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Fifteen employees honored with 2026 Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award
Fifteen academic professionals and civil service staff members will receive the Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award recognizing exceptional performance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Four Illinois students receive Goldwater scholarships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — One University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sophomore and three juniors were awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering. Sophomore Maxwell Mamishev and juniors George Bayliss, Peter Golemis and Cliff Sun are among the 454 recipients of the $7,500 […]
Campus awards honor excellence in instruction
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisors campuswide. The recipients were honored at a March 25 ceremony. Awardees are cited for sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate and graduate teaching, undergraduate and graduate advising […]
Robinson to be inducted into the American Philosophical Society
Gene Robinson will be inducted into the American Philosophical Society in April, 2026.
Illini Success report highlights increase in employment, starting salaries among recent Illinois graduates
Recent graduates from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign achieved high rates of employment and continuing education along with an increase in starting salaries and signing bonuses, according to the latest Illini Success report.
Illinois named a top producer of Gilman Scholars
Champaign, Ill. ― The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is among the top producers of recipients for the Gilman International Scholarship Program, which provides merit-based scholarships to outstanding American undergraduate students with high financial need to pursue credit-bearing academic studies and career-oriented internships abroad. The scholarship opportunities equip Gilman Scholars with international experience, global networks and foreign language […]
‘Hot Ones’ host and Illinois alumnus Sean Evans named 2026 Commencement speaker
Daytime Emmy® Award-nominated talk show host and Illinois alumnus Sean Evans will serve as the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Commencement speaker on Saturday, May 16, in Gies Memorial Stadium. Evans graduated from Illinois with a degree in broadcast journalism in 2008.
Tony Leggett, Nobel laureate and theoretical physicist, dies
Theoretical physicist Sir Anthony James Leggett, widely recognized as a world leader in condensed matter physics and for his pioneering work on superfluidity and the quantum mechanics of macroscopic systems, died March 8. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor was 87 years old.
August, December 2025 graduates and Dean’s List honorees announced
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign announced Dean’s List honorees and graduates for the fall semester 2025, and the graduates for August 2025. The Dean’s List in December was composed of 9,374 students. Dean’s List eligibility is limited to the top 20% of a student’s college class or curriculum. To be eligible for the […]
Illinois faculty member elected to National Academy of Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor Christopher Burcham has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering this year. Burcham, a professor of the practice in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, joined the university last fall.
Wright selected as U. of I.’s vice chancellor for advancement
Dale Wright, currently the interim vice chancellor for advancement at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will become the permanent vice chancellor for advancement and senior vice president of the University of Illinois Foundation, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Until approved by the Board of Trustees, his title will be vice […]
Illinois announces first dual-credit initiative, bringing courses directly to high school students
The Learning Accelerator initiative offers the university’s popular general education courses to high school students across Illinois in the form of dual credit — at no cost to those students.