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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
Vivienne Henning

Vivienne Henning, Assistant news editor

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John Holdren, former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, gave Keynote speech at ISEE Congress 2017 on Sep. 18th. The congress this year takes place at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center and has a topic of Building Resilience to Climate Change.

Addressing climate change ‘massive and daunting challenge’

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant news editor • September 21, 2017

Armory Innovation Spaces reimagine the classroom experience

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant news editor • September 7, 2017
Changes from summer construction can be noticed around campus as students return

Changes from summer construction can be noticed around campus as students return

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant news editor • August 28, 2017
Jesus Perez, junior in LAS, checks over his schedule and receives help from Dimitria Johnson, a secretary at the new Division of General Studies office located on the fifth floor of the Illini Union Bookstore.

Key questions to ask your academic adviser

By Vivienne Henning , Assistant News Editor • August 1, 2017
University astronomers have spent the last two years preparing for Mondays total solar eclipse. While they will be traveling to southern Illinois to witness the most intense changes in the path of totality, 93 percent of the sun in Champaign-Urbana will be eclipsed.

Environmental Writing certificate to be offered in the fall

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant News Editor • March 29, 2017
Four Illinois professors named Sloan Research Fellows

Four Illinois professors named Sloan Research Fellows

By Karen Liu, Leon Li and Vivienne Henning • February 28, 2017
Chalk written on the Wright Street sidewalk in front of the Henry Administration Building on Thursday, Feb. 23.

Free speech supported after President’s Day chalking

By Vivienne Henning and Masaki Sugimoto • February 24, 2017
Protestors gather on the Quad for the Immigration rally on Thursday, Feb. 9.

UI students, employees to join nationwide rally against immigration ban

By Megan Jones, Luke Cooper and Vivienne Henning • February 10, 2017
Police release second notice in a week for sexual assault at a fraternity

Police release second notice in a week for sexual assault at a fraternity

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • February 9, 2017
The alleged robber in a surveillance photo at Busey Bank in Champaign.

Updated: Champaign Police make arrest in one of two recent bank robberies

By Joseph Longo and Vivienne Henning • January 19, 2017
Lieutenant Joseph McCullough investigates a traffic violation on Friday, Sep. 23 2016.

Police Blotter for January 20

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • January 19, 2017
Lieutenant Joseph McCullough investigates a traffic violation on Friday, Sep. 23 2016.

Police Blotter for January 18

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • January 18, 2017
Lindsay L. Johnson, a former student of the University, secretly gave birth to a child in a bathroom of Bousfield Hall on March 13th 2016.

Lindsay Johnson’s pre-trial date set for Feb. 21

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • January 17, 2017
Lieutenant Joseph McCullough investigates a traffic violation on Friday, Sep. 23 2016.

Police blotter for Jan. 17, 2017

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime News Editor • January 17, 2017

The Daily Illini’s finals survival guide

By Sabrina Yan and Vivienne Henning • December 11, 2016
A sign welcomes visitors to the Red Herring.

Red Herring hosts event against Dakota Access Pipeline

By Jessica Bursztynsky and Vivienne Henning • December 1, 2016
Ron Lewis addresses Illinois Student Senate Meeting on Wednesday night at the Union.

Student senate ‘slammed on the brakes’ after two-thirds of budget spent

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • November 28, 2016
Portrait of Richard Turner

Man pronounced dead after being detained on Green St.

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • November 16, 2016
The University of Illinois police on campus.

Campus Safety Notice warns students of robberies

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • November 14, 2016
Lieutenant Joseph McCullough investigates a traffic violation on Friday, Sept. 23.

Police Blotter for Oct. 6, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • October 6, 2016
FAR welcomes incoming students to the new Fall 2016 semester.

Campus safety notice details Trelease Hall robberies

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime News Editor • September 28, 2016
Police Blotter for September 26, 2016

Police Blotter for September 26, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • September 27, 2016
Christensen plans to retire at the end of December.

UIPD Police Chief Christensen answers questions on Reddit AMA

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • September 22, 2016
Police Blotter for September 19, 2016

Police Blotter for September 19, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • September 20, 2016
Students study on the first floor of Grainger Library on August 31, 2016.

ARC hosts annual Engineering Expo

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • September 19, 2016
Police officers stand at the corner of Green St. and Sixth St., monitoring the students.

Police blotter for September 15, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • September 15, 2016
Student groups rally for a Transformed University

Student groups rally ‘for a Transformed University’

By Andrea Flores and Vivienne Henning • September 12, 2016
Police Blotter for September 7, 2016

Police Blotter for September 7, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • September 8, 2016
The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning can be found inside of the Armory in Champaign, IL. September 6, 2016.

Center offers new ways to enhance the classroom experience

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • September 8, 2016
Kurt Bloomstrand, Prescence Health Regional EMS Medical Director, instructs the trainees in successful epinephrine administration at the Memorial Stadium West First Aid Room on Wednesday.

Illini Emergency Medical Services trains students for allergic emergencies

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • September 8, 2016
Urbana Police Department investigate deadly hit and run on University Avenue

Urbana Police Department investigate deadly hit and run on University Avenue

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime News Editor • September 1, 2016
Police Blotter for August 31, 2016

Police Blotter for August 31, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime News Editor • September 1, 2016

Secretary of State Jesse White offers mobile services to University

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • September 1, 2016

Urbana Police Department investigate hit-and-run on University Avenue

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • August 31, 2016
The disposable chip is low-cost and can analyze a drop of blood without any preparation.

University team claims second in Biomedical Engineering Design Challenge

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime News Editor • August 30, 2016
Suspects of MTD wallet theft pictured exiting bus. Photo submitted by Crime Stoppers.

Champaign Police Department seeking tips to catch MTD bus thief

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • August 30, 2016
Police Blotter for August 29, 2016

Police Blotter for August 29, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • August 30, 2016
People crowd outside KAMS on the afternoon of Unofficial. Festivities start as early as 6 a.m. for some, who celebrate with a day of drinking at campus bars and parties.

Illinois loses top party school spot to University of Wisconsin-Madison

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • August 29, 2016
Police blotter for August 29, 2016

Police blotter for August 29, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • August 29, 2016

UIUC offers a variety of religious centers for students

By Vivienne Henning • August 29, 2016
Brian Anderson gives a tour of Xcel Energy's High Bridge power station, on July 25, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn.

University receives grant to work on protection of the nation’s electric power grid

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • August 29, 2016

Police blotter for August 25, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • August 25, 2016
Police blotter for August 23, 2016

Police blotter for August 23, 2016

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • August 23, 2016
Tim Smith, university alumnus and Student Sustainable Farm volunteer picks a bunch of kale for a customer at the farmstand on the quad, which runs every Thursday from 12-2 throughout the summer.

How to find the perfect RSO

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant Daytime Editor • August 20, 2016
Kevin Koo, sophomore in LAS, goes online on his laptop before his advertising lecture begins in Lincoln Hall. Laptops can help you learn if you use them right.

Technology Services can debug all of your tech worries

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant daytime editor • August 12, 2016

The key to college success is advising appointments

By Vivienne Henning, Assistant news editor • July 20, 2016
Update: Strike ends, Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition, University administration reach tentative contract agreement

Update: Strike ends, Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition, University administration reach tentative contract agreement

By Megan Jones and Vivienne Henning • May 2, 2016

Police blotter for April 12, 2016

By Vivienne Henning • April 11, 2016

?Police blotter for April 7, 2016

By Vivienne Henning • April 10, 2016

Campus development to be discussed at upcoming Master Plan forums

By Vivienne Henning • April 10, 2016

Police Blotter for April 7, 2016

By Vivienne Henning • April 6, 2016
U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill) meets with student leaders and university officials to talk about issues including sexual assault and safety at the Illini Union on Tuesday, April 5th, 2016.

Rodney Davis encourages discussion at Campus Safety Summit

By Vivienne Henning • April 5, 2016

Students honor instructors at Teaching Excellence Awards

By Vivienne Henning • April 3, 2016

Campus takes steps to combat sexual assault

By Vivienne Henning • April 3, 2016

Champaign house fire undergoing investigation

By Vivienne Henning • March 28, 2016
Bousfield Hall located just north of the Activities and Recreation Center in Champaign, IL.

Campus offers many resources for reproductive health

By Vivienne Henning • March 28, 2016

By Vivienne Henning • March 27, 2016

UIPD, Coroner, State's Attorney waiting on autopsy reports of infant death

By Vivienne Henning • March 24, 2016

Undergrad’s research suggests link between phone use and mental health

By Vivienne Henning • March 16, 2016
Anti-smoking ads’ effectiveness questioned in University study

Anti-smoking ads’ effectiveness questioned in University study

By Vivienne Henning • March 8, 2016
University hosting Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative in summer

University hosting Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative in summer

By Vivienne Henning • February 24, 2016

“Peace, Respect, and Community” showcased during Illinois Safety Week

By Vivienne Henning • February 22, 2016
Urbana Police Department reports successful bike giveaway

Urbana Police Department reports successful bike giveaway

By Vivienne Henning • February 17, 2016

UPD searching for serial wallet thief

By Vivienne Henning • February 16, 2016
Pictured are examples of IntelliWheelss product Fit Grips, which make moving around more comfortable and easier for wheelchair users. Through IntelliWheelss website, people can customize the size and color their products.

UI alums' company rank top ten in InnovateHER competition

By Vivienne Henning • February 11, 2016

$700,000 grant awarded to help community college transfer students

By Vivienne Henning • February 8, 2016

Engineering looks to continue collaborations

By Vivienne Henning • February 1, 2016
Honorary degrees highlight field leaders

Honorary degrees highlight field leaders

By Vivienne Henning • January 28, 2016

Students, professors push for addition of U.S. minority education requirement

By Vivienne Henning • January 26, 2016
Isabelle Martini, a junior, gets help on her assignment from her English teacher Ed Sandt, center, during class, November 19, 2012, in Montvale, New Jersey. Pascack Hills High School has been issuing students laptop computers in their classrooms for the past nine years. (Tariq Zehawi/The Record/MCT)

New teaching tools introduced at tech showcase

By Vivienne Henning • January 21, 2016

State Emergency Operations Center works to combat winter weather

By Vivienne Henning • December 28, 2015
Statistics classes aim to make lectures more accessible to students

Statistics classes aim to make lectures more accessible to students

By Vivienne Henning • December 9, 2015
Feinen smiles as she walks into the room to be greeted by her supporters and interviewed by the media at the Brookens (???) on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. [This caption is all sorts of bad. Copy please surgery.]

Mayor Feinen to attend Harvard conference for new mayors

By Vivienne Henning • December 1, 2015
Portrait of Mats Selen by Jovanie De La Cruz.

UI physics professor named national professor of the year

By Vivienne Henning • November 30, 2015

UI to make dining credits more flexible

By Vivienne Henning • November 18, 2015

Police blotter for Nov. 18, 2015

By Vivienne Henning • November 18, 2015

UI to make dining credits more flexible

By Vivienne Henning • November 18, 2015
3D Cow Anatomy App Developed for Veterinary Students

3D Cow Anatomy App Developed for Veterinary Students

By Vivienne Henning • November 9, 2015
Trudie Jackson (Navajo), a Graduate Student in American Indian Studies-Tribal Leadership & Governance of Arizona State University, speaks about her experiences of a transgender Native American to a group of students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Novemeber 3, 2015.

Trudie Jackson speaks on awareness for Native American LGBT health care

By Vivienne Henning • November 4, 2015

New state law oversees fantasy sports

By Vivienne Henning • October 27, 2015

University receives $28.1 million to research technology combating cyber-attacks

By Vivienne Henning • October 26, 2015

UI aims to become carbon-neutral by 2050

By Vivienne Henning • October 20, 2015
Ryan Fang The Daily Illini David OBrien, Art History chair, speaks at the AAUP meeting on Tuesday, October 20.

UI AAUP chapter discusses censure in open panel

By Vivienne Henning • October 20, 2015

By Vivienne Henning • October 20, 2015
The Kinkead Pavilion at the Krannert Art Museum on October 14, 2015.

Future of Illinois arts funding remains murky

By Vivienne Henning • October 14, 2015

College of Education debuts IDEALL

By Vivienne Henning • October 4, 2015
Correction: A previous version of this graphic incorrectly labeled the x-axis of the bar graph as the number of freshmen enrolled in Engineering. The graphic should have been labeled to convey the enrollment numbers reflect the whole college. Additionally, the graphic incorrectly inflated the number of African American students enrolled in Engineering. The Daily Illini regrets the error. 

Engineering reaches out to youth

By Vivienne Henning • September 29, 2015

UI to embark on “Grand Challenge”

By Vivienne Henning • September 23, 2015
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