2017 Alumni Award recipient, William Baker, MS ’80 ENG
Tower Builder William Baker, MS ’80 ENG, and his family gathered by the Chicago River on a cold, windy January day in 2009 to peer up toward the gray heavens.
2017 Alumni Award recipient, Colleen Callahan Burns, ’73 ACES
Illinois Loyalist It’s hard for Colleen Callahan Burns, ’73 ACES, to remember a time when she wasn’t connected to the University of Illinois. Growing up on her family’s farm near
2017 Alumni Award recipient, Stephen Elledge, ’78 LAS
Groundbreaker Geneticist Stephen Elledge, ’78 LAS, is best known for a discovery that has helped doctors and scientists better understand the impact of chromosomes on cancer. But when he embarked
From the Chairman: Time of celebration
Congratulations to the nearly 12,500 recent Illinois graduates who are joining the ranks of University of Illinois alumni. Numbering 700,000-plus—more than 450,000 from Illinois alone—U of I alumni are changing
The early years
Its beginnings were modest. When Illinois Industrial University opened its doors on March 2, 1868, the campus—if one could call it that—occupied a muddy pasture in the prairie town of
Snap shots: Snippets of student-sold advertisements
I’s on the World: Camel Time
A camel trek in the Thar Desert, an arid landscape that spans 77,000 square miles between India and Pakistan, was among the highlights of a visit to India by Harold
Battle of the classes
You knew a freshman when you saw one. A sophomore and a junior, too. Long before the University of Illinois selected orange and blue as its official colors in 1894,
Full spectrum
Chalk it up to fickleness, finickiness or just plain indecision. It wasn’t until 1894, more than a quarter century after its founding, that the University of Illinois selected orange and
Alumni recognized for achievement and service
A structural engineering innovator, world-renowned geneticist and cancer researcher, and leader in public service and agriculture were honored by the University of Illinois Alumni Association during Commencement weekend activities (May
