The Aha Moments
The University of Illinois has long been a place where ideas come to be born, a crucible for the life and products of the mind, from novels to Nobels, technology
Shakespeare In The Cellblock
Approximately 40 miles east of the University of Illinois campus sits a tight configuration of hard-angled buildings surrounded by fields. If you approach this place in the evening, as do
Deep Space Six
Beyond that pie-plate thingy wobbling across the heavens in “Plan 9 from Outer Space”; beyond the streaming Technicolor vortex of “2001: A Space Odyssey”; beyond the ever-voyaging starship Enterprise and
When Illinois Got Wise
Fabled for starting over again every spring, life broke with tradition this fall and began anew on Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 1, when Phyllis Wise became chancellor of the Urbana campus
Inquiring Minds
When Patrick Henry wound up the words “Give me liberty or give me death,” then hurled them in the general direction of the British, he likely knew the challenge would
A Gift for the Ages
It’s possible that on a chilly spring evening 73 years ago, a young Pauline Hurd Matteson ’31 ED, beautiful at 17, hurried up the steps of Lincoln Hall, a ticket
Body and Soul
For the most part, the world is run by people whose bodies are whole. If you ask them to slow down or otherwise sacrifice on behalf of those whose bodies
In The Time Of PLATO
They came as inquisitive children. They left as virtuosos, versed in a computer environment decades ahead of its time. Such were the days of PLATO, a networked teaching system launched
Illini Spirit
They’re as old as Homecoming itself, and their ever-changing designs mirror the history of the annual event. Since a pin was created for the first Homecoming at the University of
Physician, Educate Thyself
The bioengineer wants to develop a cure for blistering skin disease, and the neuroscience student believes her understanding of how zebra finches learn songs could help combat degenerative neurological ailments.
