We would like to congratulate Erin Haslett and Rayna Patel, winners of the 2024 Senior Thesis Award as part of the Political Science Honors Program. We asked Erin and Rayna to share a bit about their research experiences and future plans! Erin Haslett...

Congratulations to all of the faculty and teaching assistants on the Spring 2019 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent. A special congratulations to the 16 instructors from the Department of Political Science who are on the list! Rebeca Agosto Rosa - PS 100 (TA) Scott Althaus - PS 411...

This past year, we had twelve students complete their undergraduate research thesis. Recently, we spoke to our Best Thesis Winner, as well as the honorable mentions for Best Thesis, to see how the Political Science Honors Program developed their interests and skills related to research. We have...

A big congratulations is in order, as Hyperion Research selected Professor Wendy K. Tam Cho and her collaborator Yan Liu for the High Performance Computing Innovation Excellence Award, announced at the ISC 2019 conference!...

Congrats to recent Political Science graduate, Eriele Tellis, who was one of 13 students and alumni from Illinois to receive the Fulbright grant this year. Read more...

Congratulations to our department's two Boren scholarship recipients, Enddy Almonord and Barghav Sivaguru! Read the full article here to learn more about their academic interests, career goals, and plans to study Arabic abroad.

Each year the members of the local chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha vote for the Clarence A. Berdahl Award for Excellence Undergraduate Teaching. Please join us in congratulating the 2019 recipient of the Berdahl Award, Dr. Benjamin Miller!

The Department of Political Science is pleased to announce an annual awards program to honor outstanding University of Illinois Political Science alumni. Applications are now available for awards in the categories of Alumni Achievement, Outstanding Young Alumni, and Distinguished Service. The...

Each year the members of the local chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha vote for the Clarence A. Berdahl Award for Excellence Undergraduate Teaching. Please join us in congratulating the 2018 recipient of the Berdahl Award, Dr. Alicia Uribe-McGuire!