The Big Picture: Incoming Illini
Move-In Day—a rite of passage for U. of I. undergrads marked by hope and excitement, but also scorching heat, interminable traffic, and mounting concern that the experience will never end.
In Class: Campaign Manager
My area is social media strategy. I have my own consulting business, The Strategic Peacock, which I founded in 2010. Courses I teach include social media and personal branding, writing
Illini 411: Did an Illinois student pay his tuition with pennies?
A: Yes! Sort of. In the summer of 1987, incoming freshman Mike Hayes worried about how to pay for his education, until he got an oddball idea. He asked the
Illini Couple: Unexpected Gifts
For anyone who’s ever wondered how it feels to take the field at Gies Memorial Stadium before an admiring crowd, here’s a hint. Book the Colonnades Club, and the field
Illini 411: Were the Main Quad’s sidewalks based on the paths students naturally took?
A: The simple answer is no. According to the U. of I.’s Facilities & Services, the sidewalks were well-planned and reinforce the formal geometry of the Quad. (If the sidewalks
Book Doctor
Earning a degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine is an estimable achievement, but not a particularly rare one. In 2005, Dipesh Navsaria, MSLIS ’04, UIC MD
Planting the Seeds of Success
It’s midday at the Seed to Table summer camp in the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture, Nutrition Innovation Center (JJK FAN) in East St. Louis, Ill. The kids have spent the
I’s on the World: Wat Fun!
Illini cousins Janet Vrasic, ’90 LAS, ’90 LAS, and Cathy Risberg, ’68 LAS, joined Cathy’s husband, Carl Risberg, ’67 LAS, for a cruise to the Treasured Temples of Asia. It
Ingenious: Sustainable Substitutes
Professor D.K. Lee still remembers the Korean proverb his grandmother taught him: “Crops grow to the music of the farmer’s footsteps.” “She was trying to say that you need to
Illini 411: Is there research at Beckman Institute that interferes with Bluetooth?
A: I’ve also wondered about this, after noticing that every time I drive past Beckman, my Apple CarPlay malfunctions. I did some asking around on the north side of campus,
