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Federal prosecutors detail Chinese scholar’s brutal death in Illinois

Michael Tarm, Associated Press

June 12, 2019

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday shared with jurors grisly details of how they claim a former University of Illinois doctoral student kidnapped a visiting scholar from China who aspired to return home and become a professor, then brutally beat and killed her. Opening statements...

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Report: Two DePaul women’s basketball transfers faced verbal abuse at Illinois

Matthew Paras

May 25, 2015

The families of two of DePaul women’s basketball’s incoming transfers from the University of Illinois filed letters to the school this past week, accusing Illinois women’s basketball head coach Matt Bollant and former associate coach Mike Divilbiss of player abuse. Read More »...

Tags: Amarah Coleman, DePaul women's basketball, Jacqui Grant, University of Illinois

Joe Biden on campus sexual assault: ‘No means no and no exceptions’

Courtney Jacquin

April 23, 2015

URBANA, Ill. – Vice President Joe Biden visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus Thursday to applaud the efforts of the university’s “It’s On Us” campaign. Read More »...

Tags: campus sexual assault, It's On Us, Joe Biden, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Interview: Professor Steven Salaita speaks out against academic censorship and Israel

Brenden Moore

October 9, 2014

Professor Steven Salaita, the academic who lost his job offer at the University of Illinois due to controversial tweets about Israel, will be on campus today discussing academic censorship as well as the situation in Israel. Read More »...

Tags: censorship, feature, Israel, Steven Salaita, University of Illinois

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