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The University of Illinois clout scandal resulted from a series of articles in the Chicago Tribune that reported that some applicants to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) "received special consideration" for acceptance between 2005 and 2009, despite having sub-par qualifications. The series began on May 29, 2009.
1987 – The [American] National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) is an annual day of observance held during the first week of February to acknowledge the accomplishments of female athletes, recognize the influence of sports participation for women and girls, and honor the progress and continuing struggle for equality for women in sports.
The Illinois Fighting Illini (/ ɪ ˈ l aɪ n aɪ /) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The university offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports.
University of Illinois slush fund scandal Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title University of Illinois scandal .
2009 European football match-fixing scandal; 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal – in July 2011, as part of a major match-fixing investigation by authorities in Turkey, nearly 60 people suspected to be involved with fixing games were detained by Istanbul Police Department Organized Crime Control Bureau and then arrested by the court. In ...
Heidi M. Hurd is an American lawyer, focusing in criminal law, torts, environmental law, environmental ethics, political theory, moral philosophy and general jurisprudence, currently the David C. Baum Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at University of Illinois College of Law and previously the Herzog Research Professor of Law at University of San Diego.
In 1885, the Illinois Industrial University officially changed its name to the University of Illinois, reflecting its holistic agricultural, mechanical, and liberal arts curricula. [6] This remained the official name for 50 years, until it was changed to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1935; "at" was dropped in the 21st century.
Steven Salaita (born () September 15, 1975) is an American scholar, author and public speaker. He became the center of a controversy when the University of Illinois did not hire him as a professor of American Indian Studies [2] [3] [4] following objections to a series of tweets critical of Israel's bombardment of Gaza in 2014. [5]