Isaac Farhadian, a 2024 University of Illinois Springfield master’s in political science graduate, was honored on April 11, 2025, with the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for the 2023-2024 academic year.

His thesis, advised by Professor Matthew Geras, analyzes the major determinants of support for capital sentencing among high school seniors. Examining the perspectives of high school seniors on controversial issues holds significance, as they represent the future electorate.

Kyle Blount, assistant professor in the School of Integrated Sciences, Sustainability and Public Health at the University of Illinois Springfield, has been awarded a four-year, $397,498 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study urban water movement and its effects on ecosystems and public health.

Highlighting Some of the Most Competitive 2024 Congressional Elections

We are just a few days away from Election Day and early voting has begun in many states. Beyond the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and Former-President Donald Trump, the 2024 federal elections will also determine which political party will hold majority control in each chamber of Congress beginning in January 2025.

Faculty Scholarship Series Fall 2024

Event Calendar Fall 2024

The Faculty Scholarship Series showcases faculty of our University that have done research in different areas with the help of the University's funding and resources.

Fall 2024

Faculty Scholarship Series

Room: UHB 2020

Read abstracts in the online Faculty Scholarship Series 2024 Agenda.

Right-wing populist leaders have been at the helms of governments in all regions of the world, but they have taken power in an increasing number of countries in recent years. In fact, the percentage of right-wing populist leaders in the world in the past decade has surpassed that of the World War II era, as shown in Figure 1 below.

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs have introduced a new program, “Building Research Partnerships at UIS and Beyond.” The objective is to foster connections between UIS faculty and external researchers working on similar projects.

The University of Illinois Springfield Assistant Professor of Computer Science Xiang Huang and Associate Professor of Math Science Liang Kong have been awarded a highly competitive grant from the U.S.

Event Calendar Spring 2023

The Faculty Scholarship Series showcases faculty of our University that have done research in different areas with the help of the University's funding and resources.

The College of Education at UIUC is holding the 2023 Graduate Student Conference on March 3, 2023. We are reaching out to invite the graduate students to share their work on the impact of Covid 19 on technology development,  innovations, and implementation.  As most of the schools turned to virtual learning during the covid-19 pandemic, we had to rely on technology for school and work.  Students are welcome to share their work related to technology innovation and students’ learning or any other related work at the conference.

One of the basic tenets of governmental budgeting is that current services should be paid for with recurring revenues rather th