Join us as we celebrate The University of Illinois: Engine of Innovation, a new book edited by professor emeritus Fred Hoxie. Fred Hoxie will discuss the book and its stories about our remarkable university’s key inventions, places, and people.

Several of the book’s authors will also speak and the University Archives will display related artifacts. Presentations will be followed by a reception:  5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, 2017 at the second floor of the Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana.  This event is free and open to the public. Find more information online at http://www.history.illinois.edu/placingillinois/.

Thanks to the Center for Advanced Study for this information item.

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