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Awards recognize excellence in public engagement
The 2025 Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement were recently awarded to faculty, staff and community members who address critical societal issues.
Illinois undergraduates receive Gilman Scholarship
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship has been awarded to 42 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign undergraduate students this spring.
Illinois student awarded Boren funding for overseas language study
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign undergraduate student Almoatasim Shahbain received the Boren Award for intensive language study abroad during the 2025-26 academic year.
Faculty members honored with 2025 Campus Awards for Excellence in Faculty Leadership
Four University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty members were honored by the Office of the Provost with the 2025 Campus Awards for Excellence in Faculty Leadership.
Two Illinois students selected for Fulbright’s Summer Institute to the UK
Two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students received places in the Fulbright Commission’s Summer Institutes program.
Four Illinois faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Four faculty members from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. Materials science professor Paul Braun, history professor Antoinette Burton, physics professor Aida El-Khadra and chemistry professor Jonathan Sweedler are […]
Truman Scholarship awarded to U. of I. junior
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Hannah Sundararajan, a junior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was awarded a $30,000 Truman Scholarship. Sundararajan is one of 54 Truman Scholars selected from a pool of 743 nominees from colleges and universities across the country. Sundararajan, from New Berlin, Wisconsin, and a graduate of New Berlin High School, was selected […]
Two U. of I. faculty receive Guggenheim Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have been awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships. This year’s Illinois fellows are history professor Kristin Hoganson and English professor Corey Van Landingham. They are among 198 individuals working across 53 disciplines chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from nearly 3,500 applicants. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation […]
Four Illinois students receive Goldwater scholarships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois juniors David Balut, Alyssa Shih, Dmitriy Shvydkoy and Annie Zeng were awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering. As the result of an ongoing partnership with UWorld, a testing tools provider, and the Department […]
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. This year’s recipients are being honored at a ceremony on April 15. Awardees are cited for sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate and graduate teaching, undergraduate […]
Sixteen employees honored with 2025 Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sixteen academic professionals and civil service staff members have received the Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award recognizing exceptional performance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A CSEA committee recommends finalists, who are approved by Illinois Chancellor Robert Jones. Each awardee receives $1,500 and a commemorative award. Two staff members received awards in each […]
Three Illinois faculty named AAAS Fellows
Three faculty members at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.