2017-06-28 - What is the fusion rule and how does it impact elections in the United States? On the London School of Economics US Centre blog, PhD candidate Ben Kantack answers this question and more as it relates to New York elections. ...

2017-06-22 - Professor Damarys Canache studies the politics and public opinion in Venezuela. After a recent trip to Venezuela, she spoke with the News Bureau about the country's ongoing crisis. Professor Canache discusses the conditions in the country, the social protests and the impact the latest protests are having. Read the full story.  

2017-06-13 - John Coady ('74) has been named the president of the Illinois Judges Association. Judge Coady is a member of the Political Science Alumni Board of Visitors and is also the immediate past president of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Association Board. Read the full story.

2017-05-26 - Professor Scott Althaus is studying the question of how news organizations can better report acts of terrorism. With his latest research Althaus and colleagues at universities in Europe will study how media coverage can avoid sensationalizing terror attacks. "We want to understand how journalists can more responsibly report on terror attacks that provide the democratic needs of citizens while...

2017-05-25 - Congratulations to political science major, Derek Hoot who was awarded a Boren Scholarship! The scholarship will fully cover the costs of Derek's study abroad in Jordan for the 2017-2018 academic year. While in Jordan, Derek will spend his first semester furthering his Arabic language skills at the Qasid Institute for Classical and Modern Standard Arabic...

2017-04-26 - Congratulations to U of I Political Science student, Thomas Dowling, on receiving the 2017 Truman scholarship ! What an outstanding achievement!  Thomas is majoring in both political science and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has dedicated himself to restoring a culture of civic...

2017-04-20 - Twelve U of I students took advantage of spring break to visit Washington, D.C., for a week of site visits and career-building and networking events with professionals – many of whom were Illini alumni. The trip, organized by LAS career development specialist Melissa Schoeplein, was part of a class centered around this trip. Schoeplein began organizing the new course, called LAS 199: Exploring...

2017-01-23 - What’s an effective platform for discussing moral theories, political reconciliation, and President Donald Trump? Colleen Murphy, professor of philosophy, political science, and law, knows one: Twitter, of course.

2016-11-11 - This year’s U.S. presidential election has been called one of the biggest political upsets in history. Just weeks ago, Hillary Clinton seemed headed for a big win. And though the race tightened in the lead-up to November 8, almost every respected election forecast had her as a strong favorite over Donald Trump. Betting markets were predicting Clinton as well. And so was Illinois ...

2016-10-18 - Republicans and Democrats “simply do not like each other to an unprecedented degree.” That was one striking conclusion of Illinois political science professor Thomas Rudolph  and co-author Marc Hetherington in their 2015 book “Why Washington Won’t Work.” Animosity like that on display in the current campaign has grown dramatically in...