2024 ALUMNI 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,
A Whale of a Time
In Whalefall, novelist Daniel Kraus, MS ’06 IS, tells the story of 17-year-old Jay Gardiner’s search for his dead father’s bones. Only there’s a catch: they’re somewhere in the Pacific
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
Sustainability Engineer
Growing up in the western suburbs of Chicago, John W. Sutherland, ’80 ENG, MS ’82 ENG, PHD ’87 ENG, always liked math and was “pretty good at science.” It was
Cheerleaders
For the Hoffman family, cheering on the Illini is a family affair. At home football and basketball games, you will find J.R. Hoffman, ’92 LAS, MD ’96 UIC, and Rose
I’s on the World: Czech Mates
“We truly appreciated the re-establishment of the downtown areas in Krakow and Warsaw,” says Greg Cargill, ’71 ENG, of the recent trip he and several Illini took to the Czech
Illini Couple: Eternal Flames
Their romance began even before school did, at a summer orientation for incoming freshmen. Over the next couple of years, they blossomed together, becoming finance majors, members of rival
