UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Cambridge Dictionary joins colleges and universities in redefining ‘woman’

The Cambridge Dictionary updated its definition of ‘woman’ to ‘an adult who lives and identifies as female though t…

By Shelby Kearns
Dec 14, 2022

University library asks transgender students to journal about their bathroom experiences

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is asking transgender and non-binary students to journal about their exper…

By Caroline Cason '22
Dec 1, 2022

Student body vice president resigns over free speech disagreement

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Student Government Vice President resigned over a 'free speech' disagre…

By Elaine Gunthorpe '24
Nov 22, 2022

Students rail against Matt Walsh speech at Illinois campus

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students protested conservative speaker Matt Walsh as he screened his new d…

By Georgia Lucas '23
Oct 19, 2022

Illinois requires public universities to implement ‘equity plans’

Governor Pritzker signed a bill into law requiring public universities to 'develop and implement an equity plan.'

By Aubrey Tuell '24
Jul 22, 2022

Student faces up to 5 years in prison for throwing a rock at Jewish Students

Sayed Quraishi, the offending student, allegedly told the police he knew he used the rock as a weapon.

By Alyssa Jones '23
Jul 18, 2022

Are ‘fairness,’ ‘data’ code words for White supremacy? Yes, according to one professor and her Twitter followers.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor Helen Neville posted a tweet asking ‘racism scholars’ to list …

By Katelynn Richardson '22
Nov 17, 2021

Surveillance on campus: Universities give students tools to report on each other's COVID violations or 'bias incidents'

Many universities supply tools that allow students to report their peers for incidents involving speech or COVID-19…

By Katelynn Richardson '22
Oct 6, 2021

Merit system is unjust because it rewards productive individuals, professors argue

Professors at top American universities are criticizing the merit system in academia, arguing the concept is a 'bar…

By Kate Anderson
Sep 8, 2021

CAMPUS PROFILE: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a public university within the Illinois State University System. Around …

By Emily Fowler '24
Jul 17, 2021

University of Illinois just learned a very important First Amendment lesson

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign settled a lawsuit with a free speech nonprofit.

By Dion J. Pierre
Feb 4, 2021

Grad employees get cold feet over ICE

Job postings for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency have some graduate employees at the Universit…

By Blair Nelson
Mar 16, 2019

UIUC shrugs shoulders at fossil fuel divestment demand

Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign approved a resolution calling on the school to divest fr…

By Blair Nelson
Mar 15, 2019

Illinois women’s studies dept: Abolish ICE and police

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign’s (UIUC) Gender & Women's Studies department shared a nine-point platf…

By Blair Nelson
Dec 10, 2018

University of Illinois makes massive free-tuition 'commitment'

Starting next year, new freshman and transfer students will not have to pay a single cent in tuition or fees if the…

By Blair Nelson
Aug 31, 2018

University of Illinois grad students declare 'sanctuary union'

According to the resolution, the designation means that faculty members will engage in public activism to oppose im…

By Blair Nelson
Aug 29, 2018

Grad students urge STEM workers to boycott US military

The graduate student employee union at the University of Illinois is urging STEM workers to "refuse employment" in …

By Adam Sabes
May 9, 2018

Illinois student gov hosts 'Meat Free Monday' for 'Earth Week'

The ISG has allocated $840 to fund the event, which aims to teach students about "the benefits of going 'meat free,…

By Blair Nelson
Apr 13, 2018

University renews contract of former domestic terrorist, convicted murderer

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign renewed the contract of former domestic terrorist and convicted murd…

By Maggie Lit
Nov 17, 2014

University seeks renewal of terrorist's teaching contract

James Kilgore is a former member of the SLA — a left-wing revolutionary group that committed bank robberies, murder…

By Maggie Lit
Nov 12, 2014