Memory Lane: Feelin’ Grovey
At the corner of Lincoln and Pennsylvania avenues, sandwiched between residence halls on the south and McKinley Health Center on the north, stands a grove of trees that is almost
Major Upgrade
As fans attending the 2024 home opener against Western Illinois might have noticed, the 101-year-old Memorial Stadium is undergoing a major upgrade. In the first phase of the two-year $9
UIAA Board of Directors Elects Three New Members
The University of Illinois Alumni Association welcomes Eric A. Floyd, Karen (Oelke) Lobdell and Paul O’Connor to its Board of Directors, the governing body responsible for promoting the UIAA’s mission,
Star Trekkers
The High Point of 2023 for Daniel C. Wiedrich, ’84 ENG, MS ’89 LAS; Thomas W. Inman, ’84 ENG; and Carl N. Steiner, ’82 ENG, MS ’84 ENG; came at
2025 Alumni Awards
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Temple Grandin Animal behaviorist and autism activist As a young girl, Temple Grandin, PHD ’89 ACES, HON ’04, came to understand how cattle saw the world
Illinois Homecoming
There would never be another Homecoming game like it. On the 80-degree afternoon of Oct. 18, 1924, some 67,000 raucous fans, jammed into a newly dedicated Memorial Stadium, waited in
I’s on the World: East African Safari
Scott T. Petereit, ’89 VM, DVM ’91, and Jill (Upton) Stocki, ’88 ACES, embarked on a “bucket-list safari and gorilla trek trip” to East Africa in January. The former Illini
Illini 411: What was the first movie shot on campus?
A: The first “moving picture” shot on campus was the student-made, alumni-produced Pro Patria in 1916. Pro Patria (Latin for “for one’s country”) attempted to show a realistic depiction of
Ingenious: Bacteria Zapper
During thunderstorms, electric charges build up within and between clouds, as well as between clouds and the ground. When the difference in charges between the clouds and the ground grows
Illini Couple: Competing Memories
As to how they met, they give, er, rather different accounts. Lou Gross, ’65 ENG, recalls his future wife clad in “this fluffy pinkish blouse or sweater” when he picked
