Orthopaedic Angel
When orthopaedic surgeon Ravi K. Bashyal, ’01 LAS, responded to an unusual request for a Nepalese interpreter in the NorthShore University HealthSystem clinic where he works in Skokie, Ill., he
Like Mother, Like Daughter
California born and bred, Alexis Evans, ’12 LAS, MBA ’22, faced a dilemma: Would she honor her father’s wishes and attend his alma mater—the University of California, Los Angeles—or would
Law & Author
You’ve heard of moonlighting? Appellate Court Justice David Ellis, ’90 BUS, “dawnlights” as an Edgar Award–winning crime novelist, whose titles include Jury of One, Life Sentence and In the Company
Alumni Interview: Michael Sebastian
I’ve always been a magazine man. During the years I lived in the Sigma Chi frat house, I was one of the few who regularly read magazines. I subscribed to
My Alma Mater: The Spirit of Activism
It was the mid-1970s and a time of great change in my life. I had just graduated from Penn State—linguistics and French—and was headed across the country to attend library
I’s on the World: Going Dutch
Larry Weber, ’76 BUS, and Wes Jaros, ’75 MEDIA, have enjoyed a lifelong adventure together since they met in sixth grade in the suburbs of Chicago. A fall 2022 sojourn
Alumni Interview: Gayle G. Magnuson
You wouldn’t know it, but right now, I’ve got 65 animals living with me. I’ve got a couple of dogs up here and eight cats; the rest are all in
Dad’s Approval
Not many people have the honor of signing their own child’s college diploma. Greg Knott, MS ’17 IS, MBA ’19 UIS, former University of Illinois Board of Trustees (BOT) secretary,
My Alma Mater: Going for the Gold
It was 1972. I was a senior at a small-town high school in Wisconsin, waiting in my guidance counselor’s office—sitting in my wheelchair. I wanted very much to continue my
Great Sports Moments: The Best Battery in Baseball
In the spring of 1902, the Illini baseball team launched the most ambitious road trip in school history—two weeks on the East Coast, visiting the cream of the college crop:
