I’s on the World: Stylish Sisters
While back on campus in May 2024 for a Pi Beta Phi sorority reunion, sisters Janet Barczak Niehoff, ’84 LAS, and Joyce Barczak Sterk, ’77 LAS, hit on a grand
Illini 411: How does the university keep ground water out of the steam tunnels?
A: A torrential downpour? Melting snow and ice? No sweat. All nine miles of the underground steam tunnels, which connect many of the campus’ buildings and have been used as
A Man of Many People
Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, PHD ’98 SW, received the University’s 2024 Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement in recognition for his work to better his
Ingenious: Engineered Healing
If computers can be programmed to perform a myriad of functions, then why can’t materials be programmed to do the same? And how could those programmed materials be applied to
The Certainty Trap – Democracy’s Biggest Threat
How does certainty shape our views, and what happens when we avoid questioning our assumptions? In this webinar, Professor Ilana Redstone explores The Certainty Trap, examining how rigid thinking fuels
Memory Lane: Wintry Mix
“One must have a mind of winter,” the poet Wallace Stevens wrote, and at Illinois, that state of mind is unavoidable. Whether we’re plagued by ice-slicked walks or blessed with
In Class: Conversationalist
I teach an Introduction to Ethics Course, PHIL 104. It’s an advanced composition course that fulfills a general education requirement. I get a lot of students who are not philosophy
Illini 411: Where can I find the TV commercials the university makes for sporting events?
A: For decades, Illinois’ Office of Strategic Communications (formerly known as Public Affairs) has created clever, inspirational TV spots to promote the university and show off the campus during Illini
Illini 411: Where did the sledding hill by Orchard Downs come from?
A: A wintertime zip down Hackberry Hill is one heck of a good time, and like most of the finer things in this world, the hill’s origins are mysterious and
Quantum Solutions
Sitting in a high school classroom near the New York and Pennsylvania border in the early 1990s, Brian DeMarco became fascinated with questions that had once threatened to break the
