blog posts Tatyana McFadden wins fourth straight Boston Marathon Apr 18, 2016 12:45 pm American Tatyana McFadden cruised to her fourth straight victory in the women’s wheelchair race at the 2016 Boston Marathon, finishing in a time of 1 hour, 42 minutes, and 16 seconds. Taylor Rooks: Coming Home Oct 28, 2019 2:30 pm Rooks is only five years out from graduation, but she has already landed her own Bleacher Report web series, 'Take It There with Taylor Rooks.' The back story from the alum, NY Times attorney whose Trump letter went viral Oct 19, 2016 2:45 pm 'This wasn’t political to me. This was stating very basic propositions about how the law of freedom of the press works in this country.' David E. McCraw The courage to be first Feb 26, 2019 8:30 am When she graduated from Illinois in 1906, Maudelle Brown Bousfield was the only African American woman on campus. Later, she continued to break barriers in education in the Chicago Public Schools. The Fairy Godmother of Love Jul 20, 2018 3:15 am LAS alumna Bela Gandhi helps people make the right connection The Googlers: Mathematics alumni find success at Google Dec 12, 2017 11:00 am What can you do with a degree in mathematics? Count a career at one of the world's most successful tech companies among the possibilities The history of a sportswriter Oct 10, 2018 12:00 pm How majoring in history at Illinois and teaching high school helped Brad Evans become one of the most recognized and award-winning personalities in the field of sportswriting The many faces of former Illini Troy Pryor Oct 17, 2018 10:15 pm Troy Pryor is making moves. But that’s nothing new for the former Illinois football player and current actor/entrepreneur who owns his own full-service production house The many Illinois memories of alumnus Fred Stahl Jun 17, 2019 10:15 am Fred met his wife in the Illini Union. One day they walked up to the door at the President's House and asked President David Henry’s wife if they could marry in the garden. They were one of the first couples to do so. The Nigerien Connection: Top diplomats between the U.S., Niger are Illini May 31, 2019 12:00 pm Eric Whitaker and Hassana Alidou took very different paths to reach their similar posts - but both paths led through Illinois and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Time lists Illinois as one the best public colleges for bigger paychecks Apr 28, 2017 9:45 am TIME listed Illinois as one of the Top 10 best public colleges that deliver the biggest financial return for graduates' tuition dollars. Two alumnae, team share NASA award for 'major milestone in the history of flight' Jul 13, 2022 11:30 am NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team received the 2021 Robert J. Collier Trophy for 'the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet, thereby opening the skies of Mars and other worlds for discovery and exploration.' Two alumni being inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame Apr 25, 2016 3:30 pm The late William Sparks (PhD, chemistry, ’36) and the late Welton Taylor (BA, ’41, MS, ’47, and PhD, ’48, bacteriology) were among 16 inductees recently admitted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Two alumni named to Crain's '20 In Their 20s' May 29, 2018 2:15 am Read about alumni Dan Klein and Lucas Frye. Both have been named to the 2018 Crain’s Chicago Business 20 In Their 20s Two alums shed light on the Black experience on Rt. 66 Sep 9, 2021 1:15 pm Gina Lathan (AHS ’20) and Stacy Grundy (ACES ’10) opened Route History, a tourist destinations in Springfield gives visitors a different perspective on the Mother Road as well as a look into the history of Black struggle and success in the state capital. University Archives receives Ebert's movie press kits from Chicago Sun-Times Nov 1, 2017 10:30 am 'Chaz (Ebert’s) efforts to connect us with the Sun-Times have been an invaluable step forward to bring the Roger Ebert archival legacy home.' U of I receives $1 million for scholarships from Give Something Back Foundation Nov 29, 2016 12:00 pm Founded by an LAS alumnus, national organization makes college a reality for students of modest means Vilas Dhar: Investing in tech to create lasting social change Jan 24, 2022 10:30 am 'As we push to center technology on people, rather than products, we tap into a vast opportunity to amplify the very best of our humanity, creativity, and innovation.' Want to help Tatyana McFadden win an ESPY? Jul 12, 2016 3:45 pm You can vote for Illinois alumna Tatyana McFadden to win an ESPY for Best Female Athlete With A Disability War correspondent, alumnus Terrell Jermaine Starr on reporting from Ukraine Apr 13, 2022 11:15 am Terrell Jermaine Starr will visit U of I to talk about his experiences as a journalist reporting from Ukraine during the Russian invasion. The event is free and open to the public on April 19 in the auditorium of the new Campus Instructional Facility. Watch now: New BTN documentary ‘Illinois Artists’ Aug 21, 2018 11:45 am A new Big Ten Network documentary features the work of the Definition Theatre Company, Endalyn Taylor and Illinois Jazz Studies faculty Website celebrates achievements of University of Illinois women Apr 3, 2018 12:00 pm Visit the University Library's website highlighting 150 women nominated for the significant achievements they realized as Illinois students, staff, faculty, or alumni West Point of the West Jan 16, 2019 4:15 am From its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois has played an important role in training future military officers What did a University of Illinois student handbook look like in 1934? Apr 20, 2017 11:15 am The handbook allowed Illini to plan which class dance they’d attend, pencil in a class schedules and check guidelines on curfew. (Yes, there was a residence hall curfew.) WPGU: Playing the sounds of summer since 1953 Aug 3, 2023 10:45 am 'It was the best learning laboratory that I ever could have asked for, and to this day, my college friends forever regard me as ‘cool’ because of what I did at WPGU.' Writing the first drafts of war Jun 14, 2017 11:00 am Degrees in Russian and rhetoric help shape the career of a combat reporter