by Deb Aronson | Sep 5, 2018 | Features
Imagine you were going to the beach. You’d put your swimsuit on under your clothes, drive or walk to the beach, and then what? For Claire Williams, she spreads out her towel. Takes off her shoes, then she takes off her clothes, takes off her watch, puts on her swim...
by Deb Aronson | Dec 30, 2017 | Features
In high school in Aurora, IL, Kirk Nass loved math, science and knowing how things worked. When he saw a flyer about majoring in chemical engineering at University of Illinois he remembers thinking, “Wow! I can do math, science and chemistry all in one.” Growing up in...
by Deb Aronson | Jan 20, 2016 | Features
The world doesn’t run without computers, from the software powering tiny wearables to the hardware making possible wireless networking and computer processing. ECE Illinois faculty and alumni are making unparalleled contributions to this brave new world of computing,...
by Deb Aronson | Aug 19, 2015 | Features
Stephen Lutz, MS ’74 AHS, who grew up fishing with his father for bluegill, bass and redear sunfish near Paris, Ill., caught his first fish at the age of 5. He’s been hooked ever since. As he grew older, the idea of creating a collegiate bass fishing league, along the...
by Deb Aronson | Aug 15, 2015 | Features
Iconoclastic artist William Wegman reflects on his graduate studies, photographs of Weimaraners and recent return to painting First Appeared: Illinois Alumni magazine To appreciate the unconventional nature of William Wegman’s art, consider his 1967 master’s thesis...
by Deb Aronson | Mar 26, 2015 | Features
A victim of its own thrilling success, UI rowing team seeks to upgrade its equipment and facilities Illinois Alumni Magazine The sky holds no hint of sunrise, but inside ARC Gym No. 1, 17 rowing machines hum and whirr like the rhythmic breathing of a sleeping giant....
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