Class Notes Profile: Academics and Altitude
Sandra Miarecki teaches the physics of aerial dogfighting Sandra Miarecki, ’86 LAS, vividly remembers the moment... Read More
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Memory Lane
Click on the images below to read about events in University of Illinois history.
Illini Fest debuts
Thousands of Illini gather at Chicago’s iconic “Bean” sculpture to celebrate the University More than 5,000... Read More
Alumnus Jack Welch, former General Electric CEO and...
Former General Electric Co. CEO and chairman Jack Welch went to work as a chemical engineer at GE immediately... Read More
Class Notes Profile: Community Developer
Erica Bauer takes charge of the Chicago Bulls’ social justice initiatives “I never knew this job existed,”... Read More
Alumni Interview: Lynn Rippelmeyer
The first woman to fly a transoceanic jumbo jet talks about breaking through the “glass cockpit” and routinely... Read More
Baptism by fire
One hundred fifty years ago, the Great Chicago Fire decimated the city and left many people terrified and... Read More
“I”s on the World: Perfectly Nice Time
Oh, the places we go … University of Illinois alumni are globetrotters who travel near and far, but never forget... Read More
My Alma Mater: Portrait of an Artist
And the two faculty members who inspired her Felice Sherwin Polson, ’78 FAA At first, keeping busy during the... Read More
