blog posts Interested in attending Illinois? Get on our mailing list Jun 20, 2017 9:15 am Want to receive personalized communications from us and manage your admissions process in one place? We have one word for you: myIllini. Illinois Chamber Singers in Vienna: Laughter, Schnitzel, and Music Aug 1, 2017 9:15 am Undergraduate student Grace Currie writes of a few of her favorite things during a trip to Vienna, Austria, with the University of Illinois Chamber Singers Students' technology resource guide for Fall Aug 18, 2021 9:15 am Welcome to the University of Illinois! Technology Services is here to connect you to the technology resources you need. Students stop hackers while earning course credit Sep 13, 2017 9:30 am 'We’re a major research university with a world-renowned Computer Science department.These students...can look at some our code and clean it up, make it more efficient, in just a few minutes' Illini Pride: Two thousand strong, full of spirit Oct 23, 2019 9:45 am 'Being involved in the student section (at athletic events) is an easy way to get students from all different backgrounds in one environment where they’re all coming together to cheer for one thing.' U of I students bring volunteer force to Special Olympics’ 'Medfest' Jan 17, 2024 12:45 pm 'Thinking back to when I was at the U. of I., I wish I would’ve done stuff like this. They drove up two hours to spend the day with us—the athletes loved them,' said Melissa Garritano, senior director of Special Olympics in the Chicagoland area. A celebration of student innovation and excellence at Illinois Apr 22, 2024 8:15 am Campus events include workshops on getting started in research, special exhibits, and colloquia sponsored by individual departments, programs, and units, highlighting the best of our students’ work. Celebrating our graduates! May 10, 2021 9:30 am We are eager to celebrate you and your accomplishmentswith an in-person Stage Crossing experience and Online Commencement Celebration. Illinois students pursue internships in the wake of COVID-19 Jun 26, 2020 8:00 am Brendan Ross, a senior in recreation, sport and tourism, is working remotely through the inaugural Illini RST Undergraduate Consulting program. Tracking a forest’s recovery one year after storm Aug 1, 2018 10:00 am In February, 2017, a tornado swept through this part of the Shawnee National Forest. There are few canopy trees left standing and invasive understory plants have taken over Racial diversity increases student leadership skills, especially for white students Aug 8, 2018 1:45 pm 'We found that greater racial diversity in student leadership programs led to a measurable increase in lasting leadership capacity,' says researcher Jasmine D. Collins Health Make-A-Thon winner targets opioid addiction prevention with new device Sep 1, 2021 12:00 pm Ariana Alam Mizan won the September 2020 Health Make-a-Thon. Her award-winning pill bottle cap design is now taking shape in the Health Maker Lab at Carle Illinois. Theatre's playwright residency program allows students to help develop new plays Sep 21, 2022 1:15 pm Mallory Raven-Ellen Backstrom wrote 'A Darkling at Nightfall' and worked on it for two weeks in the Daniel J. Sullivan playwrite-in-residence program. Students' reading of the play will inform Backstrom's edits as she prepares it for the stage. A few minutes with paralympian Kelsey LeFevour Sep 27, 2019 4:15 pm LeFevour talks about why she took up wheelchair racing and her experiences at DRES. Image of Research semifinalists. Vote for your favorite! Mar 19, 2024 1:15 pm You'll be amazed at the diversity and beauty of graduate student research at Illinois. We invite you to explore the online exhibition and vote for your top three entries. Your votes will determine the People's Choice winner ($100 award). Casting a net for conservation, and catching ducks Mar 22, 2017 8:00 am "Using telemetry to track the birds from different sites allows me to know exactly where each duck is sitting, what habitats it likes to use, and how long it stays in the region." Congratulations! May 11, 2022 10:15 am This linked page includes the complete Commencement program, links to the livestream of the ceremony, and much more. Driving partnership between Siebel Center for Design and Illini Solar Car Sep 15, 2021 9:15 am The Siebel Center for Design is sharing what the new, human-centered design space can offer its occupants and visitors. Journalism students train alongside professionals in new campus collaboration Nov 17, 2021 11:15 am 'Illinois Public Media is an ideal space for students to gain experience working in the field, while receiving personal guidance from journalists, and producing content for a professional media organization,' said journalism head Stephanie Craft. Engineering launches City Scholars program in Chicago Jan 17, 2018 9:30 am City Scholars work as paid interns at some of Chicago’s top companies, and take Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign engineering courses, both online and locally Illini Success report: UI grads succeeding in job placement, starting salaries Mar 5, 2020 9:30 am 93 percent of 2019 graduates found jobs, enrolled in graduate school or began a volunteer program within six months. The average salary for the full-time-employed grads was $63,515. 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 Exploring an ancestral Maya neighborhood Sep 9, 2022 9:00 am 'Families lived and worked here (from A.D. 250 - 600)... We know the Maya left forests in place because the animal bones we find here are of species that can only breed in the forest.' 3D printing for medicine being developed by CI MED students Oct 11, 2023 11:45 am '3D printing can be utilized to facilitate medical education by providing alternative ways of learning, and it helps with disease visualization, modeling, and understanding,' says CIM3D co-founder Rand Kittani. Metropolitan farming offers surprise opportunities for U of I junior Oct 28, 2020 10:30 am 'Since joining this project, I’ve seen a lot more articles about different types of urban farms and a lot more opportunities in this area than I ever imagined,' ACES junior Maggie Furr says. She's loyal to you, Illinois. Jada Peebles' fifth year as an Illini Dec 13, 2023 10:15 am Jada Peebles received her first college offer from North Carolina State as a seventh-grader. By her senior year in high school, she had decided to attend the U of I, where she started the first 11 games as a freshman. Illinois junior Paige Jones: Where my ACES story begins Apr 14, 2017 10:30 am As the university celebrates its 150th birthday, I think of all of my family members that were a part of those 150 years. ILLINOIS2020 Outstanding Graduates: Cynthia Estrada Diaz de Leon May 4, 2020 11:15 am For Cynthia Estrada Diaz de Leon, college has been a test of her skills in adapting to new environments – and a testament to her initiative in finding a way to make things happen. Illini pitcher Ty Weber talks signing with MLB Giants despite pandemic shutdown Jun 18, 2020 9:30 am 'COVID has really taught me to live in the moment more often and not try to plan everything out. I've thought about potentially getting into coaching after (MLB), but as of now I’m just very focused on improving my baseball skills every day.' Illinois student named Rhodes Scholar Nov 20, 2017 10:45 am The first Rhodes Scholar on the Urbana campus since 1998, Thomas Dowling is poised to become the first in his family to graduate from college Creating an escape room experience at KCPA Dec 10, 2021 8:00 am Theatre students developed the story, characters and script. Students in an informatics course developed, manufactured and now are operating the escape room puzzles, including the hardware and programming of small board electronics. Finding an ancient Maya city in the jungles of Belize Aug 7, 2018 8:45 am 'The site is impressive, with monumental buildings and a temple that rises 30 meters above our heads. ...the west side of the temple platform is a sheer 10-meter drop' Anthropology students in Belize: Maya rituals unearthed Aug 16, 2018 9:00 am We are excavating two ancient Maya sites nestled in the sacred landscape of Cara Blanca in central Belize. Both date to A.D. 800-900, Bringing a game to life through dance Nov 4, 2022 4:15 pm Choreographer, composer and dancer Nawal Assougdam prepared a performance of an original work based on the popular game Bop It! ACES student blog: Not all classrooms have four walls Nov 6, 2017 10:15 am Through study abroad, I learned that not all classrooms have four walls, and that there is something to be learned in every opportunity, regardless of where you are. Illinois student's puzzle to appear in The New York Times Jan 2, 2020 2:00 pm 'Creating a crossword is a puzzle in itself – what combination of words fit together, where to put the black squares. You have to include words that will be interesting to the people who are doing it,' sayid Illinois student Adam Aaronson. The Image of Research 2019 semi-finalists Mar 15, 2019 2:30 pm Attend the Image of Research Reception on April 3 to see the 25 semi-finalists on display and vote for the People's Choice Award! Winners will be announced at the event. View entries to the Illinois Abroad photo contest and vote Apr 7, 2018 9:45 am Great photos from around the globe taken by Illini students. Vote in the People's Choice category by Friday, April 13 at 5 pm #ILLINOIS2020 Outstanding Graduates: Erick Klein May 6, 2020 9:00 am Erick Klein knew in high school he wanted to go to the U. of I. But Klein had other things to do first: join the navy, train as a corpsman (medic), serve in Afghanistan and then work two years at a base hospital in the U.S. Watch it now: 'Runs and Data: The Science of Illinois Baseball' May 4, 2020 11:00 am World-renowned baseball physicist Alan Nathan teams up with student Charlie Young to explore the evolving world of baseball physics, analytics in the new BTN documentary, 'Runs and Data: The Science of Illinois Baseball'. U of I students win second place in food science competition with 'Churroats' Aug 28, 2023 1:30 pm 'Churroats' are a rethinking of churros, made with oat pulp and baked instead of deep fried for a lower-fat snack. Oat pulp is a residue from the production of oat milk; it degrades quickly and usually goes to waste. #ILLINOIS2020 Outstanding Students: Andrew Nadolski May 11, 2020 11:00 am Nadolski focused on the design of a special coating for ceramic lenses used in microwave telescopes. He had the chance to deploy his knowledge during several trips to Antarctica, including one for 11 months in 2017. U of I featured on The College Tour. Watch it now May 20, 2021 9:00 am Featuring 11 Illinois students who will inspire you as they share what they love about the U of I, from a freshman blown away by undergraduate research opportunities to graduating seniors sharing how they carved a path to their dream jobs. 2022-23 Ebert Fellows will work with Chicago Tribune film critic Nov 18, 2022 12:15 pm Through the Roger Ebert Fellows program, three undergraduate students are selected each fall to gain in-depth learning experiences that focus on critical thinking, arts and entertainment criticism, and interpretative journalism. Students travel to Costa Rica for a deeper look at sustainability Jun 17, 2018 11:00 am 19 LAS students traveled into the communities and landscape of Costa Rica and came back with knowledge that can only come from immersion in the environment and the people who sustain it Program eases path to PhDs for those underrepresented in quantitative biology Jul 9, 2021 9:00 am A bridge program streamlining a path from a master’s degree at Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, to a doctoral degree at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received an NIH training grant. Illini students making masks for people with spinal cord injuries May 21, 2020 3:15 pm People with spinal cord injuries have above-average risk in the COVID-19 pandemic due to the prevalence of comorbidities, and obtaining effective masks for people with SCI has proven challenging. Illinois Neurodiversity Initiative to help students with autism, dyslexia, ADHD Mar 6, 2023 11:00 am Awareness is growing of the array of talents and skills that neurodivergent individuals can bring to the workplace. INI aims to see that students are successfully employed within six months of graduation, said program creator Jeanne Kramer. Students' first steps back to campus life Aug 12, 2020 10:00 am Everyone on our campus has to do their part to keep our community steps, from planning your move-in to testing immediately upon arrival and picking up your PPE kit. #ILLINOIS2020 Outstanding Students: Barry Chiang May 11, 2020 11:00 am Barry Chiang was mesmerized by nature and the night sky while growing up in Taiwan. He is devoted to deciphering the simplicity and beauty of the universe through both science and music.