Employers weigh internships more heavily in hiring than where you went to school, your grades or your major – that’s the essence of a quote pinned outside the sociology department’s academic advising office at Illinois.
Genius!Rebecca Sandefur wins MacArthur fellowship grant
Professor Ruby MendenhallA professor not afraid to cross academic boundaries
Professor Tom VanHeuvelenStudy shows diminished but ‘robust’ link between union decline, rise of inequality
Dr. Jennifer CarreraUniversity of Illinois alumna Dr. Jennifer Carrera was awarded the KO1 mentoring grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
Discover SociologyThe function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden.
Making sense of the Arab SpringThousands flooded streets and squares in the Arab Spring of 2011, and dictators fell. But true revolution never came, or has been thwarted since.
Publication Spotlight: New Essay Reminiscing Gramsci
by Asef Bayat
Alumni Spotlight: Wilbur A. Weder and Gregory L. Lambert Sociology Endowment Fund
Generous Gift Creates the Wilbur A. Weder and Gregory L. Lambert Sociology Endowment Fund
More Department News
- CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Rebecca Sandefur, a professor of sociology and of law at the University of Illinois, has been awarded a 2018 MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as a “genius grant,” from the John D.
- Ruby Mendenhall discusses a point during a meeting last spring with collaborators on an art exhibition, one of her many interdisciplinary projects. See the full article at the Illinois News Bureau.
- See the full article at the Illinois News Bureau.
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