Serial Entrepreneur
It’s astonishing that Carmen Rossi, ’07 LAS, MS ’09 AHS, ever had time to go to class. As an undergraduate at Illinois, he started a business that built dormitory lofts and rehabbed heating fixtures....
Great Friends and Beautiful Memories
In 1955, some 60,000 spectators in Memorial Stadium witnessed history in the making as Duck Choo Oh, ’56 LAS, accepted her tiara and title as Illinois’ Homecoming Queen. Oh was the first Korean student...
“I”s on the World: Maine Meet-up
Holly Rosencranz, ’78 LAS, MD ’82 UIC, and spouse Warren Lavey, U of I adjunct professor of law, were hiking in Maine’s Acadia National Park in May 2022 when they “met by chance and...
My Alma Mater: A Core Curriculum
When I attended the U of I in the mid-to-late 1950s, I was in the right place, at the right time, with the right major: home economics. Most people may not remember it now,...
Equity Partner
Making equity partner at a top national law firm would be enough of an accomplishment for most people. But not for Fox Rothschild labor and employment attorney Gray Mateo-Harris, ’05 LAS, JD ’08. Her...
Block I Farmers
When it comes to their Alma Mater, Jay F. Allen, ’72 ACES, and his son, Jared B. Allen, ’15 ACES, “bleed Orange and Blue,” and the proof is as clear as a cloudless day. An...
Server Savior
As an academic technology specialist at Stanford University, Quinn Dombrowski, MS ’09 IS, helps scholars conduct better digital research in linguistics. When Russia invaded Ukraine, she found herself co-leading a new effort: Saving Ukrainian...
Alumni Interview: Kevin Jackson
When I arrived at Illinois in 1990, a kid out of a tough neighborhood south of Chicago, I had no idea I’d become a research scientist. I was a football player who felt blessed...
Linguaphile
A professor of ESL/Bilingual education at National Louis University, Kristin Lems, MA ’75 LAS, MA ’83 LAS, received the 2021 Elliot Judd Outstanding Teacher Award presented by the Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers...
Taboo Buster
Dr. Nicole Williams, ’97 LAS, ’97 LAS, doesn’t get mad—she gets motivated. When a guidance counselor suggested that she consider becoming a nurse instead of a doctor, Williams doubled down on her studies, earned...
