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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.
August, December 2024 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 2024, and the graduates for August 2024. The Dean’s List in December was composed of 9,232 students. Dean’s List eligibility is limited to the top 20% of a student’s college class or curriculum. To be eligible for the Dean’s […]
Three Illinois professors named Sloan Research Fellows
Three Illinois scientists are among 126 recipients of the 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. According to the foundation, the awardees represent “the very best of early-career science, embodying the creativity, ambition, and rigor that drive discovery forward.” This year’s Illinois recipients are chemistry professors Angad Mehta and Lisa Olshansky, and materials science and engineering professor Yingjie Zhang.
Illinois faculty member elected to National Academy of Engineering
Champaign, Ill. — Marcelo Garcia, a professor of civil and environmental engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Four Illinois researchers receive Presidential Early Career Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Four researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers. The winners this year are health and kinesiology professor Marni Boppart, physics professor Barry Bradlyn, chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Ying […]
U. of I. professor Rochelle Gutiérrez named to National Academy of Education
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Rochelle Gutiérrez, a professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been elected to the National Academy of Education. Founded in 1965, NAE is an honorific society of U.S. members and international associates who are elected based on outstanding education-related scholarship. A professor of mathematics education, Gutiérrez has […]
Illinois history professor awarded NEH Fellowship
Kristin Hoganson has been awarded a 2024 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.