
A Man of Many People
Mohamad Maliki bin Osman, PHD ’98 SW, received the University’s 2024 Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement, recognizing his work to better his native Singapore
Mohamad Maliki bin Osman, PHD ’98 SW, received the University’s 2024 Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement, recognizing his work to better his native Singapore
The University of Illinois Alumni Association announces the recipients of its Alumni Awards for 2024. The slate of eight awards in six categories will be presented on Sept. 12, 2024,
It’s summer 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, and I’m holding a Paralympic silver medal in the 1,500 meters. Beside me is my teammate Tatyana McFadden, ’13 ACES, EDM ’19, one
When Russell Wigginton, PHD ’01 LAS, walks into the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, he sees history. Not just the history of African Americans and the struggle
When I enrolled at the U of I in 2016—a fresh-faced international student from Costa Rica—it was the beginning of a transformative journey that made me feel like I truly
I’d been at my job as a bridge technical manager at the engineering firm Michael Baker International for two months when I got a photo message from my supervisor. It
Michael J. Miles, ’76 LAS, is a musician, teacher, poet, historian and banjo player, not necessarily in that order. While many virtuoso banjoists like Miles have brought the instrument once
When people say, “Thank you for your service” in the Marine Corps, I can’t help thinking, “Don’t thank me yet. I may be ‘retired,’ but I’m just getting started.” I
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD TRACEY MEARES Yale Law School Professor addresses justice-system inequities One of the nation’s leading authorities on policing in urban communities, Yale University Law School professor
I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. My father was a policeman: Sergeant Larry Augustine, a career cop I idolized. Dad used to tell us police