The Big Picture: Here’s Looking at You, Kids
Summer means movies on the Quad for Illinois film fans. Every week from May through August, the Illini Union Board sponsors free outdoor showings of Hollywood blockbusters, indie films, documentaries,
The Big Picture: The Growth of Green Street
High-rise apartments, boutiques, hotels, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and delicious cuisines from around the world—all the makings of a vibrant, urban tableau. Many Illinois alumni who recall a Campustown landscape of record
The Big Picture: The Boneyard in Winter
Boneyard Creek—the 3.3-mile-long waterway that flows through the Engineering Campus and provides drainage for Champaign-Urbana—has meant different things to different generations of Illini. Early students knew it as a notorious
The Big Picture: Crops for the Campus Community
Every year, student workers at the Sustainable Student Farm grow 40 to 50 varieties of fruits and vegetables on six acres of local land, following low-input and organic farming practices.
The Big Picture: Cherry Blossom Time
Mid-April’s sakura—blossoming cherry trees—herald spring at the university’s Japan House, inviting garden visitors to engage in the traditional Japanese custom of hanami or “flower viewing.” An allée, or walkway, of
The Big Picture: Weather Report
What makes an Illini winter? Statistically speaking, the first snowfall on campus—usually no more than one-tenth of an inch—is expected around Nov. 23rd. But more is on the way: The
The Big Picture: Big Illinois Welcome
The Fighting Illini Cheerleading Team greets incoming attendees with warm smiles and lots of dazzle at one of the University’s premier student engagement events, Illinois Sights & Sounds. Under the
The Big Picture: Moon Over My Alma Mater
Alma, Labor and Learning positively glow in the light of a July supermoon. This celestial phenomenon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is at its closest point to Earth—226,000 miles—making it
The Big Picture: Pod People
Studious students can escape the everyday hustle and bustle in these futuristic-looking pods, located on the third floor of the Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building. The touch of a button
The Big Picture: Holiday Gift
The Champaign Urbana Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker has become a holiday tradition at the University’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The production is a gift to and from
