LAS Insider blog for prospective students
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM CURRENT STUDENTS & RECENT GRADS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE COLLEGE OF LAS. In the LAS Insider blog, students and alumni share their personal stories and insights throughout the academic year at the University of Illinois. Get an inside look at what it's like to be a student in the College of LAS.
Campus life
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Now that we’re a month into the new school year, we asked ten LAS students what the first month back on campus has been like. The return of in-person classes, fans at football games, and walks with friends on campus were among their highlights so far.
Illini success
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Natasha Najam is a rising senior working towards a behavioral neuroscience psychology degree with chemistry and integrative biology minors. In a Q&A, she discusses her summer internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Illini success
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Jayne explains her experience with VACorps, an internship program based in Cape Town, South Africa, where she is working directly with employees of AFRODAD. "My project is opening my eyes to the debt crisis in African countries."
Illini success
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Simon Kaplan is a senior studying comparative literature and classics at the University of Illinois. He is spending the summer brushing up on his Greek and engaging in research with the Book History Lab at the University of Athens through the Greek Studies on Site program.
AcademicsCampus life
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We asked a few LAS students what they loved about their major. Here's what they had to say!
Academics
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Being a part of LAS Honors has pushed incredible chances and meaningful relationships towards me, in ways that did not feel overwhelming or unattainable.
Campus life
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LAS upperclassmen share about their experiences of leading a student organization during COVID-19
Undergrad research
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Evan Dray is a junior in LAS pursuing majors in chemistry and molecular & cellular biology. Dray was recently awarded the prestigious Goldwater scholarship—we caught up with him to learn more about the scholarship and his journey at U of I.
AcademicsIllini success
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One of the best things about being a student at the University of Illinois is growing as an individual. Here are five ways I've developed new ways of thinking at UIUC.
Advice
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We discussed Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb" with Quintionna Parks, a creative writing student studying poetry.
Campus life
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LAS senior Katie Mulligan reflects on three defining moments of her time at Illinois
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