Morrow Plots Cultivate Fresh Look
The Bayer corporation is underwriting the revitalization of the Morrow Plots, the oldest experimental agricultural field in North America. Established in 1876, the plots are located in the heart of
In Class: Space Shaper
Landscape architects are best known for designing parks, gardens, waterfronts, and other public spaces. But we also alter and retrofit landscapes and urban sites to increase public spaces and adapt
Memory Lane: The Flooding of Green Street
Today, Boneyard Creek is one of the most beautiful features of the Illinois campus, but for more than a century, it was a trash-filled eyesore with a drainage problem, and
Illini 411: Why did the U. of I. not have a Commencement speaker from 1976 to 1983?
A: By the mid-1970s, the class sizes at Illinois were enormous, and the campus-wide Commencement ceremonies, then held at the Assembly Hall, had grown uncomfortably long. In 1976, organizers decided
My Alma Mater: Press Corps
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) was all smiles, looking at the PBS cameras, checking her mic, and making final preparations for that night’s debate. “Who’s playing my husband?” she joked, as
I’s on the World: A Proposal at Moher
When you’re young and in love and your name is Connelly, there’s no better place to pop the question than Ireland’s spectacular Cliffs of Moher. Just ask Patrick Connelly, ’20
Illini 411: When did we start dressing up Alma Mater?
A: In 2005, during the men’s basketball team’s Final Four season, a group of unknown students dressed Alma in a whopper of an orange jersey, complete with a matching headband.
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
