Class Notes Profile: Aviation Enthusiast
Visit an air show, and you might see Paul R. Wood, ’76 BUS, waving from a WWI biplane or a Vietnam-era A-4 Skyhawk. Wood is the founder and head of the Warbird Heritage Foundation,...
Distant Relatives
In science, as in all of life, there are matters a posteriori—meaning they have to be proved—and matters a priori—which is to say, self-evident. That U of I Professor Albert (Al) Roca is partial...
Ingenious: At the quantum level
When University of Illinois physics professor Anthony Leggett was 7 years old, he had a fascination with digging holes in the family garden in Englefield Green on the outskirts of London. Leggett continued his...
In Class: Slavic Speaker
Like most Ukrainians, I am bilingual. I teach both Ukrainian and Russian. Slavic languages are probably not as difficult to learn as languages like Chinese and Arabic, but they are still difficult. The major...
FIRST CLASS
To understand what has happened at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CIMED), it’s helpful to begin on a scale that goes from titanic to tiny. Within the mighty University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, more...
Memory Lane: Let Us Commence
They were the sons of country doctors and farmers, merchants and mechanics, blacksmiths and railroad workers. Some would follow in their fathers’ footsteps, returning to the farm, to the machine shop, to the family...
In Class: Cloud Rider
A lot of us in atmospheric sciences had early experiences that got us thinking about the weather. I grew up in southern Indiana in an agrarian environment. I was terrified of thunderstorms, especially nocturnal...
Free Speech and Controversy
It was the 1960s, a decade that would change everything, and at Illinois, that change would come in a swirl of controversy. In Dangerous Ideas on Campus: Sex, Conspiracy and Academic Freedom in the...
“I”s on the World: Go (Key) West
If you went to the ends of the Earth, you’d likely find loyal Illini. Most certainly you’ll find them at the southernmost tip of the U.S. From left, John LeVanti, ’75 MEDIA—who made his...
UIAA Speaker Series: An Evening with Provost Cangellaris
Provost Andreas Cangellaris gives an update on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s academic programs and priorities and a preview of what’s to come during the 2022-2023 school year.
