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This is a printing office." These words from Beatrice Ward are displayed in <a href="https://skeuomorph.ischool.illinois.edu/">Skeuomorph Press & BookLab</a>, where the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign community can create their own prints using a variety of historical presses and physical media. 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Ward, a Chicago native, wants to explore educational inequity and the effects it has on the development of teens of color as they navigate secondary education and their post-secondary endeavors. 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Jones" class="img-fluid image-style-news-thumbnail" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><div class="news-title"><a href="/news/2024-08-05t190414/jamie-jones-receives-named-scholar-position-college-las" hreflang="en">Jamie Jones receives named scholar position from the College of LAS</a> </div><div class="news-content"><em class="news-date">2024-08-05 -</em> English professor <a href="https://english.illinois.edu/directory/profile/jaljones">Jamie L. Jones</a> was among 15 professors honored by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences with a named scholar or professorship position. These positions recognize contributions to research and education at the University of Illinois. Jones received the title of Helen Corley Petit Scholar, which...</div></div></div></li> <li><div class="views-field views-field-field-if-meda-featured-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/news/2024-07-03t144706/dusty-bacon-receives-campus-award-excellence-public-engagement" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumbnail/public/2024-07/Dusty%20Bacon.jpg?itok=9m4hC_Lp" width="100" height="100" alt="Dusty Bacon" class="img-fluid image-style-news-thumbnail" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><div class="news-title"><a href="/news/2024-07-03t144706/dusty-bacon-receives-campus-award-excellence-public-engagement" hreflang="en">Dusty Bacon receives Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement</a> </div><div class="news-content"><em class="news-date">2024-07-03 -</em> <a href="https://english.illinois.edu/directory/profile/dtbacon2">Dusty Bacon</a>, an English graduate student with a concentration in writing studies, has earned a Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Public Engagement. Bacon was one of six faculty and staff members, students, or community members to receive Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement, which recognize those who engage...</div></div></div></li> <li><div class="views-field views-field-field-if-meda-featured-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/news/2024-06-25t205323/professor-helps-bring-nearly-lost-film-back-life" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumbnail/public/2024-06/Capino24_LinoBrocka_story.jpg?itok=aDy8__ot" width="100" height="150" alt="Lino Brocka" class="img-fluid image-style-news-thumbnail" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><div class="news-title"><a href="/news/2024-06-25t205323/professor-helps-bring-nearly-lost-film-back-life" hreflang="en">Professor helps bring a nearly lost film back to life</a> </div><div class="news-content"><em class="news-date">2024-06-25 -</em> English professor José B. 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Harrington, who teaches in the Creative Writing Program, is an accomplished poet and children’s book...</div></div></div></li> <li><div class="views-field views-field-field-if-meda-featured-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/news/2024-05-30t143029/corey-van-landinghams-new-book-poetry-reflects-marriage-its-constraints-and" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumbnail/public/2024-05/227032_0.jpg?itok=eP9ZdZan" width="100" height="67" alt="Van Landingham and the cover of her new book of poetry, "Reader, I"" class="img-fluid image-style-news-thumbnail" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><div class="news-title"><a href="/news/2024-05-30t143029/corey-van-landinghams-new-book-poetry-reflects-marriage-its-constraints-and" hreflang="en">Corey Van Landingham’s new book of poetry reflects on marriage, its constraints and its hopefulness</a> </div><div class="news-content"><em class="news-date">2024-05-30 -</em> English professor Corey Van Landingham’s new book of poems, “Reader, I,” looks at marriage, the tension between being an individual and part of a couple, and how to operate within the constraints of marriage for the better.</div></div></div></li> <li><div class="views-field views-field-field-if-meda-featured-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/news/2024-03-15t150000/andrea-stevens-earns-oxford-visiting-fellow-position" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumbnail/public/2024-03/andrea-stevens_smaller.jpg?itok=ZjtqmlL_" width="100" height="100" alt="Andrea Stevens" class="img-fluid image-style-news-thumbnail" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><div class="news-title"><a href="/news/2024-03-15t150000/andrea-stevens-earns-oxford-visiting-fellow-position" hreflang="en">Andrea Stevens earns Oxford Visiting Fellow position</a> </div><div class="news-content"><em class="news-date">2024-03-15 -</em> English professor <a href="https://english.illinois.edu/directory/profile/arstev">Andrea Stevens</a> will be a Visiting Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, for the 2024 Michaelmas term from Oct. 13 to Dec. 7. 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