A century and a half of greatness
A new website titled, “150 for 150,” celebrates the accomplishments of women during the 150-year history of the University of Illinois. Created as part of the University’s sesquicentennial celebration, the
The Big Picture: Round Barns
Call it circular reasoning, but the notion that round barns would boost milk productivity due to “economy of consideration, low maintenance and labor efficiency” prompted UI’s then-Dept. of Dairy Husbandry
Memory Lane: Paradise Lost
When he was a youngster, Roger Ebert, ’64 MEDIA, whiled away many an idyllic summer hour on the banks of UI’s Lily Pond, catching tadpoles in a Mason jar. By
Memory Lane: Dance Fever
Louise Kenyon Molitor, ’33, never forgot the enchanting spring night that she danced on the roof of Robeson’s department store, five stories above the downtown Champaign streets. She, her date
Memory Lane: The Not-So-Silent Night
For many families within driving distance of the University of Illinois campus, the winter holiday season is anything but silent—though it may be bright. For these hardy travelers, the season
Memory Lane: The Walking Club
The UI Walking Club was lead by Professor William Abbott Oldfather from 1909 until his passing in 1945. The group consisted of students who congregated on Saturdays for various outdoor
The early years
Its beginnings were modest. When Illinois Industrial University opened its doors on March 2, 1868, the campus—if one could call it that—occupied a muddy pasture in the prairie town of
Memory Lane: Dorm life at the University of Illinois
Today known as Clark, Lundgren and Barton Halls, Fourth Street Residence Halls became the first all-male dormitories on the Illinois campus when they opened in 1941. Prior to their construction,
Memory Lane: building blocks
Karen Keuss, ’69 ACES, likes to tell her friends that she appeared in Playboy. Indeed, Keuss does appear in the magazine’s September 1968 issue—in a photo accompanying the annual Playboy
Memory Lane: Strawberry Fields … forever
It all began in Middle Earth, not too far from where the Beckman Institute and the Coordinated Science Laboratory now stand on the engineering side of the University of Illinois
