As a national correspondent for ESPN, Michele Steele is at home whether she is on the sidelines during a Monday night NFL game or behind the anchor desk on SportsCenter. Based in Chicago, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences alumna has covered some of the...
Ten alumni from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have named recipients of the college’s 2020 annual alumni awards. Their professions range from novel-writing to pharmaceutical development, overseeing national science policy, emergency medicine, and managing the central bank of China.
The...
Twelve faculty members have taken new leadership positions in departments and other academic units within the College of LAS.
Leadership changes within academic units are normal during the start of the new school year. The College of LAS has more than 600 faculty in almost 70 departments,...
To most people the term “shoot for the moon” is a figurative term for high ambition, but Rishi Chandra would, in fact, like to get to the moon. The physics major is following an individual plan of study in planetary science.
“There’s something romantic...
An experience consoling a World War II veteran in the last days of his life fostered a passion for advocating for mental health awareness in Benjamin Ray, a student in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and CEO of...
As COVID-19 hit communities around the world, two researchers connected to the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences realized various countries could flatten the curve using a variety of policies to slow the virus transmission. However, successfully lowering transmission rates while preserving...
Six recent alumni from the College of LAS were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research, and teaching experiences across the globe this coming year.
The goal of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program is to build international relationships to help solve global challenges....
The numbers are in from the third annual Datathon at Illinois, and the competitive event to expose students to real-world problem solving in analytics is a growing success.
Divij Ranjan, president of the Illini Statistics Club, which...
Have you thought about what you’re going to do after college? If you haven’t, that’s OK, it’s never too late to get the resources you need to help with your career planning. Illinois has many resources to aid in your professional career journey.
Here’s a question for Illinois sports fans: Who at the University of Illinois changed the face of college football in the 1920s? If you answered Red Grange, you’d be right, but there was someone else on campus whose work led to a slew of national football titles. It wasn’t a star player or coach,...