesters. Fall classes are complete, grades are turned in and our students are hopefully catching up on some much-needed sleep.
Government contracts have recently attracted much attention from researchers and the public because of the US government's significant spending on goods and services. In this study, we investigate whether audit fees are associated with audit clients' government contracts. We find that firms with a higher proportion of government sales to total sales pay higher audit fees than other firms. Our further analysis shows the audit premium is driven mainly by the federal government and local government contracts.
The Creation of One Truth: Single-Ledger Entries for Multiple Stakeholders Using Blockchain Technology to Address the Reconciliation Problem.
Students took a special topics class centered around the competition last fall with Dr. Karadas and successfully submitted their equity research reports to the CFA Society Chicago, making UIS an official contestant. The CFA Institute Research Challenge is one of the most prestigious global competitions in finance.
The following in an excerpt of a story published in The Washington Post on Dec. 12, 2022.
For some zoomers, the immediacy of text messaging has also altered how quickly they expect to receive communication responses. Layla Wellington, a 22-year-old graduate assistant for the University of Illinois Springfield, said she had to acclimate to a delay in receiving responses to emails.
The following is an excerpt of a State Journal-Register story published on Dec. 7, 2022.
The University of Illinois Springfield has finalized the purchase of a downtown building that will serve as the new home of the UIS Innovation Center.
The center will take over the three-story, 24,600-square-foot Illinois Sheriffs' Association building at 401 E. Washington St.
University of Illinois trustees approved $950,000 for the building purchase earlier this summer.
The following is an excerpt of a story published by WCIA-TV on Nov. 10, 2022.
You may have watched one University of Illinois professor in your latest Netflix binge-watch without even knowing it.
UIS criminology and criminal justice professor Ryan Williams is interviewed as an expert in the new true-crime documentary series “I AM A STALKER”, released on Netflix late last month.
The following is an excerpt of a State Journal-Register column written by Jill Hawkins, program director for the UIS Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center, that was published on Nov. 6, 2022.
The November general election is only two days away, and at the University of Illinois Springfield, we’re preparing to make sure every student has the ability to vote. From the day they arrive on campus, UIS students are taught the importance of civic engagement and how to register to vote.