Book Doctor
Earning a degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine is an estimable achievement, but not a particularly rare one. In 2005, Dipesh Navsaria, MSLIS ’04, UIC MD
Planting the Seeds of Success
It’s midday at the Seed to Table summer camp in the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture, Nutrition Innovation Center (JJK FAN) in East St. Louis, Ill. The kids have spent the
I’s on the World: Wat Fun!
Illini cousins Janet Vrasic, ’90 LAS, ’90 LAS, and Cathy Risberg, ’68 LAS, joined Cathy’s husband, Carl Risberg, ’67 LAS, for a cruise to the Treasured Temples of Asia. It
Ingenious: Sustainable Substitutes
Professor D.K. Lee still remembers the Korean proverb his grandmother taught him: “Crops grow to the music of the farmer’s footsteps.” “She was trying to say that you need to
Illini 411: Is there research at Beckman Institute that interferes with Bluetooth?
A: I’ve also wondered about this, after noticing that every time I drive past Beckman, my Apple CarPlay malfunctions. I did some asking around on the north side of campus,
Alumni Interview: Omar Yaghi
When I first arrived at Illinois to do my Ph.D. in chemistry with Walter Klemperer, he gave me a task: to make a perturbation on an existing molecule using a
My Alma Mater: High Honors
Thank god for the HoHo. Thank god for that rickety, wooden house on Oregon Street, which kept me in school and gave me friends, love, education, and a great place
Memory Lane: Summertime, and the livin’ is easy
It’s a truism that the Illinois campus empties out during the summer months, but every year there are thousands of students who decide to stay put, whether it’s for a
Illini 411: What’s the weirdest thing ever left in the Illini Union’s lost-and-found?
A: Thousands of people visit the Illini Union every day, and its lost-and-found is a catalog of the human experience, ranging from the mundane (I-Cards and eyeglasses) to the baffling
Great Sports Moments: A Perfect Season
Northern schools—Illinois fits that category—are not supposed to be good at tennis. Climate is the biggest issue: It’s hard to practice your serve and volley with a foot of snow
