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  Watch 'Albert Lee: A Man of Substance'

  Feb 19, 2019 9:45 am20 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.

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  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

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  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

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  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.

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  40 years ago, Robinson twins jumpstart Illini women’s sports movement

  May 3, 2018 11:30 am4 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

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  Illini Grove: An institution since 1868

  Apr 30, 2018 10:30 am10 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

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  Photo album of the Illinois campus, 1909

  Apr 17, 2018 8:45 am9 views

  The campus matured rapidly during the administration of President Edmund Janes James (1904-1920). Here are images from that period

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  The Baby Boom years and the end of expulsions for 'immorality'

  Apr 12, 2018 10:15 am5 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

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  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

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  ‘Gathering’ concert series features new music to celebrate sesquicentennial

  Mar 29, 2018 9:30 am10 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

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  The 'wind, motion, and freedom' of Lillian Gatlin, Illinois' pioneering aviatrix

  Mar 13, 2018 9:45 am9 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

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  21st Century University and Research for the Public Good

  Mar 14, 2018 10:45 am3 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

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  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

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  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

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  Gun Battles, Bootlegging, and Dissent: Crime and Disorder at the U of I

  Feb 8, 2018 12:30 pm2 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

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  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

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  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.

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  Illini Everywhere: Chinese Illini, since 1906

  Feb 1, 2018 8:30 am9 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

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  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

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  Explore Illinois' history of technical innovation with the Illinois Distributed Museum

  Jan 9, 2018 11:00 am7 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

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  Interactive maps: James Era Building Tour: 1904-1920

  Dec 21, 2017 9:30 am1 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

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  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.

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  '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

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  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.' 

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  Interactive Map Project: The Early Years Building Tour

  Nov 7, 2017 10:00 am4 views

  Learn about the campus buildings built - and destroyed - from 1867-1904. 

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  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?

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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