The sun sets behind miscanthus on the south farms. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer.
Charles Edward “Chuck” Matz, 64, of Urbana, died at home Nov. 25. He was a professor of biochemistry and molecular biochemistry at Illinois, and was honored three times with the “excellence in teaching” award. A memorial will be at Pizza M, 208 W. Main St., Urbana, on Sunday, Dec. 17, from 2-5 p.m. Memorials: St. Jude Research Hospital.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign undergraduate student Almoatasim Shahbain received the Boren Award for intensive language study abroad during the 2025-26 academic year.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — On March 11, 1944, my relative 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly, Jr. and 10 other crew members of a B-24 bomber named “Heaven Can Wait” were declared missing in action after being shot down somewhere over the waters of Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. For our family, as for so many families […]
Read the transcript of the Commencement speech delivered by Illinois Chancellor Robert Jones at the 2025 universitywide Commencement ceremony.
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