Great Sports Moments: The Best Battery in Baseball
In the spring of 1902, the Illini baseball team launched the most ambitious road trip in school history—two weeks on the East Coast, visiting the cream of the college crop:
Block I Art Teachers
Growing up, Carli Kanter, ’22 FAA, always had a sketchbook in her hand. “We brought them everywhere—to restaurants, on vacation,” she recalls. When your father, Howard Kanter, ’91 FAA, MA
Memory Lane: The Comeback Kid
It was one of the defining moments of the 1990s—William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, standing in front of television cameras at the White House and telling the
Dream Achiever
Not everyone gets a career path marked by so many signposts. As a child, Natalie J. Bomke, ’04 MEDIA, talked such a non-stop streak that her mom worried there was
Stress Reliever
Licensed clinical social worker Haina Irish Ramos, MSW ’16, provides traditional in-person counseling through her work with Thriveworks, an Arlington Heights, Ill.–based mental health provider with more than 340 locations.
Honoring Our Own
At Commencement ceremonies on May 12, 2023, the University will confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters upon Louis Liay, EDM ’62, crowning a lifetime of exemplary work
The Big Picture: Me, My Selfie and “I”
Block I—in all its bright orange glory—invites students to share their Illini pride with the world while enjoying a warm spring day on the quad. The I pops up frequently
Illini 411: What are some of the University’s “extinct” majors?
Question courtesy of Ellen Curtin, MSW ’19 A: How much time have you got? Over the past 150-plus years, many, many majors have gone the way of the dinosaurs. Some
Record Setter
One minute, wheelchair racer Susannah Scaroni, ’14 ACES, MS ’22 ACES, was pushing through a normal long training session, heading east on Windsor Road not far from campus. The next,
Being Black At Illinois
When the University of Illinois celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1968, only 1 percent of the student body was Black. African Americans had been on campus for nearly all
