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Champaign-Urbana police respond to a call on Green street on Dec. 10, 2018. The department is developing alternate responses for mental health crises.

CU police develop alternate responses for mental health crises

February 25, 2021
Students discuss the Title VI complaint through Zoom with panelists Martin Levine and Dima Khalidi. Jewish organizations have filed a Title VI federal complaint against the University.

Title VI Complaint filed against UI alleges inadequate anti-Semitism response, draws student reactions

February 15, 2021
Champaign City Council member Clarissa Nickerson Fourman speaks during the “People’s City Council” forum on Thursday. Speakers at the forum discussed defunding the police in Champaign and Urbana.

CU candidates discuss concerns around defunding police 

February 8, 2021
A robot processes COVID-19 saliva tests in the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The lab has delivered an average of 10,000 test results per day between Jan. 21 and Jan. 29.

UI advances spring tests through automation

February 4, 2021
The UI Women's Resource Center is located at 616 East Green Street. The center was recently awarded a grant for $300,000.

UI’s Women’s Resources Center awarded $300,000 grant for reducing violence, stalking

January 29, 2021
Jessica Osemwngie checks in at the COVID-19 testing site at State Farm Center on Oct. 9. The University’s COVID-19 protocols were widely praised after the campus saw no hospitalizations or deaths in the fall.

Straw or funnel? New UI testing tools aid robotic processing

January 25, 2021
The profile picture of the Instagram account

UI RSOs aim to raise awareness for Uighur Muslims 

January 18, 2021
An Illinois student takes a COVID-19 test at State Farm Center on Oct. 9.

University continues push to authorize COVID-19 test for emergency use 

January 8, 2021
Fadi Al-Naji, co-developer of the UI COVID-19 test, showcases the plastic wells where saliva samples are submitted for analysis.

How sensitive is the UI COVID-19 test? Test developers explain

January 5, 2021
Greek life reflects on COVID-19 response after tough semester

Greek life reflects on COVID-19 response after tough semester

December 17, 2020
Ryiah Barnes poses for a headshot. Barnes is a recipient of the Prodigy SAINTS scholarship.

UI freshman receives scholarship from student-driven nonprofit organization 

December 7, 2020
Junior Jessica Osemwengie deposits her completed COVID-19 test into the receptacle at the State Farm Center testing site on Oct. 9. Some students are unable to go home for Thanksgiving break due to having to quarantine.

COVID-19 exposure threatens UI students’ Thanksgiving plans 

November 19, 2020
Demonstrators converge at the intersection of Green and First streets to listen to speakers during the CCARC protest on Aug. 28. CCARC is one of the local organizations raising money for Ale’yah Lewis.

RSOs raise money for Ale’yah Lewis whose arrest sparked protests

November 12, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, on one of four stops in the Keystone State on Saturday.

UI professor explains possibility of contested election

November 2, 2020
Student organizer Drake Materre speaks outside of the Red Lion bar during the “Dead Lion” protest on Sept. 17. Materre has recently turned his focus to food insecurity in the Champaign County area.

Student activist turns attention to food insecurity

October 29, 2020
Pictured is University of Illinois Police Department Police Chief Alice Cary in a Zoom call on Oct. 12. During the call, Cary discussed a potential community outreach and support team as well as the behavioral health unit she plans on implementing.

UI police chief unveils programs to involve campus community 

October 19, 2020
Marc Snir, retired computer science professor and president of the C-U Jewish Federation, joined the University in condemning a recent Illinois Student Government resolution.

CU Jewish organizations oppose student government resolution

October 5, 2020
Champaign Police officials gather in a Zoom call for the second community listening session. Dr. Travis Dixon (first row, center), professor in LAS, moderated the session via Zoom on Sept. 29.

Champaign police hear concerns of excessive force, mental health response

September 30, 2020
Robert Smith of Turning Point USA speaks at the Illinois Student Government Senate meeting on Wednesday. Smith denounced the resolution.

Student government resolution draws quick critique from UI admin, public

September 28, 2020
Lundgren Hall stands on the corner of Gregory Drive and Fourth Street on Sunday Morning. Around 100 students living in the dorm were asked to move out to create new isolation spaces.

Around 100 Barton-Lundgren residents move out to create isolation spaces

September 21, 2020
Sarah Kishta looks over lecture slides at 2:15 a.m. from her home in Zagazig, Egypt. Kishta has had to adapt to virtual classes through a seven hour time zone difference.

International enrollment drops; remaining students struggle to keep up

September 17, 2020
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