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        <a  href="/news/innocent-man-represented-uis-illinois-innocence-project-receives-executive-clemency-23-years">Innocent  man  represented  by  UIS  Illinois  Innocence  Project  receives  executive  clemency  23  years  after  his  death  in  prison</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">The  Illinois  Innocence  Project  at  the  University  of  Illinois  Springfield  is  pleased  to  announce  that  Grover  Thompson,  who  was  wrongfully  convicted  in  1981  and  died  in  prison  in  1996,  has  received  executive  clemency  based  on  actual  innocence  by  former  Gov.  Bruce  Rauner.  This  is  the  first  posthumous  exoneration  to  occur  in  Illinois  and  only  the  21st  such  exoneration  nationwide,  as  documented  by  the  National  Registry  of  Exonerations.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/uis-online-bachelors-degree-programs-ranked-33rd-best-country-us-news-world-report">UIS  online  bachelor’s  degree  programs  ranked  33rd  best  in  the  country  by  U.S.  News  &amp;  World  Report</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">The  University  of  Illinois  Springfield’s  online  bachelor’s  degree  programs  have  been  ranked  33rd  best  in  the  country  out  of  more  than  348  institutions  by  U.S.  News  &amp;  World  Report.  The  January  15  ranking  put  UIS  among  the  top  10  percent  of  best  online  bachelor’s  degree  programs  in  the  United  States.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/somnath-bhattacharya-named-new-dean-uis-college-business-and-management">Somnath  Bhattacharya  named  the  new  dean  of  the  UIS  College  of  Business  and  Management</a>
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Somnath  (Som)  Bhattacharya  has  been  named  the  new  dean  of  the  College  of  Business  and  Management  at  the</div>
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        <a  href="/news/more-high-achieving-students-can-attend-uis-tuition-free-thanks-new-program">More  high-achieving  students  can  attend  UIS  tuition-free  thanks  to  new  program</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">More  high-achieving  students  will  be  able  to  attend  the  University  of  Illinois  Springfield  tuition-free  thanks  to  a  new  program  that  will  provide  more  than  $1  million  in  additional  scholarship  dollars  for  first-year  and  transfer  students  starting  the  2019-20  academic  year.



Illinois’  AIM  HIGH  grant  pilot  program  is  designed  to  keep  students  in  Illinois  for  their  college  education,  increase  overall  Illinois  college  student  enrollment  and  retention,  improve  Illinois  college  affordability  and  reduce  student  loan  debt.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/22nd-annual-uis-scholarship-luncheon-students-thank-donors">At  the  22nd  annual  UIS  Scholarship  Luncheon  Students  thank  donors</a>
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The  University  of  Illinois  Springfield  recognized  scholarship  donors  during  the  22nd  annual  S</div>
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