News & Events from the UI Alumni Association

Alumna reaches out to families affected by spinal muscular atrophy

Published Date:March 19, 2012

Illinois alumna Shannon O Brien was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy when she was 2 years old. More than two decades later, she's using her experience to make a difference.

Published Date: March 19, 2012


Advanced Visualization Lab at Illinois boldly goes where no filmmakers have gone before

Published Date:March 7, 2012

Beyond that pie-plate thingy wobbling across the heavens in Plan 9 from Outer Space; beyond the streaming Technicolor vortex of 2001: A Space Odyssey; beyond the ever-voyaging starship Enterprise and Brian De Palmas fatal Mission to Mars and even beyond the surreal star-constructs snapped from on high by Hubble, await cinematic visions of space like no other.

Published Date: March 7, 2012


Illinois alumnus in Japan offers help in coping with Fukushima disaster

Published Date:March 6, 2012

In the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant meltdown, scientist Nobuhiro Shiotani and the Skilled Veterans Corps are prepared to take the burden of cleanup off of the young.

Published Date: March 6, 2012


Illinois Sports Travel package for Illinois-Arizona State football game

Published Date:February 3, 2012

Travel with the Fighting Illini footbal team as it battles Arizona State Sept. 8 in Tempe. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to cheer on the Illini and experience a great city. Availability is limited, so learn more and sign up soon.

Published Date: February 3, 2012