Illini License Plates for DC, Maryland and Virginia

Do you want to drive around prominently showing your Illini Pride? We're working to get U of I collegiate plates for DC, MD and VA!!! Anyone interested in transferring their current license plate(s) should check out this article!

LAS Alumni Award Nominations

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) invites you to nominate an LAS alum for one of the college’s alumni awards in 2024.

Department of Political Science Alumni Awards

The Department of Political Science is accepting nominations for its annual alumni awards program. Political Science alumni have made significant contributions in many fields – academia, the law, government, politics, business, media and others.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee named 2023 commencement speaker

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee will serve as the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s commencement speaker Saturday, May 13, at 9:30 a.m. in Memorial Stadium.

2021 DC ILLINI HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME WATCH

Are you ready for some socially distanced football?

ILLINOIS ECE ALUMNUS ARVIND KRISHNA ANNOUNCED AS NEXT CEO OF IBM

Illinois ECE alumnus Arvind Krishna (MS ’87, PhD ’91) has been elected as Chief Executive Officer of IBM, effective April 6, 2020. Krishna is regarded as an elite and distinguished alumnus of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at th

Sottos elected to National Academy of Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor Nancy Sottos has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

KAM’s opens on First and Green streets

The new KAM’s location, which sits on the corner of First and Green streets. After a long wait, the bar will open Wednesday at 9pm.

Professor to help put people back on the Moon

Researchers from 14 schools around the country were chosen by NASA to help them get back to the moon. Three professors from UI are on that list.

U of I board, president agree to four-year extension

Tim Killeen will serve as the president of the U of I System until 2024 under a new agreement approved by the board of trustees.

Butkus, Grange among ESPN's top-11 CFB players of all-time

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - The Year in Pictures

The gardens of a lifetime

At 92, James Bier still pursues perfection at the Japan House gardens

100-year-old Tuskegee airman from Bethesda returns to the sky for his birthday

What makes a 100-year-old giggle? Well, for retired Tuskegee Airman Air Force Colonel Charles E. McGee of Bethesda, Maryland, it’s the memory of flying in enemy territory without a single weapon knowing he could outrun anything else in the sky.

Political Science Undergraduate, Thomas Dowling, Named Rhodes Scholar

Former Illinois in Washington Student First Rhodes Scholar From Urbana Campus Since 1998

Illini of the Year Recipients

Our club honors distinguished alums