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 to construct three ring-shaped...
Forget social media. There’s nothing like a swarm of people meeting and greeting each other face-to-face. Every August, more than 1,000 University of Illinois student organizations gather to hawk their activities—from salsa dancing to...
Just like avian migration and varsity football, the end of summer brings Move-In Day to the University of Illinois, when incoming freshmen arrive on campus with families and possessions in tow. I-Guides to the...
The Hallene Gateway didn’t always greet visitors at the east entrance of campus. The sandstone portal bearing Illinois’ motto originally was part of New Main University Hall, the school’s fourth building, erected in 1871...
Sunlight fills a designated “quiet floor” in Grainger Engineering Library as students prepare for Spring Semester finals in April 2017. The largest library in the U.S. dedicated to the study of engineering, Grainger also...
Springtime blossoms dot the landscape of Japan House at the University of Illinois. The brainchild of Shozo Sato, HON ’99, UI professor emeritus of theater, the facility has been at its present site since 1998. There,...
Brow furrowed and lip tucked, a student aims for a strike at the 14-lane bowling alley in the Illini Union Rec Room. The lanes date back to the opening of the Union on Feb....
The Illini Union looms like a mirage through a veil of snow draping the Quad. Designed in the shape of an I”” to honor the University of Illinois, the building was constructed as a...
Viewed from the air, the Hartley Selections Garden is a geometric gem of late-summer blossoms, emerald grass and pale walkways, enclosed by hedges and avenues of trees. Established in 1994 with a gift from...
Flanked by the snowstruck figures of Learning and Labor, Alma Mater wears a becoming cape of white in this wintry scene outside Altgeld Hall. “Mother” has stood here since 1962, when she was moved...
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