The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has announced that Professor Robert Pahre and political science PhD students and graduate teaching assistants Adam Irish and Alex Balas will be recognized among this year's Dean's Award winners for their excellence in undergraduate instruction. UPDATE: Professor Pahre and Adam Irish have been recognized by the Provost's Office as well.

Henning Larsen Professor of Political Science Paul Diehl has been elected Vice President of the International Studies Association for the 2012-2013 term.

Post-election commentary from political science professor Jim Kuklinski and former Republican state senator and adjunct professor of law Rick Winkel in an interview last week with the University of Illinois News Bureau's Craig Chamberlain is available on the News Bureau's website.

The University of Illinois News Bureau's Craig Chamberlain interviewed political science professorn Brian Gaines last week about the upcoming midterm election on November 2.

The Association of Chinese Political Studies has announced that the winner of the Best Paper Award at its 23rd annual conference this year is UIUC political science PhD alum Huisheng Shou.

The University of Illinois News Bureau's Craig Chamberlain interviewed political science professor Tom Rudolph last week about campaign finance reforms, political donations, and the United States Supreme Court's ruling in the Citizens United case this past January.

Duke University Press has published New Materialisms: Ontology, Agency, and Politics, edited by Diana Colle (Birkbeck College, University of London) and Illinois political science professor Samantha Frost.

The University of Illinois News Bureau's Craig Chamberlain interviewed Henning Larsen Professor of Political Science Paul Diehl last week about the success and failure of peacekeeping operations.

Lynne Reinner has published Evaluating Peace Operations, by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Henning Larsen Professor of Political Science Paul F. Diehl and his co-author, Daniel Druckman (George Mason University).

The Department of Political Science is saddened to announce that it has received word of the death of political scientist and University of Illinois Professor Emerita Betty Glad, at the age of 80, on August 2 in Columbia, South Carolina.