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
Cellar Master
Days after his 30th birthday, Taylor Berkley Boydstun, ’08 LAS, suffered a heart attack. He spent three days in a coma. Upon waking—painfully aware of his mortality—Boydstun began to reconsider
Pathbreaker
Jill Wine Banks, ’64 MEDIA—or Jill Wine Volner, as she was known in the early 1970s—was barely 30 years old when she became the only woman on the legal team
Lou Henson
The University of Illinois Alumni Association and Fighting Illini fans across the country are saddened to learn of the passing of legendary Illinois Head Basketball Coach Lou Henson. During his
A World Beyond
THE COVID-19 ERA, Part 1 of 3 They were on top of a mountain in Puerto Rico, queued up for the adrenaline rush of the longest zip-line ride in the
In Class: Facilitator
I am one of four core medical education facilitators at U of I’s Carle Illinois College of Medicine. We come from different backgrounds—engineering, neuroscience, physiology, biochemistry. I’m the biochemist. We started
Flash Point
EDITOR’S NOTE The 1960s were a period like no other in the history of higher education, as student unrest about the Vietnam War and other social issues overtook campuses nationwide,
Memory Lane: Expanding Horizons
Joan Solaún fell in love with Latin America when she was 16 years old on a trip to Cuba with her mother. In her 20s, she next fell in love
Nut Job
Dan Corry, ’19 MEDIA, gets a lot of funny looks doing his job. And he doesn’t give a flying filbert. In June, Corry began a year-long stint driving one of
2019 Chicago Illini of the Year Awards
Co-sponsored by the UIAA and the Chicago Illini Club, the annual Chicago Illini of the Year Awards recognize outstanding alumni who live and work in the Chicago metropolitan area. Selection
