Par Maker
Theola Starks Olion, ’73 AHS, combined online event registration with a dating app to create Senior Golf Dating Site (seniorgolfdatingsite.com). The portal enables mature golfers to “choose a golf date
Fight the Power!
In 2013, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) suddenly and mysteriously banned Persepolis, the beloved graphic novel about author Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in authoritarian Iran. In Wake Now in the Fire
I’s on the World: A Proposal at Moher
When you’re young and in love and your name is Connelly, there’s no better place to pop the question than Ireland’s spectacular Cliffs of Moher. Just ask Patrick Connelly, ’20
I’s on the World: Holy See
Adam Delgado, ’91 LAS, and his wife, Grace, traveled to the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope Francis and to “cheer for” Pope Leo XIV. Delgado describes the trip
Book Booster
“For me, a sign of success is when people are still talking about the events, hours or days after they took place,” says Norah Piehl, MA ’99 LAS. Piehl is
Illini Couple: Thermodynamic Duo
It was the end of DKE Hell Week, 1955. The hazing outrages at the fraternity house had been crowned by a fire at the top of the staircase. Ron Howell,
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
I’s on the World: Outback Adventure
Gregory D. Cargill, ’71 ENG, and wife Kathryn (Samaras) Cargill, ’74 FAA, set out from their home in Palos Heights, Ill., on “a wonderful 14-day cruise to Australia and New
Forever Friends
They arrived at the University of Illinois as strangers, but left as best friends. Brought together in U. of I.’s Allen Hall during a pivotal time in their lives, Callye
Toymaker
Many people can trace a line from their current occupations back to some childhood interest. In the case of toy designer Michael J. Lichodziejewski, ’92 FAA, there is practically a
