Teacher, Mentor and Friend
Inside the hushed archives of the University of Illinois on a sleepy end-of-fall-semester Friday afternoon, a librarian escorts me to a black cart topped with seven boxes that contain
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
Cacti Guy
Rescuing cacti is not exactly a walk in the park. “A six-foot saguaro can be 75 years old and weigh 300-plus pounds,” says Steve Delaney, ’81 LAS. “For an untrained
Picture maker
If you’ve gone to the movies in the past 30 years, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the work of Keith P. Cunningham, ’89 FAA. Since his first film credit,
Illini Couple: Foodies
Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day. But it was beyond important for Henry Leung, MS ’72 LAS, PHD ’75 ACES, and Cecilia Tsun-Tai Jen Leung,
2024 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS
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,
I’s on the World: French Connection
James L. Edwards, ’73 BUS, and Patricia A. Roberts, ’74 UIC, DDS ’76 UIC, both went to Taylorville (Ill.) Senior High School before entering the University of Illinois in the
I’s on the World: Honoring Fallen Americans
During a Seine River cruise in August 2022, Jay Stortzum, EDM ’71, his wife, Winnie (Berni) Stortzum, MA ’69 LAS, and her sister, Cindy (Berni) Mark, ’79 UIC, visited the
My Alma Mater: Around the GLOBE
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
Alumni Interview: Mary Lou Kutska
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
