blog posts 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. 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. U of I named a top Peace Corps volunteer producer Apr 29, 2024 10:45 am Matt Coughlin, the campus Peace Corps recruiter, thinks that Illinois students are poised to be good volunteers. 'There is a commitment to serving others instilled in U. of. I. students.' 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. 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. 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. 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. 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'. #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. 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. 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. Three awarded Boren Scholarships for international language study May 19, 2022 10:00 am The National Security Education Program selects students to add international and language components to their education by studying overseas in world regions critical to U.S. interests. Illinois journeys: The future is bright Sep 15, 2021 9:30 am As a senior in high school, Michael watched his older brother experience life at Illinois and knew it was the place for him, too 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! 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.' 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' 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. 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." 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: 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. 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 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, 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. 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. Snake Road Sojourn Apr 19, 2017 9:15 am Illinois Natural History Survey conservation biologist Mark Davis hopes treks to see snakes, frogs, salamanders and other creatures in the wild will instill in his students a commitment to work for conservation. Carle Illinois College of Medicine student speaks to international meeting of Nobel laureates Jun 15, 2023 10:00 am CI MED student Christian Guerrero-Juarez was chosen to present his work at the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany. The meeting helps young scientists interact with the world’s foremost scientists. 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.' 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. 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 History class organizes to fight hunger Apr 4, 2017 9:00 am It started as Leslie Reagan taught her United States history class about the Great Depression and the New Deal. “A third of the country was out of work, and people were starving.” #ILLINOIS2020 Outstanding Graduates: Emma Taylor May 8, 2020 2:15 pm Emma Taylor’s introduction to the jazz program at the University of Illinois came through a jam session at the Iron Post, a downtown Urbana live music venue. 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 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 CI MED student named Illinois Young Innovator of the Year for surgical innovation Sep 17, 2024 9:00 am Sanskruthi Priya Guduri has earned the title of Illinois Young Innovator of the Year for her solution to leverage ultrasound waves to improve surgeons’ field of vision during laparoscopic procedures. 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. 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 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. U of I online social work degree programs address diversity needs Feb 8, 2023 4:00 pm U of I has online bachelor and masters of social work degree programs for community college transfer students. 'This is another way to reach some of the communities and prospective students ... and in turn, increase access to social work services.' 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). Building a traditional Japanese boat Apr 6, 2022 3:30 pm Japan House offered a Japanese boatbuilding apprenticeship, where students worked with boatbuilding expert Douglas Brooks to build a traditional riverboat in six days. 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. 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 Design students win award for innovative lunch box design, Pail Mar 12, 2025 11:00 am U. of I. industrial design students won the IHS Global Innovation Award for Excellence in Student Design, awarded by The International Housewares Association for their innovative lunch box design, Pail. Image of Research: Bare Witness Apr 4, 2018 1:45 am Graduate student Matthew Go established the first Filipino skeletal research collection in the world. He is a semifinalist in the 2018 Image of Research competition 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. Where the wild turkeys aren’t May 19, 2017 8:45 am Wild turkeys are not endangered or dying out, but environmental officials want to know how forest management may be tailored to increase turkey populations and harvest. Beckman Institute Research Image Contest winners May 28, 2021 10:45 am 'Every year, I’m amazed at the quality of both the research being conducted, and the beautiful images that result,' said Beckman Institute Director Jeff Moore. This year’s contest included a special category on COVID-19-related research. Two Illinois undergrads to study at U.K. Fulbright Summer Institute Jun 6, 2018 10:15 am Madeline Ford of Henning, Illinois, and Michael Mitchell, of DeKalb, Illinois, are among 60 U.S. students selected for U.K. Summer Fulbright opportunities