Through a $100,000 Sino-African Initiative grant given by Sister City International, Urbana partners with the city of Zomba and the Haizhu district in Guangzhou, China, to develop and support sanitary development and water health, said alderman Dennis Roberts, Ward 5.

You might not have known it from the weather, but the U of I campus has been a little more, well, Brazilian this winter.

University of Illinois graduate student Samantha Chadwick is among 18 young scholars nationwide to be named a Luce Scholar for 2013-2014.

resident Rafael Correa of Ecuador swept to re-election on Sunday in a vote that showed the broad popularity of his governments social programs and support for the poor in a country to which he has brought stability after years of political and economic turmoil.

U. of I. atmospheric sciences professor Donald J. Wuebbles was among four scientists who spoke at a briefing on climate change sponsored by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.