10/11/2023 - Stanford University, USA has recently updated the list of the World's Top 2% Scientists. This prestigious ranking is based based on the bibliometric information in the Scopus database and includes...
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09/27/2023 - We are thrilled to announce that Katherine Kwak, a second-year PhD student, received external funding from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. With the Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award ($1,000),...
09/27/2023 - Congratulations to Dr. Silvina Montrul, who was recently featured in the article "The Parents Trying to Pass Down a Language They Hardly Speak" in The Atlantic magazine! This article...
09/26/2023 - This year marks the start of the first fall semester with the Linguistics Department hosting the Oral English Assessment Interview (OEAI). This interview-based assessment - formerly the English...
09/22/2023 - We are excited to announce that Dr. Silvina Montrul has been recognized with a Marjorie Roberts Professorship in Liberal Arts & Sciences! This professorship was granted based upon her excellent...
08/30/2023 - We are excited to announce that the 17th meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-17) will take place here, at...
07/31/2023 - Congratulations to Dr. Mithilesh Mishra, Director of the Hindi and South Asian Languages Program in the Linguistics Department, for receiving the Service to Hindi Award...
07/18/2023 - The Illinois ESL Program received funding from the LAS Student Success Innovation project for redesigning and improving its in-house e-textbook, Academic Writing for English Language Learners, to...
06/19/2023 - Hassana Alidou, a 1997 PhD alumna of the Linguistics Department, known as a distinguished figure in the field of African studies and a strong advocate for promoting education in Africa, has passed...
05/16/2023 - The Department of Linguistics had their Year-End Graduation and Awards Celebration on May 5th, 2023. It was a wonderful time to reflect on the past year, and to recognize our amazing students....
05/03/2023 - Joshua Dees, PhD student at the Department of Linguistics, and Katie VanDyne, PhD student in Spanish Linguistics, have just...
04/27/2023 - Researchers at the University of Illinois have partnered with Immerse, a virtual reality language learning platform, and Meta...
04/26/2023 - Maxine Katz, master’s student in the Department of Religion, has been enrolled in Elementary Hindi (HNDI 201) since Fall 2022. HNDI 201 is part of a comprehensive range of courses for studying Hindi...
04/21/2023 - We are thrilled to announce that two of our students, Robert Herbolich and Natalie Klunke, have been awarded highly competitive scholarships. Robert has been awarded the prestigious Critical Language...
03/27/2023 - The Linguistics graduate students at U of I just hosted the 15th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society! The annual academic conference took place on March...
