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  • Five University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors named University Scholars.

    Five Urbana-Champaign faculty members honored as University Scholars

    Dec 10, 2020 1:15 pm4547 views

    Five University of Illinois professors at the Urbana-Champaign campus have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.

  • Dr. Mark S. Cohen, the next dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine and senior vice president and chief academic officer at Carle Health

    Cohen selected as Carle Illinois College of Medicine dean

    Mar 10, 2022 10:30 am4539 views

    Dr. Mark S. Cohen will be the next dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine and senior vice president and chief academic officer at Carle Health, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Cohen is currently a professor of surgery and pharmacology at the University of Michigan.

  • Book celebrates planning, building of University of Illinois campus

    Jun 22, 2017 10:45 am4506 views

    A new book, “An Illini Place – Building the University of Illinois Campus,” covers the history of the planning and building of the University of Illinois campus and why the campus looks the way it does.

  • Portrait of Andreas Cangellaris

    Provost Cangellaris leaving Illinois to lead Saudi Arabian university

    Jun 22, 2022 12:00 pm4234 views

    Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas C. Cangellaris will leave the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in August to become the Founding President of NEOM University in Saudi Arabia, Chancellor Robert J. Jones announced today.

  • The Safer Illinois app will serve as one of the mechanisms to gain entry to university facilities during the pandemic.

    Safer Illinois app available for faculty members, staff, students

    Aug 13, 2020 10:00 am4221 views

    An app that provides personalized coronavirus information and testing status for University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign faculty members, staff and students who intend to enter university facilities this fall is available for download by iPhone and Android users.

  • Tim Nugent was a pioneer for disability rights and accessiblity, founding a first-of-its-kind program at the University of Illinois, leading research efforts, and advocating for changes that would have influence well beyond the campus.

    Tim Nugent a pioneer in changing life for people with disabilities

    Nov 12, 2015 1:15 pm4173 views

    Tim Nugent, who died Wednesday at the age of 92 in Urbana, Illinois, was a visionary who changed the world for people with disabilities. Starting with a small program at the University of Illinois a few years after World War II – but for years with little support, and often outright opposition – Nugent sought to change both the opportunities for people with disabilities and public attitudes about them.

  • Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo

    Faculty members, staff, teaching assistants honored with Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction

    May 19, 2020 11:30 am4118 views

    Faculty and staff members and graduate teaching assistants this spring were honored with Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction. The awards recognize excellence in teaching, mentoring and advising.

  • Campus to allow freshman applicants to self-report standardized test scores

    Apr 26, 2018 9:00 am4106 views

    Students will be able to self-report their standardized test scores in new freshmen applications to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the fall 2019 semester, a change made to improve accessibility for students applying to college.

  • Chancellor's Scholars named to Campus Honors Program

    Sep 11, 2017 8:45 am3984 views

    One hundred forty freshmen and sophomores have been designated Chancellor’s Scholars, chosen for their academic excellence and leadership potential.

     

  • Cangellaris named vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost

    Nov 15, 2017 10:00 am3954 views

    Andreas Cangellaris has been selected by Chancellor Robert Jones to be the Urbana campus’s next vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost. Cangellaris, the dean of the College of Engineering, will start in his new role Jan. 16, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

  • The first class of students at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine in 2018 joined Dr. King Li, front center, the dean of Carle Illinois.

    Carle Illinois College of Medicine granted provisional accreditation

    Feb 22, 2021 9:00 am3949 views

    The Carle Illinois College of Medicine, a partnership between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Carle Health, has been granted provisional accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.  Provisional accreditation affirms that a medical school meets nationally accepted standards of educational quality and can move forward with plans to build a sustainable medical education program.

  • Website celebrates achievements of University of Illinois women

    Apr 4, 2018 9:15 am3939 views

    A new website celebrates the achievements women have made during the University of Illinois’ 150-year history.

  • Deniz Namik is among 14 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students and recent alumni who were offered Fulbright grants.

    U of I students, alumni awarded Fulbright grants

    Jun 8, 2020 7:30 am3860 views

    Fourteen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students and recent alumni were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences across the globe this coming year.

  • A masked student holds a saliva collection test tube

    SHIELD program a model for effective pandemic management, data show

    Jun 9, 2022 7:30 am3731 views

    In the fall of 2020, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign welcomed students back for in-person instruction amid the powerful first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The university successfully maintained operations throughout the semester – with zero COVID-19-related deaths or hospitalizations in the campus community – thanks to its “SHIELD: Target, Test, Tell” program. In a sweeping report, the team behind the campuswide collaboration details the innovations in modeling, saliva testing and results reporting that helped mitigate the spread of the virus, and shares the data collected and lessons learned through the process.

  • Switzky named first director of Siebel Center for Design

    Mar 29, 2018 9:00 am3707 views

    Rachel Switzky has been selected as the inaugural director of the Siebel Center for Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Switzky, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial design at Illinois, will begin the new role June 18. 

  • Nicholas Wu stands with arms crossed.

    Wu earns NIH Director's New Innovator Award

    Oct 5, 2021 9:45 am3685 views

    Biochemistry professor Nicholas Wu has received a 2021 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. His project aims to understand how antibodies interact with their targets.

  • Physics professor Nadya Mason is one of five Urbana-Champaign faculty members named as University Scholars.

    Five professors named University Scholars for Urbana-Champaign campus

    Sep 12, 2019 10:45 am3639 views

    Five Urbana-Champaign campus professors have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.

  • Smaller test tubes for COVID-19 testing at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

    Revised process to speed on-campus COVID-19 testing

    Dec 4, 2020 2:00 pm3513 views

    The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is introducing a revision to make its COVID-19-testing process faster and more efficient, with fewer invalid or inconclusive results and less plastic waste.

  • Portrait of Hamed Kadiani, one of 16 Illinois students offered Fulbright grants

    16 Illinois students, recent graduates offered Fulbright grants

    Jun 9, 2022 9:00 am3494 views

    Sixteen University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences around the globe this coming year. Another six Illinois students were named Fulbright alternates.

  • Illini Success report documents graduates' post-college experiences

    Mar 5, 2019 10:00 am3421 views

    The fourth annual Illini Success report documents the exceptional success of graduates from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s undergraduate programs in securing a “first destination” within six months of graduation.

     

  • Individual photos of each of the three researchers described in this release.

    Three Illinois scientists rank among world's most influential

    Nov 18, 2020 8:45 am3355 views

    Three faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2020 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list. The list recognizes leading researchers in the sciences and social sciences from around the world. It is based on an analysis of journal article publication and citation data, an objective measure of a researcher’s influence, from 2009-2019.

    The highly cited Illinois researchers this year are: materials science and engineering professor Axel Hoffmann, crop sciences and plant biology professor Stephen Long, and plant biology professor Donald Ort.

  • A student wearing a mask gives a thumbs-up signal as a nurse applies a bandage to his arm.

    Vaccine study now open for student enrollment

    Mar 22, 2021 11:15 am3343 views

    Students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 can enroll in a study to help understand the effectiveness of vaccines in reducing the spread of the coronavirus. Participants will be paid and could receive the vaccine as soon as April 1.

  • Alice Cary, the U. of I.’s next executive director of public safety and chief of police, is a 34-year veteran in law enforcement whose experience includes the creation of a dedicated team at the University of Maryland, Baltimore to engage with the campus and the greater community.

    Cary to lead U of I Division of Public Safety, serve as police chief

    Jun 16, 2020 2:00 pm3341 views

    Alice Cary, currently the chief of police at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s next executive director of public safety and chief of police.

  • Venetria K. Patton will become the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences effective Aug. 2, pending board approval.

    Patton named College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean

    Jul 28, 2021 10:15 am3265 views

    Venetria K. Patton will become the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign effective Aug. 2, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Patton is currently the head of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Purdue University.

  • The Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign will once again host Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, or “Ebertfest,” now in its 21st year.

    'Ebertfest' full schedule announced, with actresses Gershon, Madsen, Tilly as guests

    Mar 21, 2019 9:00 am3233 views

    This year’s Ebert Film Fest will include “Almost Famous” and “Sideways,” documentaries on Maya Angelou and Fred Rogers, and guest actresses Gina Gershon, Virginia Madsen and Jennifer Tilly.

  • Dressed in graduation regalia, the Alma Mater statue welcomes people to campus

    New program to support U of I freshmen with autism

    Jun 24, 2022 8:45 am3200 views

    The Illinois Neurodiversity Initiative, a pilot program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will provide autism-specific support to freshmen with autism.

  • Photo of Germán Bollero, the next dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. The appointment takes effect April 16, 2023.

    Bollero named College of ACES dean

    Apr 6, 2023 4:00 pm3185 views

    Germán Bollero will be the next dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Bollero has served as the interim dean of ACES since September 2021.  

  • Urbana campus faculty members named University Scholars

    Jan 31, 2018 8:00 am3144 views

    The University Scholars program recognizes excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Six Urbana campus faculty members have been named University Scholars and will be honored at a campus reception Jan. 31.

  • Eric Minor, the university’s first chief marketing officer, will lead campuswide efforts to tell the Illinois story of excellence in research, teaching, public engagement and economic development.

    Minor selected first chief marketing officer

    Jan 24, 2019 10:15 am3073 views

    Eric Minor, a University of Illinois alumnus with more than two decades of experience in corporate brand marketing, will become the university’s first-ever chief marketing officer effective Jan. 31 pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

     

  • Eunice Santos, currently the chair of the computer science department at the Illinois Institute of Technology, is the new dean of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, effective Aug. 16.

    Santos named iSchool dean at Illinois

    Jul 12, 2019 10:00 am3064 views

    Eunice Santos will become the dean of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign effective Aug. 16, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Andreas C. Cangellaris, the vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost, recommended the appointment to Chancellor Robert Jones after the conclusion of a yearlong national search.

  • Faculty and staff members honored for excellence at Illinois

    Apr 27, 2016 1:45 pm2938 views

    Faculty and staff members, and graduate teaching assistants at the U. of I. were honored April 26 for excellence in teaching, mentoring and advising. Each was recognized during a reception at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center.

  • Committee to identify, recruit founding dean for Carle Illinois College of Medicine

    Sep 30, 2015 10:00 am2920 views

    A search committee established to find the Carle Illinois College of Medicine’s inaugural dean will begin its work this month with the goal of naming the dean by spring 2016

  • Professor of anthropology Kathryn Clancy

    Awards recognize campus excellence in public engagement

    Jul 10, 2020 1:45 pm2909 views

    The 2020 Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement recognize outstanding individual and group outreach efforts.

  • U. of I. student named Rhodes Scholar

    Nov 20, 2017 9:15 am2894 views

    Thomas Dowling, a senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is among 32 U.S. students selected as Rhodes Scholars. Dowling is the first Rhodes Scholar on the Urbana campus since 1998.

  • Hanley-Maxwell named College of Applied Health Sciences dean

    Jul 1, 2016 8:45 am2810 views

    Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell will join the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as dean of the College of Applied Health Sciences effective Aug. 16, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

  • Nina Baym, pioneer in the study of American women writers, has died

    Jun 21, 2018 9:00 am2809 views

    Nina Baym, an internationally recognized scholar of American literature and a pioneer in the field of study of American women’s writing, has died.

  • Anthropology professor Rebecca Stumpf is one of six U. of I. professors named as Guggenheim Fellows.

    Six Illinois professors named Guggenheim Fellows

    May 2, 2016 12:15 pm2714 views

    Six professors at the University of Illinois have been named 2016 Guggenheim Fellows, bringing to 13 the number of U. of I. faculty members who have been honored with the fellowship over the last three years. This year’s fellows are Dennis Baron, Karin A. Dahmen, Craig Koslofsky, Mei-Po Kwan, Ralph W. Mathisen and Rebecca Stumpf.

  • Tim Nugent, who directed a first-of-its-kind program at Illinois for college students with disabilities, is being inducted posthumously into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame.

    U. of I. accessibility pioneer entering U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame

    Oct 31, 2019 11:45 am2689 views

    Tim Nugent, the visionary first director of a ground-breaking University of Illinois program for students with disabilities, is being inducted posthumously into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame.

  • Fulbright logo

    Illinois a top producer of Fulbright student grantees

    Feb 14, 2019 11:45 am2683 views

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is among the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2018-19 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards, as announced recently by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

    The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. Top-producing institutions are highlighted annually in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

  • The Chancellor’s Commission on Native Imagery: Healing and Reconciliation begins its work today.

    Chancellor’s Commission on Native Imagery: Healing and Reconciliation begins work

    Nov 29, 2018 8:00 am2614 views

    The Chancellor’s Commission on Native Imagery: Healing and Reconciliation begins its work today.

  • Sriyankari Chitti and William Lyon honored by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.

    Illinois students honored with Goldwater scholarships

    Apr 8, 2020 8:15 am2603 views

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign juniors Sriyankari Chitti and William Lyon were awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.

  • Photo of band members in dark suits holding their instruments, with some instruments floating in the air.

    Krannert Center for the Performing Arts announces 2022-23 artists

    Jul 21, 2022 9:45 am2585 views

    Krannert Center for the Performing Arts’ upcoming season will include touring artists, rescheduled performances that were canceled due to COVID-19 and work from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s dance, music and theatre departments.

  • Josh Whitman named director of athletics for Illinois

    Feb 17, 2016 4:30 pm2566 views

    Illinois alumnus Josh Whitman has been named director of athletics by Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. 

  • ‘Illinois Icons’ tells story of three Illinois legends

    Dec 20, 2017 11:30 am2553 views

    “Illinois Icons,” a new 30-minute documentary premiering Jan. 16 on BTN, tells the stories of three men who left enduring marks on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Max Abramovitz, Robert Zuppke and Lorado Taft.

  • A SHIELD worker explains the protocol for a COVID-19 saliva test at the University of Illinois.

    University of Illinois receives APLU award for COVID-19 testing program

    Jul 1, 2021 2:00 pm2521 views

    The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has received the inaugural Research Response to Community Crisis Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities for its COVID-19 testing program.

  • Alma Mater

    Report shows recent Illinois graduates succeeding despite COVID-19 pandemic

    Mar 16, 2021 10:00 am2492 views

    Recent University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduates still found jobs, enrolled in graduate school or began volunteer programs on par with previous years – despite the global pandemic. The sixth annual Illini Success report was released today.

  • YouTube co-founder to be commencement speaker at Illinois

    Mar 27, 2007 9:00 am2458 views

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Jawed Karim, an alumnus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a co-founder of YouTube, a popular video-sharing Web site, will be the speaker at the 136th U. of I. Commencement on May 13 (Sunday). He will speak at the 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies at Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., Champaign.

  • Haitham Al-Hassanieh, left, and Diwakar Shukla are recipients of 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowships.

    Two Illinois professors named Sloan Research Fellows

    Feb 19, 2019 10:00 am2431 views

    Electrical and computer engineering professor Haitham Al-Hassanieh and chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Diwakar Shukla are recipients of this year's Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. According to the foundation, the awards "honor early career scholars whose achievements mark them as among the most promising researchers in their fields."

  • Wilkin named interim vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost designate

    Feb 13, 2017 10:00 am2401 views

    Currently the dean of libraries and university librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, John Wilkin will become the interim vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost designate effective Feb. 18.

  • Finalists named for vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost position

    Sep 7, 2017 10:00 am2393 views

    Chancellor Robert Jones named the four finalists for the role of vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost. Each will make a presentation on campus in the coming weeks.