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Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares of the University of Illinois at Chicago joins community representatives to announce a West side site to UIC's bid for the Obama Presidential Library at Learn Charter School in Lawndale community in Chicago, Monday, June 16, 2014.

UIC faculty vote no confidence in chancellor

May 22, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

The University of Illinois at Chicago faculty senate voted no confidence Thursday in the chancellor's leadership, five months before her tenure is scheduled to end. The decision comes after Chancellor...

Ebola screening added to intake procedures for some U. of I. international students

May 21, 2019 at 1:17 p.m.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while conducting its usual health screenings of international students this semester, devoted a few extra minutes to discussing the Ebola outbreak with those who...

Accounting major Zixin "Sunnie" Huang, 21, does payroll at a restaurant in a dormitory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She chose Illinois because she figured there would be fewer international students than on the East or West coasts, and she would be forced to use English.

Study shows retention of U. of I. international students

August 18, 2019 at 3:34 p.m.

While the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has more international students than any other public campus in the country, the majority of them leave the area after graduation, a new...

Chicago State University's former senior legal counsel, James Crowley, was the plaintiff in a lawsuit against CSU, and was awarded a $2.5 million judgment against the university.

Judge upholds verdict in Chicago State University whistleblower case

June 18, 2018 at 8:29 a.m.

A Cook County judge Thursday upheld the verdict in a landmark whistleblower case against Chicago State University, ordering the public institution to pay the fired employee more than $3 million...

Engineers toy with science in building doll company

June 17, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

If a University of Illinois engineering student and a recent graduate are successful, girls soon will be accessorizing their dolls with science safety goggles and lab coats instead of hair...

Sculptor Lorado Taft's bronze The Alma Mater on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus on Green and Wright streets.

U. of I. pulls professor’s job offer after tweets criticizing Israel

August 21, 2019 at 5:10 p.m.

The University of Illinois has rescinded the job offer of a professor who wrote controversial social media posts about the war in Gaza, according to documents released by the university...

U. of I. reaches out to 600 freshmen from China

May 25, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

The hotel elevator doors opened and Yiwei Huang stepped out, ready for his college orientation. He held his mother's hand as he approached the registration table. He pored over the...

U. of I. freshmen and their parents get a look at an Alma Mater statue T-shirt and promotional materials during an orientation in downtown Shanghai.

U. of I. builds an Illini presence in China

May 25, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

When Larry Zhao returned here to China's largest city in 2005 after getting a master's degree in business from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he wanted to connect with...

U. of I. evolves as it adjusts to huge increase in international students

May 25, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

Linda Fotzler bought the Armory House, a private dorm on the University of Illinois campus, in 1973, the year after she graduated. The students who lived there were predominantly men,...

University of Illinois has 100-year history of interaction with China

May 25, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

Walk around the campus of Tsinghua University, one of the top schools in China, and you may feel like you're at the University of Illinois. There's the stately Grand Auditorium,...

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