blog posts Illinois technician combines engineering and creativity in a DIY synthesizer Jan 27, 2017 10:30 am Skot Wiedmann creates music on a palm-sized synthesizer he built in just a few hours. He can experiment with sound using his fingers on the surface to create chords and move up and down octaves. Interested in Illinois? Come visit us! Feb 13, 2017 7:45 am There are many opportunities for you to see the campus, visit a class, meet some students, and check out housing Interested in Illinois? Attend a campus summer program! Mar 1, 2017 3:45 pm Considering Illinois for your college education? Explore Illinois this summer through these programs Robotic arm gives architecture students more fabrication options Mar 15, 2017 3:30 pm The School of Architecture has a new fabrication tool for students to use in building objects they’ve designed. 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." Engineering team seeks sponsors to fly miniature greenhouse to the moon Mar 22, 2017 3:15 pm Illinois freshmen Alex Darragh and Matt Steinlauf want to be the first engineering farmers to plant a seed and grow it on the moon. Resources to support our international community Mar 23, 2017 5:45 am 'Our success rests on the principle of inviting the best and brightest into our community and supporting their capacity to thrive...' - Chancellor Robert Jones Okavango Odyssey: Studying wildlife in Botswana Mar 30, 2017 10:45 am U. of I. animal sciences students spent nine weeks studying wildlife in Botswana's Okavango Delta and Chobe Enclave Region. 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.” 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. Undergraduate Research Week, April 23 - 29 Apr 16, 2017 10:30 am Undergraduate Research Week showcases the best of undergraduate research and creative inquiry at the University of Illinois. 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. 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. Interested in Illinois? Come visit us this summer! Jun 2, 2017 9:15 am See the Illinois campus for yourself. While on campus, you can also to visit a class or take a Housing tour. 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. Illini Summer Academies reveal new wonders for teens Jun 20, 2017 1:45 pm It's like suddenly seeing the world in a new way. That's how teens attending the Illinois 4-H Illini Summer Academies describe their time studying with University of Illinois instructors this week. Searching for an ancient Maya pilgrimage path: The elusive pools Jul 2, 2017 9:00 am Researchers are mapping the final three of 25 sacred pools at Cara Blanca, an ancient Maya pilgrimage site in central Belize A busy two weeks in Brazil for this Vet Med student Jul 12, 2017 1:00 pm Once I stepped off the plane in Curitiba and entered my host family’s car, Brazilian culture surrounded me…and it was beautiful. Two undergrads improve plant carbon-cycle models Jul 24, 2017 10:30 am Researchers found that plants vary a lot in the efficiency with which they uptake carbon dioxide and conserve water Welcome New Students! Jul 30, 2017 9:30 am Welcome days for new Illinois students are August 24 - 27. Dive in! Searching for an ancient Maya pilgrimage path: Fire and water Jul 30, 2017 4:15 pm You can't just walk to the edge of the Mayan underworld. You have to beat a path to it. 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 Research Experience for Undergraduates Aug 7, 2017 3:15 pm This summer, 10 undergrads performed research on imaging and microscopy technologies in the “Discoveries in Bioimaging” Research Experience for Undergraduates funded by NSF Interested in Illinois? Come visit us! Sep 11, 2017 2:00 pm There are several opportunities for you to visit the Illinois campus, sit in on a class, and tour Housing facilities 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' Undergrads choose their own adventure in wildlife research group Oct 20, 2017 10:15 pm The students are told, ‘If you have an interest in a particular part of the lab, let us know. We’ll let you try it out and see if you still like it after you’ve tried 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 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 Now seniors, first cohort of Cancer Scholars set to graduate Jan 10, 2018 11:00 am Inaugurated in 2014, the Cancer Scholars program gave a small cohort of students the chance to mold their undergraduate experience around the idea of cancer research 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 Learning from the Lenca Jan 29, 2018 10:15 am We are in Llano Largo, the highest point in Central America and also the client community of my course in international water-system design, Honduras Water Project Our summer spent saving turtles Jan 29, 2018 1:45 pm Last summer, two rising second-year veterinary students traded blue lab coats and lecture halls in Urbana for chest-high waders and wetlands in Lake County in northeast Illinois Illinois Open House Weekend, March 9 & 10 Feb 21, 2018 3:30 pm The University of Illinois welcomes thousands of students to campus for open house events in the College of Engineering, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, and several other campus units. Interested in Illinois? Attend a summer program on campus! Feb 23, 2018 10:45 am With an Illinois summer program, you can earn class credit, explore possible majors, or just see what life at Illinois is really like Illinois again a top producer of Fulbright U.S. scholars Feb 27, 2018 12:45 pm For the seventh time in the past eight years, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is among the top producers of Fulbright U.S. Student Awards Report quantifies grads' first destinations Mar 7, 2018 11:15 am Alumni with recently completed undergraduate degrees will again exceed national averages related to graduates securing first destinations, according to an annual survey Image of Research: You are what you eat Apr 3, 2018 10:30 am Caitlyn Edwards' photo, a semifinalist in the Image of Research competition, features lutein-rich 'cupcakes' - part of a study to understand the role of nutrition in children’s brain health 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 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 Four Illinois students awarded Barry Goldwater scholarships Apr 12, 2018 12:00 pm The national awards recognize students for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering Undergraduate Research Week, April 15 - 21 Apr 14, 2018 8:00 am A celebration of student innovation and excellence MFA Exhibition to feature work by art and design grad students Apr 20, 2018 8:00 am The multidisciplinary artwork represents the culmination of their graduate education in an exhibition at Krannert Art Museum Choose Illinois: Accept your offer by May 1 Apr 29, 2018 10:00 am Why choose Illinois? Here are more than 200 reasons Design students create virtual reality scenarios for those soon to be released from prison May 22, 2018 4:00 am The immersive reality scenarios will help new parolees learn how to navigate public transportation, pay at the pump at a gas station or order from a digital kiosk at a fast-food restaurant Searching for turtles in a sea of grass Jun 5, 2018 10:30 am To survey local Ornate Turtles, one has to find them. Turtle tracking dogs help a lot. 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 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 Work by Illinois dance student performed at national festival Jul 12, 2018 8:45 am Krystal Collins’ senior dance thesis was inspired by games of double dutch, summer parties and family get-togethers – the things she and her friends remember from their childhoods In search of ‘white birds in a nest’ Jul 24, 2018 8:00 am Our willingness to tromp through swamps and brambles is fueled by the hope of catching a glimpse of “white birds in a nest” (Macbridea alba) in bloom 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
