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The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini

Graduate Employees’ Organization to celebrate tuition waiver success

By Ali Braboy • January 28, 2016
Students and faculty gather around the Alma Mater to voice support for graduate employee tuition waivers on Nov. 12, 2014.

Graduate Employees’ Organization celebrates tuition waiver victory

By Ali Braboy • January 27, 2016
Illinois still undecided on college exam

Illinois still undecided on college exam

By Ali Braboy • January 24, 2016

Local organizations call for Champaign police officer's termination

By Ali Braboy • December 14, 2015
University students talk about transferring during spring semesters

University students talk about transferring during spring semesters

By Ali Braboy • December 8, 2015

Central Black Student Union at Illinois to hold conference about connecting students

By Ali Braboy • December 2, 2015

Illinois State Museum still in limbo

By Ali Braboy • November 30, 2015
A Cat980 wheel loader runs among finished products in open air in Caterpillar Co., Ltd. in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 14, 2011. (Liu Bin/Zuma Press/TNS)

UI and Caterpillar relationship strong, despite cuts

By Ali Braboy • November 9, 2015
This species of turtle is the Terrapene carolina, otherwise known as the common box turtle. This specimen was collected in Jackson County, Illinois over 75 years ago and is part of a collection from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Natural History Survey receives thousands of specimen donation

By Ali Braboy • November 2, 2015
Kelly Hickey The Daily Illini Chancellor Phyllis Wise receives a rose on Wednesday, from a student in honor of her one-year anniversary as Chancellor on this campus. Wise was greeted by sixty students with roses, spanning from the Illini Union to the the Swanlund Administration Building.

Wise and Adesida to return to faculty

By Ali Braboy • October 30, 2015

Police blotter for Oct. 19, 2015

By Ali Braboy • October 19, 2015

Police blotter for Oct. 12, 2015

By Ali Braboy • October 11, 2015

University of Illinois Police Department talks school shootings

By Ali Braboy • October 11, 2015

Six student candidates for Chancellor Search Committee announced at ISS meeting

By Ali Braboy • October 8, 2015

USDA not likely to investigate death of cows at UI

By Ali Braboy • September 16, 2015
The "Water Planet: Water Crisis? Meeting the World's Water-Food-Energy Needs Sustainably" conference is being held Monday through Wednesday by iSEE.

UI conference talks about water crisis

By Ali Braboy • September 15, 2015

Academic and Student Affairs: Fewer degree programs, more students

By Ali Braboy • September 9, 2015
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks at a discussion. Duncan will visit the University campus the week of Sept. 14 for the Back-to-School Bus Tour. | Photo courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Education

U.S. Secretary of Education to visit UI

By Ali Braboy • September 9, 2015

Faculty members discuss increasing external funding

By Ali Braboy • September 9, 2015

Police blotter for Sept. 8, 2015

By Ali Braboy • September 7, 2015

Advanced Placement rules change for Illinois students

By Ali Braboy • August 26, 2015
University credits MAP grants despite budget crises

University credits MAP grants despite budget crises

By Ali Braboy • August 25, 2015

University credits MAP grants despite budget crises

By Ali Braboy • August 25, 2015
Chong Jiang The Daily Illini A volunteer butters and wraps up freshly cooked corn on the cob at the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival on Saturday, Aug 27, 2011.

Urbana to celebrate 40th Sweetcorn Festival

By Ali Braboy • August 19, 2015
Buying groceries doesn't have to be a burden

Buying groceries doesn't have to be a burden

By Ali Braboy • July 17, 2015
Creating relationships with professors beneficial to success

Creating relationships with professors beneficial to success

By Ali Braboy • July 3, 2015
Zaid Hameed, junior in LAS, speaks about Israeli Apartheid in front of the English building at the Main Quad Tuesday.

Students hold events addressing Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Ali Braboy • April 23, 2015
More men than women report one-night stands in 2014, study says

More men than women report one-night stands in 2014, study says

By Ali Braboy • March 19, 2015
A group of participants simultaneously dive in for the 2015 Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Illinois at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, March 7.

Fighting Illini Polar Plunge raises money for Special Olympics

By Ali Braboy • March 7, 2015
Champaign City Council approves grant to curb underage drinking

Champaign City Council approves grant to curb underage drinking

By Ali Braboy • March 5, 2015
The Black Sheep voted Suburban Express the “worst way to get home” in its “Sheepie Awards.”

Student Legal Services helps students fight Suburban Express lawsuits

By Ali Braboy • February 25, 2015
Tim Nagel, junior in AHS, is one of many students in wheelchairs who struggle with bad weather.

Students with disabilities struggle with winter weather

By Ali Braboy • February 23, 2015
Using technology in the classroom for note-taking

Using technology in the classroom for note-taking

By Ali Braboy • February 5, 2015
Students are going back to the Illinois Street Residential Hall after class at noon on Tuesday.

University Housing makes adjustments for incoming students

By Ali Braboy • January 28, 2015

President Obama proposes free community college

By Ali Braboy • January 22, 2015

Illinois ranks third highest outbound moving state

By Ali Braboy • January 3, 2015
The newly updated menu of McDonalds with the calories of each food.

Visible food calorie count will be new norm for restaurants

By Ali Braboy • December 9, 2014

Champaign-Urbana community and students help those diagnosed with HIV and AIDS

By Ali Braboy • December 3, 2014
Megan Kornesczuk, sophomore in Business, prepares to give blood at the Illini Union on Thursday.

Distributors expect student blood donations to decrease

By Ali Braboy • November 17, 2014

Crime victims’ rights bill passes in Illinois

By Ali Braboy • November 10, 2014
University leaders travel to Taiwan to attend “Smart Cities, Healthy Cities” forum

University leaders travel to Taiwan to attend “Smart Cities, Healthy Cities” forum

By Ali Braboy • November 4, 2014

Illinois voters to consider five referendum questions in Midterm elections

By Ali Braboy • October 30, 2014
A protester stands outside the White House asking President Obama to ban flights in effort to stop Ebola, the deadly epidemic that has already reached American soil, on October 17, 2014 in Washington, D.C. The debate surrounding travel bans as a way to curb the spread of Ebola has intensified after Thursday's congressional hearing, unleashing a flurry of impassioned arguments on both sides. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Champaign-Urbana medical and safety services take caution of Ebola

By Ali Braboy • October 22, 2014
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