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 The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is launching a flexible, fully online program designed to help adults complete their college degree, opening doors to career growth and new opportunities. This new degree program received approval from the Illinois Board of Higher Education on Nov....

 An Illinois Army National Guard soldier and student at the University of Illinois was recently interred at Arlington National Cemetery, the first U of I student killed in overseas combat operations to earn that honor in over a half century.Sgt. Shawna Morrison was an LAS student majoring in...

 As the weather begins to chill in the later days of October, leaves of warm hues fall from the trees around the Main Quad. Today is a pleasant day, though, and many are out enjoying it. One student sits outside Lincoln Hall with a sage-green ...

 Disease swept across the planes, threatening the dragons of Faerûn. Blue lab coat blowing in the wind, Adrien Seabloom poured over a diagram of dragon species, locations, and possible sources of the disease. He and his trusty lab assistants, a pair of rats peeking out of a pouch, were looking...

 The voyage of the HMS Challenger in the 1870s was a sprawling 3½-year expedition to explore the world’s oceans. The scientists aboard the vessel collected 100,000 specimens of sea creatures, discovered 5,000 new species, mapped the ocean floors and took hundreds of measurements of sea...

 Millions of Americans may not receive federal food assistance this month. The Trump administration initially said it would not fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown, which began in October. After two federal judges said the refusal to provide the...