UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership (CSPL)

This urban tree program was inspired by Lab Girl, a science memoir in which author Hope Jahren describes her passion for trees and her experiences in…

Originally aired March 11, 2021.Research and events of the past year have demonstrated the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion to the quality…

The 2018 UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership Annual Report is now available. April 15, 2019, the annual convocation shared highlights from the past…

The UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) Hall of FameMonday, April 29, 2019, 5:30 p.m.CLICK TO PURCHASE TICKETSCurrent InducteesThree Springfield educated…

The 2017 UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership Annual Report is now available. In April, the annual convocation shared highlights from the past year…

A few months can make a lot of difference. In the spring, the Sangamon County Economic Outlook Survey ound a lot of optimism. But that was before a budget…

DNA evidence remains a powerful tool to convict, but also to exonerate.The Illinois Innocence Project based at the University of Illinois Springfield has…

The 13th annual Lincoln Legacy Lectures, presented by the University of Illinois Springfield, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2015…

The Papers of Abraham Lincoln has received a $400,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will allow more documents about Lincoln’s…

We've all heard how the United States was sent into a period of shock and grief when word of Abraham Lincoln's murder spread. Newspapers reported it that…