Taboo Buster
Dr. Nicole Williams, ’97 LAS, ’97 LAS, doesn’t get mad—she gets motivated. When a guidance counselor suggested that she consider becoming a nurse instead of a doctor, Williams doubled down on her studies, earned...
Disruptor-in-Chief
When Robert Brunner, Ph.D., says new technologies aren’t rocket science, he speaks from experience—he holds a doctoral degree in astrophysics and was professor of astronomy before coming to the Gies College of Business in...
UIAA Board welcomes seven new members
Randy L. Buhr, ’90 BUS, JD ’95, is director of championships and alliances for the NCAA, where he has day-to-day oversight for the Division I Baseball Championship and the Men’s College World Series. He...
2020 University of Illinois Alumni Award Recipients
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Chemical Catalyst Chemical engineer Joe Glas took action against ozone depletion, receiving kudos from the EPA for developing an environmentally friendly Freon replacement When Joe Glas, MS ’62 LAS,...
Illinois Shines in The College Tour
Mihir Vardhan, a freshman electrical engineering major from Haryana, India, has something to tell the world about the University of Illinois: “It’s about studying what you’re passionate about, in the most amazing labs...
Way of the Sensei
Shozo Sato, HON ’99, still remembers the searchlights sweeping across the sky over Osaka, Japan, in 1945. Then came the B-29 bombers. “I could hear the planes coming in, the very deep propeller sounds,”...
Alumni Interview: Julia Bauer
I first got interested in human skeletons when I fell off a pony. I was 13, and I broke my left wrist. Always a science geek, I had a fascinating time during my...
Virtual Town Hall Series
April 30, 2020: Chancellor Robert J. Jones March 2, 2020: Director of Athletics Josh Whitman December 9, 2019: University of Illinois System President Timothy Killeen
Fast-tracked
“The pandemic was bearing down on us, and we knew we had to do something,” recalls Martin Burke, associate dean of research at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Burke had just been asked...
2020 University of Illinois Alumni Awards
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Chemical Catalyst Chemical engineer Joe Glas took action against ozone depletion, receiving kudos from the EPA for developing an environmentally friendly Freon replacement When Joe Glas, MS...
