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  • Director Azazel Jacobs. Photo provided

    Ebertfest announces first films and guests, COVID-19 protocols

    Aug 18, 2021 8:45 am

    Directors Azazel Jacobs and Ramin Bahrani will appear at the festival’s screening of their critically acclaimed movies 'French Exit' and 'The White Tiger.' Director Bobby Farrelly will appear with the cult comedy 'There’s Something About Mary.'

  • Portrait of Venetia Patton over larger image of the Hallene Gateway at Illinois. Portrait provided without credit.

    Patton named College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean

    Jul 28, 2021 10:15 am

    Venetria Patton, currently the head of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Purdue, will become the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences  at Illinois effective Aug. 2, pending approval by the Board of Trustees. 

  • distinctive silverbell blooms. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

    Carolina Silverbell is latest state champion tree on campus

    Jul 7, 2021 9:15 am

    'Having champions on campus shows the ability of our grounds professionals to carefully tend to their needs over many decades of time, ultimately allowing them to grow into the great specimens that we often take for granted.'

  • aerial view of new Feed Technology Center

    U of I Feed Technology Center completed, online

    Jun 16, 2021 9:30 am

    The state-of-the-art processing and sensor technologies will deliver standard and specialized small-batch research diets, as well as unparalleled hands-on educational opportunities for students across the College of ACES.  

  • student works with virtual reality software. Photo by Heather Coit for the Grainger College of Engineering

    IBM, U of I to launch new Discovery Accelerator Institute

    May 26, 2021 9:15 am

    'This institute with IBM is a pioneering new model of how we can build academic and researcher collaboration into technology and innovation at unmatched excellence and scale,' said Chancellor Robert Jones. 

  • student works on laptop. Photo by Brian Stauffer

    What will happen to your campus IT services after graduation?

    May 3, 2021 10:00 am

    Here’s what you need to know to make sure your important files and software come with you after you leave the University of Illinois.

  • A student who works at a COVID-19 testing center gives a thumbs up after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Vaccine study now open for student enrollment

    Mar 22, 2021 1:15 pm

    U of I students who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 can enroll in a study to help understand the effectiveness of vaccines. Participants will be paid and could receive the vaccine as soon as April 1.

  • automated pipetting used in COVID-19 testing at Illinois. photo by Fred Zwicky

    University updates COVID-19 dashboard to enhance transparency

    Feb 26, 2021 9:30 am

    The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign updated its COVID-19 dashboard to add more data points and greater detail.

  • Preston Singletary (Tlingit, San Francisco, California, United States; b. 1963), Wolf Grease Dish, 2013. Blown and sand-carved glass. Gift of Len Lewicki. 2020-13-2. © Preston Singletary

    Krannert Art Museum acquisitions showcase Native American artists

    Feb 25, 2021 9:30 am

    KAM's recently acquired works of art by modern, contemporary Native American artists – painting, glasswork and pottery – will help it better present the history of Native American art and the broader history of modern and contemporary art.

  • Illini Fest graphic featuring Marching Illini members

    Celebrate what makes us Powerful Together

    Feb 19, 2021 8:45 am

    What does Power look like at the University of Illinois? It looks like a 150-year legacy of individuals who are brave enough to think differently, smart enough to find a better way, and caring enough to make the world a better place.

  • The first class of students at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine in 2018 joined Dr. King Li, front center, the dean of Carle Illinois. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    Carle Illinois College of Medicine granted provisional accreditation

    Feb 22, 2021 9:00 am

    Provisional accreditation affirms that a medical school meets nationally accepted standards of educational quality and can move forward with plans to build a sustainable medical education program.

  • flea riding a bicycle on poster for Insect Fear Film Festival. Artwork by Erin Anderson Courtesy Entomology Graduate Student Association

    38th Insect Fear Film Festival features fleas

    Feb 19, 2021 2:45 pm

    'In the midst of a pandemic, it seems an appropriate theme to focus on an insect associated with pandemics,' says festival founder, entomology professor May Berenbaum. Fleas are the primary vectors that spread the bubonic plague.

  • E.U. and U.S. flags

    EU Day online features Swedish ambassador, hip-hop artist, Greek tragedy

    Feb 17, 2021 11:30 am

    Ambassador to the U.S. will discuss Sweden’s approach to gender equality; benfits of providing child care, gender-neutral parental leave; and why women’s access to rights, resources and representation are important in foreign policy.

  • C-band on wheels mobile radar. The white parabolic dish is the radar antenna used to transmit and receive microwave signals. The antenna, and truck bed, are stabilized and leveled using the hydraulic feet. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences.)

    Atmospheric Sciences acquires Doppler mobile radar, instrumentation facility

    Feb 2, 2021 1:45 pm

    The 'Doppler on Wheels' is expected to transform capabilities for research, offer hands-on field training for students, and expand outreach efforts to demonstrate scientific observation of the atmosphere. 

  • aerial view of campus

    Students create podcast for faculty: 'Living and Working during COVID'

    Feb 2, 2021 11:30 am

    The newly created Dear Alma podcast series highlights resources, tools and advice for faculty members at Illinois. The first season is titled 'Living and Working during COVID-19' and includes five episodes.

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    More MLK events this week

    Jan 12, 2021 3:45 pm

    The local community joins the campus each year for this celebration honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The 2021 theme is “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular.”

  • Illinois joins Age-Friendly University Global Network

    Dec 7, 2020 2:45 pm

    The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has joined the Age-Friendly University Global Network, a consortium of universities dedicated to promoting 'an inclusive approach to healthy and active aging.'

  • Alma visits the Alma Mater Statue

    Another Alma’s Heartwarming Homecoming

    Dec 2, 2020 11:00 am

    'My Alma was very excited about this. She kept saying, "Can you believe it? The Alma Mater sent me a birthday card!”'

  • Krannert Center virtual performances: Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol

    Nov 30, 2020 11:45 am

    A world premiere online event created for all ages, Manual Cinema takes on Charles Dickens’ holiday classic with a visually and musically inventive adaptation made to broadcast directly to your home.

  • Homecoming, delivered to you!

    Nov 24, 2020 1:15 pm

    View the list of events you can join remotely during a full week of Illinois Homecoming festivities!

  • Alma Mater statue. All characters wearing masks. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Enrollment open for study comparing COVID-19 testing methods

    Nov 18, 2020 1:30 pm

    Enrollment is now open for a study that can help shape the national landscape for COVID-19 testing.

  • the University of Illinois Observatory, seen across the Morrow Plots. Photo by Brian Stauffer

    Renovation planned for U of I Observatory dome

    Nov 16, 2020 11:15 am

    'We want to try to keep the historic feel of the dome itself. It's the original telescope that was there so we do want to keep that original late 19th century feel. It has its own very kind of old-school mystique.'

  • A conceptual rendering of the exterior of the new Illini Hall, viewed from the southeast. (Image by CannonDesign.)

    Timelines for Altgeld and Illini Hall Project come into focus

    Nov 10, 2020 11:15 am

    Demolition of Illini Hall is scheduled from July 2021 until April 2022, making way for a new, six-story, 140,000-square-foot building to the west of (across Wright Street from) Altgeld Hall.

  • student dancers on set. Photo by Natalie Fiol

    November Dance performed on new set, livestreamed

    Nov 4, 2020 9:45 am

    Performers at the November Dance concert will dance for the first time on a new set, but most of their audience will watch on screens rather than in person.

  • archive image of University President Edmund Janes James (1855–1925) posing next to the soon-to-be-installed chime bells

    The 100 year history of the Altgeld Chimes

    Oct 22, 2020 9:30 am

    The path from an idea to the installation of the Altgeld Chimes was long and full of detours, but the generosity of Fighting Illini classes of 1914 to 1921 created one of the campus's most beloved traditions.

  • Christine Simmons. Photo provided.

    Academy executive featured in Ebert Symposium on media representation

    Oct 29, 2020 1:30 pm

    Christine Simmons, the chief operating officer for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, oversees its equity and inclusion initiative and has been involved with rule changes governing the Oscars.

  • Bea Nettles, “Golden Evenin” (1975). Cyanotype with applied color. George Eastman Museum, gift of the artist. © Bea Nettles Images courtesy Krannert Art Museum

    KAM hosts retrospective of experimental photographer, book artist Bea Nettles

    Oct 29, 2020 10:30 am

    'Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory' explores the 50-year career of the artist, who is well-known for her experimental use of photographic techniques and blending of craft and photography.

  • graphic with text, "Lou Henson Tribute." Features image of Lou Henson coaching his last game at Illinois.

    Sapora Symposium: Lou Henson's work to integrate collegiate sports

    Oct 26, 2020 3:45 pm

    Wednesday's panel discussion of legendary coach Lou Henson will include his family members and colleagues. The theme of this year's Sapora Symposium is Sports and Social Justice.

  • Illinois announces changes to spring academic calendar

    Oct 20, 2020 10:15 am

    Spring semester classes at Illinois will begin a week later in 2021. The semester will not include a spring break, but classes will not be held on three midweek days.

  • Altgeld Hall and the bell tower that houses the Altgeld Chimes

    Concert series celebrates Altgeld Chimes' centennial

    Oct 19, 2020 1:15 pm

    For 100 years, the Altgeld Chimes have provided a soundtrack for the Urbana campus. Starting Oct. 25, a weeklong series of concerts will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the chimes, with a special livestreamed concert Oct. 30 at 3 p.m.

  • Where and when to vote on campus

    Oct 15, 2020 9:00 am

    On-Campus Early Voting starts Monday, October 19, and runs through Monday, November 2. You can also vote at campus locations on Election Day, November 3.

  • Sacha Jenkins, Kirby Dick and Dawn Porter

    Prominent documentary filmmakers featured in Ebert Symposium

    Oct 14, 2020 10:45 am

    Kirby Dick, Sacha Jenkins and Dawn Porter have had films aired or streamed on CNN, HBO, Netflix, PBS and Showtime, among other venues. Three documentary filmmakers on the Illinois faculty will also be on the panel.

  • two students in winter attire are thrilled about taking an online course

    Check off that Gen Ed requirement! Register now

    Oct 12, 2020 9:00 am

    Courses are taught by Illinois faculty and are offered to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign undergraduate students and non-degree students from around the globe.

  • student gets a flu shot at McKinley Health Center

    Get a fast, free flu shot!

    Sep 30, 2020 1:30 pm

    McKinley Health Center is providing free flu shots to all students who have paid the Health Service Fee and benefit eligible faculty, staff and retirees at several campus locations during October.

  • 'Pressing Issues' at Krannert Art Museum shows WPA printmakers' thoughts on social justice

    Sep 24, 2020 12:00 pm

    Printmakers employed by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s created images that dealt with issues of labor unrest, racial violence, immigration and the rise of fascism – subjects that remain relevant today.

  • banner image shows covers of movies and band for September 18 and 19

    Free late night entertainment announced for students

    Sep 16, 2020 3:30 pm

    Student Affairs is hosting free, socially distanced, live entertainment for students at Memorial Stadium starting this weekend with a double-feature movie and a concert.

  • “Coral Forest” by Margaret Wertheim and Christine Wertheim at Lehigh University Arts Galleries. Photo by Stephanie Veto

    Campus to host communal crochet coral reef project

    Sep 16, 2020 3:45 pm

    'Crochet Coral Reef' is an artwork designed to bring attention to climate change as well as modeling a difficult mathematical principle in a concrete way.

  • Professor David Wright. Photo provided by David Wright

    Professor's stories address race, complicated family relationships

    Sep 15, 2020 9:30 am

    English professor David Wright tells stories about race and the complex relationships between people of different races. His latest work, a short story, appears in the Aug. 31 issue of The New Yorker.

  • Fountain, died orange, with Hallene Gateway in the background

    Illinois enrollment remains above 50,000

    Sep 9, 2020 3:30 pm

    'Students recognize our institutional brand as one of the best in the world, and we have found innovative ways to provide a top-quality education during a global pandemic,' Chancellor Robert Jones said.

  • community college students in a common area

    Changing of the guard at community colleges offers opportunity for growth

    Sep 2, 2020 8:00 am

    'In Illinois, we have 48 community colleges, and people in key leadership roles in many of those institutions are winding down their careers,” says Professor. 'There currently isn’t much in the state in the way of leadership training specific to community colleges.'

  • Safer Illinois app displayed on smart phone. Mock up/graphics by Michael Vincent

    Safer Illinois app available for faculty, staff, students

    Aug 13, 2020 8:45 am

    The app provides users their personalized coronavirus-testing results, testing reminders, and a display of their current testing status - needed to gain entry to campus facilities - all without showing any personalized health information.

  • wall covered with mural, 'Year 401' by Keenan Dailey

    Social Work unveils first of art mural series

    Aug 14, 2020 9:30 am

    Keenan Dailey, an MFA student who focuses on afrofuturist art, was selected to display his mural, titled 'Year 401', in the entryway of the School of Social Work. The school will soon be seeking submissions for additional murals.

  • aerial image of solar farm 2.0 location with overlay indicating where solar panels will stand

    Construction begins on U of I's Solar Farm 2.0

    Aug 5, 2020 9:45 am

    Completion of the new 54-acre, 12.1 megawatt (MWdc) solar array will give the U of I the title of third-largest user of renewable power generated on-site for all higher education facilities in the country.

  • East entrance of the Krannert Art Museum at Illinois. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    KAM prepares to reopen to the public on 8/19

    Aug 4, 2020 2:45 pm

    Krannert Art Museum is unveiling new hours and an online reservations system so visitors can be physically distanced and check in with a gallery attendant at the door. 

  • Marley Dewey's image of a mineral and polymer galaxy was the winner in the graduate student division

    See the Beckman Research Image Contest winners

    Jul 31, 2020 7:45 am

    'These images show that research is not only important, but also visually beautiful. I continue to be amazed and inspired by the entries in the Beckman Research Image Contest,' said Beckman Director Jeff Moore

  • two women run on indoor track. Photo by Brian Stauffer

    'Exercise Is Medicine' initiative is gold for Illinois

    Jul 23, 2020 10:15 am

    The Illinois Exercise is Medicine—On Campus initiative recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as a gold-level campus for helping to create healthy academic environment, with abundant physical activity and exercise opportunities.

  • "We Got Next" by Stacey Robinson. Courtesy Stacey Robinson

    Salon series featuring Black artists kicks off new Black Arts Initiative

    Jul 21, 2020 1:45 pm

    'We Got Next,' a series of conversations with Black artists about their work and how they address issues of race and inclusion, will launch a Black Arts Initiative by the College of Fine and Applied Arts.

  • Professor Gene Robinson. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    Gene Robinson named interim dean of the College of LAS

    Jun 16, 2020 2:15 pm

    Robinson, director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, will fill the role for one year while a national search is conducted for the dean’s position, beginning July 1.

  • Chief Alice Cary. Photo by Matthew 'Dag' D'Agostino

    Illinois names a new Director of Public Safety, Chief of Police

    Jun 16, 2020 10:45 am

    A 34-year veteran in law enforcement, Alice Cary currently is the chief of police at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Her appointment takes effect July 20, subject to approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

  • graphic provided by CITL

    Sign up for summer online courses at Illinois

    May 18, 2020 11:15 am

    Choose from more than 450 online course options in avariety of subjects with 4-, 8-, and 12-week options