My Alma Mater: Field School
The first and most important class I attended through the U. of I. took place not in a campus building, but on the hills of a small town in Wisconsin,
Welcome Back
Walk into the Alice Campbell Alumni Center from any direction, and you can’t miss them: the dozens of interactive cases, tables, panels, and more that make up the U. of
Feels Like Home
It’s 9:30 on a Tuesday morning in early March, a brisk, late-winter chill in the air, and in the lobby of Alice Campbell Alumni Center more than a hundred prospective
The Big Picture: The Growth of Green Street
High-rise apartments, boutiques, hotels, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and delicious cuisines from around the world—all the makings of a vibrant, urban tableau. Many Illinois alumni who recall a Campustown landscape of record
Brighter Future
From tiny life forms that inhabit the gut to a satellite in orbit a million miles out in space, research at Illinois journeys along an infinite scale spanned by science,
Creating Breakthroughs: Harnessing Basic Science and Engineering to End Cancer
Recorded on March 31, 2026, this talk by Rohit Bhargava examines the role of basic science and engineering in advancing cancer research. As Director of the Cancer Center at Illinois,
Reformer at Heart
Sharone R. Mitchell, Jr., ’05 LAS, is Chicago South Side born and bred. It is a fact he proudly states. It is a communal and cultural identity that grounds him
I’s on the World: Holy See
Adam Delgado, ’91 LAS, and his wife, Grace, traveled to the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope Francis and to “cheer for” Pope Leo XIV. Delgado describes the trip
Illini 411: What happened to the alumni portraits displayed at the Illini Union?
A: The portrait gallery in the Union’s east corridor honored recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, which the Alumni Association has sponsored since 1957. A few years ago, the gallery
Ingenious: Smart Shirts
The Shirt on your back might just save your life. At the very least, it could provide warning signs that might prevent a cardiac event from striking out of nowhere.
