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  UIUC's Disability Resources and Educational Services marks 75 years

  Apr 29, 2024 10:00 am

  As part of the first higher education institution to offer a program specifically supporting students with disabilities, Disability Resources & Educational Services (DRES) at University of Illinois has helped thousands earn their college degrees over the past 75 years.

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  UIUC faculty bringing data science to Chicago public schools

  Apr 15, 2024 9:45 am

  Every summer since 2021, two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have partnered with Discovery Partners Institute to run a 6-week summer experience as part of DPI’s Digital Scholars program. In each offering, 30 to 40 high-school students, guided by experienced UIUC teaching assistants, are taught a condensed version of the Data Science Discovery course content.

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  Real Impact: Experiences take focus off community college transfer myths

  Apr 1, 2024 1:00 pm

  Since 2022, students transferring from community colleges in Illinois have had guaranteed admission to University of Illinois System universities in Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield if they meet requirements.  

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  Real Impact: Southern Illinois educators unite for more milestones

  Mar 11, 2024 2:30 pm

  The U of I System is partnering with community colleges statewide to connect educators and administrators with public university transfer pathways for their students, especially to system universities in Springfield, Chicago and Urbana. 

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  UIS waives application fees for some community college transfer students

  Feb 26, 2024 10:15 am

  Starting with the Fall 2024 application period, UIS will waive the $50 application fee for transfer students applying from Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Richland Community College in Decatur and Illinois Central College in East Peoria.

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  New UIS high-tech lab allows HS students to develop innovative products

  Feb 12, 2024 1:45 pm

  The University of Illinois Springfield, in collaboration with Innovate Springfield, its dynamic business incubator in downtown Springfield, is creating a new high-tech lab and class to teach high school students how to turn their innovative product ideas into reality. 

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  IIN awards new seed grant to social innovation project

  Jan 31, 2024 10:30 am

  The funded project, “Journeys to Justice: Commemorating and Memorializing the History and Legacy of Anti-Black Terror in Illinois,” will launch a statewide coalition to promote and support the research and remembrance of anti-Black riots, massacres and lynchings in Illinois.

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  UIC’s Center for Literacy supports social mobility for Chicagoans

  Jan 16, 2024 12:30 pm

  UIC’s Center for Literacy, part of the College of Education, goes well beyond literacy programs and impacts the social mobility of Chicago families, especially those located on the South and West sides of the city. For more than 30 years, the center has supported families whose children are enrolled in Chicago’s Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

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  New radio station focusing on Black voices launching February in C-U

  Jan 2, 2024 12:00 pm

  A new radio station - "Illinois Soul" - aiming to highlight Black experiences and perspectives will begin broadcasting from Illinois Public Media at WILL-FM 101.1 next month.

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  Real Impact: Mexican educator, researcher an inspiration near and far

  Dec 4, 2023 3:45 pm

  Illinois Mexican & Mexican-American Students (I-MMÁS) founder, director, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor Elvira de Mejía recruited civil engineering associate professor Rafael Tinoco. ... “When I-MMÁS started, we invited faculty, staff, and students to join the group. Rafael became an active friend of I-MMÁS,” de Mejía said. “He is an excellent role model for many students and professionals.” 

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