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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
The storefront of Cafe Kopi in downtown Champaign on Thursday. The café, a staple in the community for 30 years, will close its doors on Dec. 15.

Cafe Kopi to close permanently by end of year

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • November 9, 2024
A student walks by the Illini Union on Election Day. At 11 a.m., the voting line ran through hallways and snaked through the Union ballroom.

Election Day 2024: Live coverage

By The Daily Illini News Staff • November 5, 2024
Wifredo Lam, Cuba, 1902–1984. “Personnage,” 1969. Oil on canvas. Museum Purchase through the Iver J. Nelson Jr. Fund. Aug. 1.

New exhibits at Krannert Art Museum enrich UI with research, educational opportunities

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • October 26, 2024
Satish K. Nair, professor in LAS, co-leading the team that discovered naturally occurring DNA-protein hybrids.

UI scientists discover naturally occurring ‘biohybrid’ molecule

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • October 20, 2024
University SEIU workers sing chants and march in circles on strike. The strike began Sept. 23 to demand for better wages and other changes.

Weeklong SEIU strike upends UI housing

By Alice Mei and Jude Panlilio • October 19, 2024
Attendees stand at Anniversary Plaza outside the Illini Union as SJP speakers inform those listening in regard to the loss of life in Palestine during the memorial event on Tuesday night.

Students hold vigil remembering Gaza’s dead for Oct. 7

By Jude Panlilio and Alice Mei • October 9, 2024
Climate protesters marching down Wright Street on Sept. 27 to protest UI’s involvement with fossil fuel companies.

Climate protestors demand UI divest from fossil fuels

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • September 29, 2024
A sign marking the entrance to the “We Remember” memorial in front of Illini Union on Sept. 26, 2024.

‘We Remember’ memorial honors deceased UI students

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • September 28, 2024
University SEIU workers sing chants and march in circles on strike. The strike began on Sept. 23 to demand better wages and other changes.

SEIU strike reaches day 3

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • September 25, 2024
Gregory Hall is located on 810 S. Wright St.

Donors pledge $2.5 million toward Gregory Hall renovations

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • September 23, 2024
University SEIU workers sing chants and march in circles on strike. The strike began Sept. 23 to demand better wages and other changes.

UPDATED: UI building workers to strike Monday, select food services to close

By Jude Panlilio and Alice Mei • September 22, 2024
Champaign police officers pay their respects to lives lost by first responders on 9/11 at the Champaign Fire Department's annual 9/11 memorial at West Side Park in Champaign, Ill. on Sept. 11.

Champaign Fire Department remembers 9/11 with public memorial

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • September 11, 2024
A 12E Teal bus stops at the Illini Union on Feb. 29.

MTD announces return of full, pre-pandemic campus bus service

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • August 30, 2024
Illinois State Police opens online suspected corruption form to public

Illinois State Police opens online suspected corruption form to public

By Jude Panlilio and Erin Morrison • December 9, 2023
Mia Za’s is extending their storefront with a second “Express” location coming soon to the Illini Union in spring of 2024.

Mia Za’s Express to open in Illini Union in Spring 2024

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • November 6, 2023

Employee stabbed at Circle K on Green Street, police continue search for suspect

By Simrah Qasim, Jude Panlilio and Erin Morrison • October 26, 2023
Governor JB Pritzker and Rabbi David Tiechtel share the scissors at the ribbon cutting of the Illini Chabad grand opening on Thursday. The two smile for the photographers as the audience counts down from ten.

JB Pritzker, Chancellor Jones attend Jewish center dedication, 21st anniversary

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • October 22, 2023

TransUnion to pay $15 million after inaccurate tenant screening reports

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • October 14, 2023

Partial solar eclipse will pass through CU on Saturday

By Jude Panlilio and Aidan Miller-Hisgen • October 13, 2023

Urbana awarded $240K to provide food, shelter for asylum seekers in Champaign County

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • October 3, 2023
An MTD bus arrives at Transit Plaza on Thursday.

MTD Board meeting covers ridership numbers, Eagle Express route 

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • September 29, 2023
Man arrested for attempted murder outside funeral

Man arrested for attempted murder outside funeral

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • September 12, 2023
The Marching Illini perform during the halftime show at a football game against Toledo on Saturday.

Marching Illini concert 10 years in making comes to State Farm Center

By Jude Panlilio, Staff Writer • September 3, 2023
The Morrow Plots, located between the South and Main Quads, are the oldest experimental crop fields in America and the second oldest in the world.

The Morrow Plots: A hidden campus gem

By Jude Panlilio, Contributing Writer • May 24, 2023

‘The Price is Right Live!’ comes to Champaign in October

By Jude Panlilio, Contributing Writer • May 4, 2023
Last semester, the Circular Fashion Expo was held on Oct. 29 in the Siebel Center for Design. CFE.3 will take und Place on Friday at the same location, and the runway will begin at 6 p.m.

Circular Fashion Expo prepares to strut onto campus

By Jude Panlilio, Contributing writer • May 3, 2023
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