Alter Ego
After four successful decades as a lawyer, jury consultant, professor, and currently, WGN-TV’s political analyst, Paul Lisnek, ’80 LAS, MA ’80 LAS, JD ’83, PHD ’86 LAS, decided to give fiction a whirl. In...
“I”s on the World: Brac-ish Waters
Cruising the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Croatia, the Kuhlman and Hayden clans—Joe Kuhlman, ’87 LAS; Denette (Cashman) Kuhlman, JD ’90; Victoria (McCleary) Hayden; ’91 ENG, MUP ’96 FAA; Blake Hayden, a sophomore...
Education alumna appointed by White House as Director of the NIDILRR
Forber-Pratt, most recently an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, is an elite wheelchair racer, having won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. She also represented Team USA in...
Alumni Interview: Kerry Joels
Growing up as a child actor in New York, I won a role in the animated movie The Space Explorers. That hooked me on astronomy, so I soon retired from acting and wound up...
Trades Man
He’s got a job as big as Idaho itself. From Twin Falls to Coeur d’Alene, John G. Cannon, ’91 ACES, EDM ’94, brings vocational education to the high schools of the state. An associate...
Client Retainers
Common business wisdom holds that it takes months to find a customer—and seconds to lose one. Two Illini have created a better way for businesses to keep their customers through an artificial intelligence-powered, conversational...
Class Notes Profile: Tax Consultant
As president of the nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy group Taxpayers Federation of Illinois since 2012, Carol Portman,’84 ACES, has grown accustomed to testifying before legislative committees of the Illinois Senate and House of...
Righteous Runner
Sister Stephanie Baliga, ’10 LAS, is fast as well as faithful. The former Illini track and cross country runner previously completed a full marathon in 2 hours and 53 minutes—an elite pace of six...
One in a million
The November presidential vote might have confirmed a deep rift in the American psyche, but in Chicago, there was total unanimity. With the possible exception of corrupt politicians, anyone who has ever watched TV...
Foodies
The adage that “too many cooks spoil the broth” does not apply if they are U of I alumni working for Chicago-based meal service company Tovala. “You hire from within your network because they...
