The Conrad Humanities Scholar designation supports the work of exceptionally promising associate professors in humanities within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.  Professor Rana's designation is effective beginning 2012-13 academic year and continuing through 2016-17...

The Asian American Studies Department has the distinct pleasure of announcing that our colleague and Associate Head, Junaid Rana, has been named the recipient of the Association of Asian American Studies (AAAS) Book Award for the Social Sciences 2011.  He will officially receive his award at...

Asian American Studies is happy to announce that Fiona Ngo, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Gender and Women's Studies, has been awarded one of the highly competitive Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Fellowship for 2013-2014. The IPRH grants fellowships to Illinois...

  Soo Ah Kwon and Nancy Abelmann, two AAS core faculty members, as well as their co-principal investigators Adrienne Lo and Tim Liao have just been notified that their proposal for “The American University Meets the Pacific Century (AUPC)," has been chosen for funding by the Spencer...

The 2014 Illinois Student Senate Teaching Excellence Award is a student-nominated and student-selected award from across the University. Congratulations to AAS Professor Fiona Ngo.

  It is our distinct honor to announce that AAS faculty member, Prof. Fiona Ngo has won the LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.   Nominations were evaluated in terms of achievement according to established criteria that included sustained excellence...

Congratulations AAS Professor Mimi Nguyen for being selected as one of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Fellows for 2015-2016.

Dr. Nancy Abelmann was awarded the Humanities Council Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Fiona Ngo was awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Congratulations to Mary Ellerbe, "the heart of UIUC's Asian American Studies" honored with a 2015 Outstanding Asian American Faculty/Staff Award at the 2015 Asian American Leadership Awards.

  APRIL 23, 2015 — On Earth Day, the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) announced award winners for its 2014-15 Certified Green Office Program. Twenty-four participating offices all agreed to the five basic commitments to become a Certified Green Office:...