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Watch 'Albert Lee: A Man of Substance'
Feb 19, 2019 9:45 am17 views
This short documentary honors Albert Lee, the 'unofficial dean for African-American students in the first half of the 20th century. Lee helped students gain admission, then helped them find housing and work through the black community.
Lost but not forgotten: Why this Memorial Day is different
May 22, 2018 8:15 am1 views
Illinois professor Scott Althaus tells the story of his extended family’s five-year search for the details of a relative’s last bombing mission during World War II, which also resulted in finding his plane
KAM exhibition: Capturing Landscape
May 16, 2018 10:15 am1 views
Physical landscapes are always shifting. As the world continues to change, our expectations of what a 'landscape' can look like change as well
University Library maps Illinois Commencement history
May 11, 2018 10:45 am3 views
The Commencement gallery includes historical programs, maps, photos media clippings and more.
40 years ago, Robinson twins jumpstart Illini women’s sports movement
May 3, 2018 11:30 am2 views
In the summer of 1972, young sports-minded girls had no idea just how much the Title IX legislative bill President Nixon was signing into law would eventually change their lives
Illini Grove: An institution since 1868
Apr 30, 2018 10:30 am6 views
Older than the University’s prized Morrow Plots, North America’s oldest crop research field, the Illini Grove dates back to the first years of University instruction
Photo album of the Illinois campus, 1909
Apr 17, 2018 8:45 am3 views
The campus matured rapidly during the administration of President Edmund Janes James (1904-1920). Here are images from that period
The Baby Boom years and the end of expulsions for 'immorality'
Apr 12, 2018 10:15 am1 views
Into the early 1960s, women were forbidden to visit men’s dorms without a chaperone, students couldn’t live in apartments without permission, homosexuality could get a student expelled
Website celebrates achievements of University of Illinois women
Apr 3, 2018 12:00 pm9 views
Visit the University Library's website highlighting 150 women nominated for the significant achievements they realized as Illinois students, staff, faculty, or alumni
‘Gathering’ concert series features new music to celebrate sesquicentennial
Mar 29, 2018 9:30 am8 views
The Illinois Wind Symphony and Chamber Singers premiered the piece at Chicago Symphony Center, and will perform it April 14 at NYC’s Lincoln Center and April 21 at KCPA
The 'wind, motion, and freedom' of Lillian Gatlin, Illinois' pioneering aviatrix
Mar 13, 2018 9:45 am5 views
Lillian Gatlin, a student from 1906-1908, is rarely remembered today, but in the fall of 1922 was the toast of the nation the first woman to fly across the country
21st Century University and Research for the Public Good
Mar 14, 2018 10:45 am2 views
Experts in health care; food, energy and water systems; technology; criminal justice; and other areas consider what it means for research to serve the public good in the 21st century
Illinois Theatre's 50th Anniversary Celebration, March 3-5
Feb 26, 2018 12:45 pm6 views
Alumni and friends of Illinois Theatre are invited to a weekend celebration that highlights our five decades of innovative teaching and production, and efforts to diversify stages
Visit Spurlock Museum's U of I Sesquicentennial exhibit
Apr 1, 2018 9:30 am0 views
Knowledge at Work: The University of Illinois at 150
Gun Battles, Bootlegging, and Dissent: Crime and Disorder at the U of I
Feb 8, 2018 12:30 pm0 views
Class fights, hazing rituals, Prohibition-era booze raids, war protests, and racism. History instructor Nathan Tye explores how the campus was shaped by these events
Florence Lee’s scrapbook: Mapping campus history during WWI
Feb 12, 2018 8:45 am3 views
Items from Lee's 1917 scrapbook help illustrate an online interactive map chronicling events on campus during World War I
Illini Union celebrates 77th birthday Thursday. Here's its history
Feb 5, 2018 9:00 am3 views
Celebrate with us at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8 in the Illini Union Art Gallery with a cake-cutting ceremony, refreshments and a presentation at 2:15 p.m.
Illini Everywhere: Chinese Illini, since 1906
Feb 1, 2018 8:30 am8 views
Early Chinese Illini faced not only the challenges of studying on another continent; some later students’ educations were interrupted by the Chinese Revolution of 1911
Sesquicentennial concert tour will visit Chicago, New York, and C-U this spring
Jan 24, 2018 10:15 am1 views
The U of I Wind Symphony and Chamber Singers will be joined by soloists Nathan Gunn, Todd Payne, and Yvonne Redman for the debut of a newly commissioned work titled Gathering
Explore Illinois' history of technical innovation with the Illinois Distributed Museum
Jan 9, 2018 11:00 am3 views
The Distributed Museum is a cross between a traditional museum and virtual museum: the campus becomes the museum building, the website portion serves as exhibit labels and tour guide
Interactive maps: James Era Building Tour: 1904-1920
Dec 21, 2017 9:30 am0 views
Illinois made big strides during the administration of President Edmund Janes James (1904-1920), including an increase in the number of campus buildings from 23 to 71
Watch it now: 'Illinois Icons' documentary on three Illinois legends
Jan 17, 2018 2:00 pm2 views
Max Abramovitz created iconic campus spaces; Robert Zuppke changed football and expressed himself through art; and Lorado Taft gave Illinois its most beloved symbol, the Alma Mater.
'A mad mixture of sleigh bells and telephone bells': The history of Dial-a-Carol at Illinois
Dec 8, 2017 8:00 am0 views
Betty Gordon is commonly credited with conceiving of the Dial-a-Carol idea around 1960 when she was working as a clerk in Snyder Hall
The Baby Boom & Beyond, 1953-1979
Dec 13, 2017 9:45 am1 views
First with civil rights, then with anti-Vietnam War activism, students began holding demonstrations, leading President Henry to state that the University was 'at the vortex of a social storm.'
Interactive Map Project: The Early Years Building Tour
Nov 7, 2017 10:00 am2 views
Learn about the campus buildings built - and destroyed - from 1867-1904.
How was 'old gold and black' replaced with Illini orange and blue?
Nov 1, 2017 1:45 pm0 views
And what did then-new Engineering Hall have to do with selecting our school colors?
Illinois to honor its only Medal of Honor awardee
Oct 25, 2017 8:00 am4 views
Maj. Kenneth Bailey of Danville, a 1935 graduate, was awarded the medal posthumously for leading his company in defending an airfield during the Guadalcanal Campaign in September 1942
Multimedia: The rich history of Illinois Field
Oct 20, 2017 10:45 am1 views
These grounds sat just north of the Gym Annex and the Old Armory, where the North Quad sits today. Established in 1891, it was a center of student activity for nearly one hundred years
Mapping History at the University of Illinois
Nov 1, 2017 10:45 am0 views
The Mapping History project takes a multilayered approach to telling the history of the University, integrating maps, 3D imagery, and archival content
University Archives Sesquicentennial Speakers Series events
Oct 12, 2017 10:30 am1 views
Speakers addressing the people, places, cutural changes and significant events in the University's 150 year history