Sports popularity ignores societal issues
By Alex Cocanig, Columnist
August 9, 2016
Professional and college sports have taken American society by storm and fans have become increasingly more attentive to their teams, especially when they perform well and win their ways into playoffs or championships. After this happens on more than one occasion in a few years, teams attract a large...
University scores search firms for chancellor
February 29, 2016
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The University has hired multiple executive consultant firms to aid in the selection of high-ranking personnel over the past year given the absence of a permanent chancellor, athletic director and University president. For the chancellor search, they have selected Greenwood/Asher & Associates to help l...
University hosting Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative in summer
February 24, 2016
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By Vivienne HenningStaff WriterFifty young professionals will be making a big jump from their homes in African countries to the University of Illinois, in efforts to learn about characteristics of democracy to bring back to their communities.President Barack Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative...
University of Missouri president resigns following student demand
November 9, 2015
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The University of Missouri system president, Tim Wolfe, resigned Monday, following outcry over his handling of racist and bias incidents on the Columbia campus.Wolfe announced his decision to resign at an emergency meeting called by the university’s Board of Curators — the eight-member body that ove...
Senate Executive Committee Chair Miller names search committee for chancellor
October 24, 2015
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Senate Executive Committee Chair Gay Miller has named the members of a search committee charged with advising President Timothy Killeen on the selection of a new University chancellor.The campus community was notified of the members of the committee via massmail sent out Friday afternoon. The committe...
U.S. Secretary of Education to visit UI
By Ali Braboy
September 9, 2015
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is scheduled to discuss disability resources Wednesday morning during his visit to the University. Duncan’s visit is part of the sixth annual Back-to-School Bus Tour. He will discuss the changes and challenges in education while “highlighting the champions...
President Killeen redirects $8.2 million to financial aid and other student programs
June 3, 2015
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University president Timothy L. Killeen announced this morning that he will redirect $8.2 million from centrally-held University accounts to financial aid and other student-centered programs on the three campuses.The action reflects Killeen’s statements when he first took office to put students first. “...
Unifying cultures through cricket
April 30, 2015
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Every Friday night since April 4, the South Quad has transformed into a cricket field.Over 100 people, mostly from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, spread out across the lawn to play cricket for recreation. They also prepare for their upcoming tournament finals, which will be on Sunday on the South Quad.So...
Keeping the memories alive: The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
By Sarah Foster
April 21, 2015
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They found her in the middle of the Syrian Desert. She was 2 years old, lying abandoned on the side of the road, when a group of French nuns first approached her. They were there to save other stranded children just like her, hoping to bring them back to French orphanages for safety. Without a family o...
‘Community & Campus Day of Service’ builds relationships while fighting hunger
By Emily Scott
April 9, 2015
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Packaging 148,000 meals in one day — or one thousand for every year that the University has served the public — is no small task. But that’s the goal, and it takes a lot of organization, time, money and hard-working volunteers: the key ingredients to this Saturday’s third annual “Community &...
Student slackers exercise on Main Quad
April 6, 2015
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When the temperature goes up, so do lines of webbing that connect the trees on the Quad. Students will wobble and hop onto the primary-colored lines and attempt to cross before dropping onto the sweetgum balls scattered in the grass. Most people know the students as tightrope walkers, but they are actual...
University student delivers Report to the Nation in Washington D.C.
March 17, 2015
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On an average day, Peter Schmidt, sophomore in Engineering, goes to classes and participates in the Illinois Sailing Team and service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. But on Feb. 21, Schmidt was one of 10 youth members of the Boy Scouts of America to speak with top U.S. officials in Washington D.C. Since 19...
