The University Library
Beloved and ever-evolving, the University Library has drawn a range of gifts, including a $2.5M pledge for revisioning and renovation from the Shebik family (Steven E., ’78 BUS, ’78 BUS, and Megan M. Shebik,...
Allerton Retreat and Conference Center
The beautiful but fragile country estate inspired gifts across the campaign, beginning with $1M to fund a new entrance drive to the mansion by Dave Rathje, ’59 ENG, and his wife, Debbie, who went...
FIRST CLASS
To understand what has happened at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CIMED), it’s helpful to begin on a scale that goes from titanic to tiny. Within the mighty University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, more...
Famine Fighters
It’s high noon on an unforgiving August day, storm clouds blotting out the bright blue sky, the sun a source of malice and spite. Steve Long, British-born and a boyish 71, takes the Illinois...
INTERACT. CREATE. IDEATE
With its cantilevered roof and pale façade, the new Siebel Center for Design has settled onto Fourth Street like a spaceship from a faraway planet. Inside the $40 million facility, a huge mural of...
O’Hare I
The next time you’re at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, be sure to catch the U of I’s Block I. This past January, the University’s iconic mark—rendered seven feet by six feet—became a fixture in...
Perseverance has landed
DATE: Feb. 18, 2021 PLACE: Outer atmosphere of Mars Seven minutes of terror—that’s what people at NASA call atmospheric reentry, an interval of conditions so extreme that the spacecraft’s communications go silent. That’s where...
U of I Addresses COVID-19 Pandemic with Action and Education
Fall plans for the University of Illinois began to shape up as the coronavirus pandemic continued into the waning days of summer. Chancellor Robert J. Jones released critical information about the University’s evolving plans...
The World’s Most Influential Scientists
An analysis of the past decade’s most influential papers has resulted in eight U of I faculty members being named Highly Cited Researchers. The global list—compiled by the Web of Science group, a Clarivate...
The Power of I
“The University of Illinois is done with ‘Midwest humble.’ ” That’s the word from Eric Minor, ’86 ENG, the U of I chief marketing officer, as he and his team prepare to launch “The...
