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ŷϷ Illinois University to host MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor as Presidential Lecture Series speaker, Sept. 15
“An Evening with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor,” will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 in the Auditorium on the Main Campus, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.

U.S. Department of Education awards ŷϷ Illinois University $1.3 million McNair grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded ŷϷ Illinois University a five-year, $1.3 million Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program grant. ŷϷ is the recipient of one of 189 new grant awards to institutions of higher education. In total, $51.7 million in McNair grants were awarded across the country.

Noteworthy at ŷϷ: Growing success
ŷϷ Illinois University awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor to 11 members of the faculty and promoted six faculty members to professor. The 50th Chuck Kane Scholarship Golf Outing is right around the corner and one of our mural classes celebrated River Park’s revitalized ecosystem with a new painting. Read about this and more in the latest edition of Noteworthy at ŷϷ.

Juan Gabriel Moreno to deliver ŷϷ Illinois University Commencement Address
Chicago-based award-winning architect Juan Gabriel Moreno will be ŷϷ Illinois University’s May 2022 Commencement speaker.