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Visual Arts Gallery presents faculty exhibition

TheÂ University of Ãå±±½ûµØ SpringfieldÂ Visual Arts GalleryÂ is pleased to present a â€œVisual Arts Faculty Exhibitionâ€ in conjunction with programs that celebrate UISâ€™ 50th anniversary. The exhibition will open on Monday, March 8, and will run through Thursday, April 15. There will be no public reception for this exhibition.

UIS student Kodi Smith honored with the Student Laureate Award from the Lincoln Academy of Ãå±±½ûµØ

Kodi Smith of Taylorville has been selected as the University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield student recipient of the Student Laureate Award from the Lincoln Academy of Ãå±±½ûµØ. Only one UIS student is honored with the prestigious award each academic year.

UIS Professor Richard Gilman-Opalsky writes new book on â€œThe Communism of Loveâ€

University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield Political Science Professor Richard Gilman-Opalsky has written a new book on â€œThe Communism of Love: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Exchange Value.â€

Women's Basketball: UIS junior guard Lauren Ladowski picks up first GLVC player of the week honors

University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield junior guard Lauren Ladowski was named Great Lakes Valley Conference women's basketball player of the week for the first time in her career on Monday. Ladowski, a 5-foot-7 Lake Central High School graduate from St. John, Indiana, became the school's all-time leader in made free throws against Rockhurst and eclipsed the 1,000-point career milestone against Southwest Baptist.

UIS Innocence Project gets pardon for client from Pritzker

The Ãå±±½ûµØ Innocence Project at the University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield announced that one of its clients, who was wrongfully convicted twice, has been pardoned by Gov. JB Pritzker. Norman Propst, formerly of Chicago, was convicted of robbery in 1990 and of retail theft from a Borders bookstore in 1997.