What does it take to lead one of the top public universities in the country? Chancellor Robert Jones shares what he’s learned during his time at the university.
A plan to overhaul the way Illinois funds public universities is running into stiff opposition from the state’s largest higher education institution, the University of Illinois System.
Jones will soon head to the University of Washington in Seattle. He starts on August 1, 2025.
Under the “mutual academic defense compact,” participating schools would share financial and legal resources in the face of any challenges from the federal government.
One year later, the campus’ political climate is in a much different place. For many students, their decision to speak out has taken a toll.
Imagine being locked inside a room and your only hope of escape is to solve a series of puzzles within one hour and crack the code for a quantum computer. That’s the premise of the Quantum Salvation escape room from LabEscape in Urbana.
Live music filled the University of Illinois-Champaign campus on April 12 as students and vendors celebrated Earth Month. The focus of the second annual Sustainapalooza event was to raise awareness on how people can pursue a more sustainable lifestyle.
Charlie Kirk received a standing ovation as he took the stage at Foellinger Auditorium Tuesday night for his “American Comeback Tour.” The packed crowd was a sea of red, with attendees decked out in Make America Great Again gear and American Comeback shirts.
Typically, when spacecraft are at risk of collision, operators communicate with one another to decide who’s going to move. NASA and SpaceX recently tested an approach to automate this process for their spacecraft.
Stanley Ikenberry was named the youngest president in U of I history at 44 years old in 1979 and later returned to the presidency in an interim capacity.
From 2002 to 2012, McChesney hosted the radio program Media Matters on Sunday afternoons on WILL-AM.
AFSCME workers who are employed by the University of Illinois say administrators are not offering them a fair contract after their last pay agreement expired in September.
The International Student Advisory Board wants the U of I to give students the option to stay in University Housing for no additional cost during breaks and provide meals at dining halls or nearby locations. The group has a change.org petition circulating.
The Trump administration has terminated the Soybean Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, nearly two months after its funding was paused pending a review. The lab’s funding is set to officially end on April 15.
Hundreds of people gathered at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Friday to rally against President Donald Trump’s attempts to freeze federal funding. They held picket signs and chanted, “Stand up, fight back,” and “Elon Musk has got to go.”