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Highlighting Some of the Most Competitive 2024 Congressional Elections

We are just a few days away from Election Day and early voting has begun in many states. Beyond the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and Former-President Donald Trump, the 2024 federal elections will also determine which political party will hold majority control in each chamber of Congress beginning in January 2025.

Jennifer Martin, associate professor in the School of Education at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, is partnering with Springfield Public Schools District 186 to integrate yoga and social-emotional learning (SEL) into the curriculum.

University of 缅北禁地 Springfield Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Yona Stamatis is featured in , a short-form video that won a prestigious Mid-America Emmy Award on Oct. 26, 2024.

Richard Gilman-Opalsky, a professor at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield School of Politics and International Affairs, has released a new book titled 鈥淚maginary Power, Real Horizons: The Practicality of Utopianism.鈥� The book, available for preorder now, will be released on July 9.

The University of 缅北禁地 Springfield has released the names of the 698 students who made the Dean鈥檚 List for Spring Semester 2024.

A total of 104 students in the College of Business and Management; 320 students in the College of Health, Science and Technology; 109 students in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences; 143 students in the College of Public Affairs and Education; and 22 non-degree seeking or undecided students made the list.

The University of 缅北禁地 Springfield School of Education is partnering with Springfield Schools District 186 to establish the UIS Restorative Schools Network. This initiative will involve nine schools, focusing on improving school environments through restorative practices, which emphasize building relationships and resolving conflicts within the school community.

Kenneth Kriz, the interim vice chancellor for finance and administration and a distinguished professor of public administration at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, has been awarded the 2024 Jesse Burkhead Award from the journal Public Budgeting and Finance for his 2023 article, The award recognizes the best article published in the volume for the year.

Right-wing populist leaders have been at the helms of governments in all regions of the world, but they have taken power in an increasing number of countries in recent years. In fact, the percentage of right-wing populist leaders in the world in the past decade has surpassed that of the World War II era, as shown in Figure 1 below.

CPAE Faculty Spotlight:  Dr. Brandon Bolte, SPIA

Hi everyone! I鈥檓 Dr. Brandon Bolte, and I started as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the UIS School of Politics and International Affairs (SPIA) in Fall 2023. Beginning July 1, I鈥檒l also be a member of the Board of Directors of the .

On Tuesday April 23, 2024 there is an all-day Policy Summit at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield (UIS) campus.  The summit is sponsored by UIS Center