By Mariah Schaefer
November 1, 2015
Filed under Life & Culture
Envision this: A jazz band plays on a stage in front of a live audience, and among the performers is a robot. The robot functions as another member of the group, being able to fully improvise jazz with the rest as they play naturally.
Ben Grosser, an assistant professor in the School of Art and Design, is ...
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By Atoosa Sayeh
June 13, 2015
Filed under News
The Illini 4000 stopped at the Alma Mater to take a break from their 4000-mile cross-country bike ride on Tuesday at 3 p.m.The non-profit organization consists of student bikers who document the American cancer experience through the Portraits Project and raising funds for cancer research while taking annual bike ri...
Tags: Ashley Young, Ben Wooley, Bike, Cancer, Cancer Research, Hannah Burkhardt, Illini 4000, illinois, new york city, news, niagara falls, portraits project, project, secondary, Team, top stories, Topstories, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, university_of_illinois, urbana_champaign
By Atoosa Sayeh
May 31, 2015
Filed under News
Military service members in the community raised the flag “Old Glory” above Armory’s south side entrance on Tuesday after 40 years of its absence.As the rain started to pour, viewers watched as Old Glory was raised and then went inside the Armory to discuss the historical event.“Today, we made...
Tags: alumnus, armory, campus, Dennis Stubblefield, Eric Stetson, flag, Flagpole, illinois, jerry howe, news, Old Glory, project, restoration, rotc, secondary, South Side, Stetson, top stories, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, university_of_illinois, urbana_champaign, wwii
By Alice Smelyansky
October 16, 2014
Filed under Life & Culture
Since her undergraduate days at the University, Robin Kaler has been a runner. What started with a tiny track at the Intramural Physical Education Building has led to 5Ks, 10Ks, half-marathons and even multiple marathons.
Kaler said training for a race is a project. Some days are devoted to spe...
Tags: 10ks, 5ks, aroundcampus, Associate Chancellor, Boston Marathon, Breast Cancer, Carle Foundation Hospital, Cells, Chemo, Chemotherapy, Chicago, director of the illinois news bureau, Doctor, Emily Kaler, Evening, front_lead, half marathon, Health Challenges, Human Spirit, husband, Hysterectomy, illinois, intramural physical education building, jeff unger, lifeandculture, lumpectomy, Marathon, media, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Ovaries, Patient Room, Person_to_know, project, race, radiation, radiation treatment, recorder, Retail, robin kaler, Runner, School, shots, Surgery, Tamoxifen, track, treatment, tumor, ui, uiuc, undergraduate days, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, World, Zoe Kaler
By Alexander Vassiliadis
September 17, 2014
Filed under Uncategorized
A theater has a wide variety of purposes. From movies to gatherings, certain theaters specialize in showing different types of art, and for The Art Theater Co-op, a combination of dance and film took place at the downtown Champaign venue.
For the first time in its history, The Art Theater Co-op, locat...
Tags: Art, artists, Arts_entertainment, Assistant To The Head Of The Dance Department, ball-culture, Choreography, Cinema, cinephiles, comeback, community, Concert Stage, Dance, dance at illinois, Dance Department, dance film festival, dance professor, Departments, Documentary, Downtown Champaign, Film, Film Enthusiasts, Fred Astaire, front_lead, Gathering, Graduate Student, illinois, jane powell, jumps, lgbtq community, lifeandculture, mark rose, Movies, new york city, paris burning, pop cultue, president of the board of directors, Professional Dancers, project, Public, Purposes, Rebecca Ferrell, Renee Wadleigh, Rhea Speights, royal wedding, september, short pieces, Showings, space, the art theater co-op, theater, theaters, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Waco
September 3, 2014
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By seeking out the unique voices of Champaign-Urbana, the Humans of Champaign-Urbana project aims to share the stories and thoughts of local individuals one post at a time.
Stemming from Humans of New York, Humans of Champaign-Urbana uses a Facebook page, currently with over 1000 likes, to post the portr...
Tags: Alex Fung, aroundcampus, bus trip, central illinois, community, Construction Worker, Conversations, downtown, engineering, Facebook, Food Truck, front_lead, Homecoming 2015, Homeless Man, humans of champaign-urbana, humans of new york, illinois, Individuals, Internet, Jail, Jason Yue, las, minneapolis, Photographer, Photos, Post, project, Rick, t-shirt worker, ui, uiuc, university life, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, wheelchair
