Cluster of Excellence
Global Health
The Global Health Initiative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign engages global health issues through interdisciplinary problem-solving, research, training, and international exchange.
Cluster of Excellence
Global Knowledge
(Education/Library/Informatics/Media)
The Center for Global Studies contributes to the Global Studies Library’s collection development. Our Global Knowledge Efforts also facilitate research, teaching and outreach in the area of new information technologies, government policies, and emerging social/communication networks.
Area Studies Center At
University of Illinois
The Center for Global Studies globalizes the research, teaching, and outreach missions of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Center is a National Resource Center in Global Studies designated by the U.S. Department of Education
Cluster of Excellence
Global Society & Sustainable Development
Our Global Society and Sustainable Development initiatives foster the growth of the next generation of environmental leaders through examining the needs of the world’s populations in tandem with a concern for preserving resources for future generations.
Cluster of Excellence
Global Governance
(Security/Law/Human Rights)
CGS facilitates research, teaching and outreach on Security & Natural Resource Conflict as a global issue through an undergraduate certificate, course development, academic conferences and publications, teacher workshops, and informed lectures.
Events
The Center for Global Studies at Illinois
The Center for Global Studies globalizes the research, teaching, and outreach missions of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Center is a National Resource Center in Global Studies designated by the U.S. Department of Education.
News and Announcements
Fall 2019 Event Schedule 
Recent Event:
Technology and Transitional Justice: Making Visible the Information Infrastructure for War Victims
Presented by: Belén Albornoz
Thursday, November 7, 4pm
Levis Faculty Center 210
MillerComm:
Framing the Global Immigrant Challenge
Presented by: David D. Laitin
Thursday, October 17th, 4pm
The Center for Global Studies was honored to attend the Global Studies Consortium hosted by the Global and European Studies Institute at the University of Leipzig in June. The consortium met to share curricula and ideas about teaching programs, exchange teaching materials, including lectures and reading lists, facilitate cooperative teaching projects, such as distance learning, on both bilateral and multilateral levels, develop surveys of student career paths, and share information about employment and internships for students and encourage student and faculty exchange agreements.
CGS-Sponsored Global Health High School Program Featured By ABET
We’re proud to partner with Jenny and Kenny in their work.
Learn more about the Global Health program.
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