Journalism alumnus lands Edward R. Murrow Award
Charlie Meyerson, ’77 MEDIA, MS ’78 MEDIA, has won a 2016 national Edward R. Murrow Award for audio investigative reporting from the Radio Television Digital News Association. Meyerson led a
38 things we love about Illinois: No. 24
24. Idea Garden Here was an idea—plant and maintain a 15,000-square-foot garden intended to promote environmentally responsible horticulture. Since 1997, the Master Gardeners of UI Extension have maintained Idea Garden
Holding court: Alumnus Kevin Anderson climbs the tennis ranks
Riiiiiiinnngggg!!! Brad Dancer checked the time. It was 6 a.m. Who could possibly be calling at 6 a.m.? Riiiiiiinnngggg!!! “Hello?” “Coach, it’s Kevin. I was wondering if you could come
Illinois alumnus Roger Ebert back in print
The immortal prose of Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert, ’64 MEDIA, will be appearing again in the pages of the Chicago Sun-Times, his home newspaper for 46 years. Read
Canine caregivers Neil and Miranda Vogeler
In 2008, Neil Vogeler, ’02 ENG, and his wife, Miranda, started noticing cars stopping on their dead-end street in the Middle Tennessee woods to drop off dogs. Hungry, the abandoned
Chicago startup founded by alumni takes on Teavana
Friends since preschool in Arlington Heights, Ill., Dan Klein, ’10 BUS, and Patrick Tannous, ’08 UIC, were taking a semester abroad in different European cities in 2009 and decided to
38 things we love about Illinois: No. 18
18. Outdoor Pool at ARC Outdoor pools don’t get any better than this. Located at the Activities and Recreation Center—better known as ARC—the 50-meter pool is partitioned into a trio
Remembering trailblazing architect, Illinois alumna Gertrude Kerbis
Gertrude Lempp Kerbis, ’48 FAA, a modernist architect who was one of the first Chicago women to achieve prominence in the field, has died. She was 89 years old.
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Alumna honored for contributions to sexual assault awareness
Kristie Paskvan, ’80 BUS, was recognized with the Dr. Natalie A. Stephens Visionary Award at Rape Victim Advocates’ “Soirée in the City,” on June 9, 2016, at Morgan Manufacturing, Chicago.
