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The Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce that several professors were honored at the LAS Faculty Promotion Ceremony on August 26. Honored professors were Dr. Xun Yan (Professor), Dr. Yan Tang (Associate Professor with tenure), Dr. Eman...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisors campuswide. This year’s recipients are being honored at a ceremony on April 15. ...

A professor in the Department of Linguistics has been selected for not only the 2025 LAS Award for in Excellence in...

Congratulations to Dr. Eman Saadah, who has not only been selected for LAS Dean’s Award in Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, but also for the campus level award: the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching!...

The UIUC Arabic Debate Team's performance at the National Arabic Debate Championships was highlighted in The Daily Illini!  Check out the article (linked below) celebrating their achievement of placing fourth amongst non-native speaking teams.

Click here to read the full story from the SLCL Newsletter: U of I hosts U.S. Universities Arabic Midwest Debate Championship.

Through April 19-21, 2024, a significant milestone was achieved with the inception of the inaugural U.S. Universities Arabic Midwest Debate Championship at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The event was coordinated by the...

Four University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign languages this summer. Shireen Aydogan, Xavier Davenport, Karel Pene and Sylvia...

We are excited to recognize Dr. Eman Saadah for receiving the 2024 SLCL Diversity & Engagement Award!  This award recognizes alumni or members of the community at large who have made significant contributions (tangible and intangible) to the SLCL community; contributions which...