Adapting Communities to Climate Change with Place-Based Knowledge
What constitutes place-based climate change adaptation and how can globally shared knowledge might inform adaptation strategies here in Illinois?
U Of I Law Professor: Power Dynamics Make Academia ‘Ripe For Abuse’
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, more victims are coming forward to report sexual harassment and assault. But when the victim is a student and the abuser is a professor, the power differential can be a barrier to students speaking out, according to the organizers of an upcoming “#MeToo and Academia” panel discussion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Barbara Yates Remembered As First WGGP Director
A pioneer on the University of Illinois Urbana campus passed away last week. Barbara Yates was the first director of the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives program from 1980-1985.