The Illinois Board of Higher Education granted the new status, and it is now known as the Humanities Research Institute. From the press release:
“The elevation to an institute better reflects the campus-level collaborations it fosters and the depth and vibrancy of its programs, according to the proposal for the change in status. It also formally provides the structural equivalence to the other interdisciplinary research centers on campus such as the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, and the Prairie Research Institute, among others.”
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