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
![Students spend time together on the Quad at UIUC](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2021-04/Quad%20Photo2.jpg?itok=K4vQZqQf)
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LAS upperclassmen share about their experiences of leading a student organization during COVID-19
Undergrad research
![LAS student poses for photo in black suit and blue tie](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2021-04/Evan%20Dray.jpg?itok=eqAjcR1i)
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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
![Daja Wilson](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2021-03/Daja.jpg?itok=oF7ixYLY)
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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
![Quintionna Parks](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2021-02/quintionna.png.jpg?itok=tuuDzgoP)
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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
![LAS student poses for photo in blue Illinois sweatshirt at her home](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2021-01/Katie%20Mulligan%20Photo.jpg?itok=_r0yj4eZ)
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LAS senior Katie Mulligan reflects on three defining moments of her time at Illinois
Academics
![A photo of Gregory Hall in the fall.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2021-01/Gregory%20Hall.jpg?itok=-wuYW-TM)
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History major Matthew Pettineo reflects on what he's liked about his professors at Illinois.
Academics
![LAS student poses for photo inside Memorial Stadium](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2021-01/Kevin%20Quinn.jpg?itok=uPAnfcDr)
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Political science major Kevin Quinn reflects on what makes U of I professors unique.
Academics
![LAS student poses for photo in front of the student union](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2021-01/Neha.jpg?itok=rorVaHG9)
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Biology major Neha Arun reflects on what she's enjoyed about her professors at U of I
AdviceCampus life
![LAS student records video in a gray Illinois sweathshirt](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2021-01/Alison%20Green.jpg?itok=zphBps5W)
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LAS students share the things that helped them get through a difficult semester
AdviceCampus life
![LAS student poses for photo on the Quad](/sites/default/files/styles/news_block_mobile/public/2020-12/Jose%20Munoz.jpg?itok=V_ohfXQw)
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LAS student Jose Munoz shares three ways he's grown as a person and student at U of I.
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