blog posts Historical math models recreated by students using 3D printing Jul 2, 2025 1:45 pm U. of I. has one of the world’s largest collections of math models from the late 19th and early 20th centuries - a time when advanced math was becoming more abstract - so students would have something to enhance their understanding of abstract concepts. Giving and learning on the job Jul 1, 2025 2:30 pm 'I’m proud to offer my veterinary skills to this community, and the event is a learning experience for me. Participating in this outreach helps me see that veterinarians play a huge role in the community.' 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. Congratulations Class of 2025! May 12, 2025 3:45 pm Commencement is one of the proudest days of the year at Illinois. From the spectacle of the universitywide ceremony at Memorial Stadium to your unit convocation, the entire weekend is a celebration of our talented graduates. Discover everything you’ll need to make it memorable. Staging a fight - with theatre professor Zev Steinrock May 30, 2025 11:00 am 'The theater is supposed to hold a mirror up to real life. It’s an important part of humanity, and storytelling should not shy away from the chance to explore violence and mortality and intimacy through theater.' Choose Illinois: Accept your offer by May 1 Apr 29, 2018 10:00 am Why choose Illinois? Here are more than 200 reasons Course project becomes $4.2M startup making sidewalks accessible nationwide Sep 24, 2025 11:45 am Brandon Yates' CEE 395 course project seemed like just another assignment. Today, that project is a startup with $4.2 million in funding serving 90 municipalities, and is revolutionizing how cities make communities more accessible. Student wins Young Innovator prize for groundbreaking assisted birth tool Sep 30, 2025 12:00 pm A Carle Illinois College of Medicine student who is creating a tool to make difficult births safer for mothers and babies has earned the title of 2025 Illinois Young Innovator of the Year. 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 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 Mobile teams bring COVID-19 vaccines to rural villages in Sierra Leone May 7, 2024 4:00 pm The study found that immunization rates increased by about 26% in the trial villages.On average, the cost was about $33 per person, making it a very cost-effective intervention. Learning from cockatiels May 8, 2025 8:00 am They all have their personalities. Some of the birds we’re handling today live in the 'Princes' cage and have a reputation as troublemakers. They almost always try to escape! 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. 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 Sapora Symposium honors Grange, provides networking opportunity for RST students Nov 15, 2019 10:00 am The first day of the 16th annual Sapora Symposium was a tribute to Red Grange, the former Illini football star who put college football and the NFL on the map in the 1920s. New journalism master’s degree track focuses on science and technology Dec 21, 2022 10:45 am Students can earn the Master of Science in Journalism degree with a focus on science and technology journalism entirely online in as few as two semesters full-time, or can tailor a part-time schedule over additional semesters. 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 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 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 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 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 Welcome New Students! Jul 30, 2017 9:30 am Welcome days for new Illinois students are August 24 - 27. Dive in! Appealing to our ‘better angels’ with the Braver Angels Nov 1, 2024 11:00 am 'Seated nearby are more than 70 undergraduate students, mostly political science majors, and a handful of facilitators... whose goal is to teach tomorrow’s leaders how to effectively facilitate dialogue across party lines.' Mentoring women in orthopedic surgery Jan 2, 2025 11:30 am Less than 8% of practicing orthopedic surgeons in the U.S. are women. Carle Illinois College of Medicine is working to foster diversity in orthopedic surgery by providing mentorship along the way to a surgical career. 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 A celebration of student innovation and excellence at Illinois Apr 21, 2025 1:30 pm Undergraduate Research Week showcases the best of undergraduate research and creative inquiry at the University of Illinois. Events include workshops on getting started in research, special exhibits, and highlighting the best student research. Study: I-Promise grants boost low-income U. of I. students’ graduation rates Apr 29, 2019 9:00 am Freshmen from low-income families who received Illinois Promise loan-replacement grants at Illinois were much more likely to graduate within five years compared with similar peers who did not get grants 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. A new ‘SPIN’ on research Jun 21, 2023 10:45 am SPIN gives undergraduates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the chance to work with NCSA staff on research and development projects in supercomputing, data analytics, visualization, and more. Advanced filmmaking class produces live action short film Dec 9, 2022 4:15 pm This spring, students in MACS 480: Advanced Filmmaking are producing a live action short film. Watch: College of Media students created this holiday video Dec 21, 2018 12:15 pm A Media and Cinema Studies class of 15 students plus five independent study students did everything from drawing storyboards to shooting video, directing to post-production CI MED students establish new free eye care clinic Mar 20, 2024 10:15 am 'We have a lot of patients who are excited to see us because they often do not have vision insurance... Many patients have waited over three or four years to be seen because they simply cannot afford new glasses or an eye exam.' 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. Student-athlete, student-teacher: Kendall Bostic masters grad school and Big Ten basketball Apr 10, 2025 4:15 pm Kendall Bostic didn't compromise when it came to her goals. She dreamed of big basketball achievements. And she dreamed of helping kids learn, despite their challenges. She's accomplished both. Undergraduate Research Week, April 15 - 21 Apr 14, 2018 8:00 am A celebration of student innovation and excellence 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. U of I to host virtual summer camp for high schoolers diagnosed with autism May 5, 2021 12:45 pm Illinois high school students who were diagnosed with autism and are considering attending the U of I can explore college life and hear the experiences of current students in a new virtual summer camp called I Ready. Virtual exhibitions highlight art and design graduates May 14, 2020 9:30 am Students graduating from the School of Art and Design are exhibiting their work online this spring rather than in galleries at Krannert Art Museum. 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 Illinois students receive Critical Language Scholarships May 30, 2023 3:45 pm The scholarship program is part of an initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign language and cultural skills to enable them to contribute to U.S. economic competitiveness and national security. Finding my calling as a neurosurgeon Oct 10, 2024 10:15 am 'As I scroll through another sheet of data, I know each entry represents the story of a high school athlete whose season — and, potentially, life — was altered due to a possible concussion. I am looking for trends and risk factors...' 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.’ Enroll now in online winter courses Oct 25, 2019 4:45 pm The winter online term offers you an opportunity to continue your education, persist toward graduation and learn valuable skills such as time management and goal setting. Ebertfest provides behind-the-scenes access to students Dec 11, 2019 10:30 am 'The involvement of the college’s inspired students is great for Ebertfest, but it also gives those students that do get involved an experience that few other schools can match,' says Ebertfest coordinator Andrew Hall. Final day for free phone carols Dec 13, 2018 5:45 am For one week only, anyone from anywhere can call us round the clock and request any holiday tune, and we'll do our best to sing it over the phone. For free. 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 Illinois a top producer of Fulbright student grantees Feb 14, 2019 1:15 pm Eleven students from the Urbana campus received Fulbright awards for the 2018-19 academic year, placing Illinois among the top 15 public institutions in terms of numbers of student grantees. Grad student's research faces worst-case asteroid scenario Feb 21, 2022 10:45 am Andrew Koehler recently won an award from the International Academy of Astronautics to further his work on a research project to use swarm intelligence algorithms to look at steroid impact probability. A veteran's unusual journey that led to a haunting novel Mar 5, 2025 11:00 am John Milas served from 2008 to 2012, including a deployment to Afghanistan, but longed to return home and dreamed of attending the University of Illinois. The idea behind 'The Militia House' began taking shape during his time on campus.