Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, here we come!
Fighting Illini fans: Let’s paint San Francisco orange and blue and cheer on the football team to its second consecutive bowl victory! Visit Illinois Sports Travel for information on the official UI tour and to make your reservation. Up-to-date info on game tickets and the latest Illinois-UCLA bowl news can be found at Fighting Illini Bowl Central.

Celebrate your Illini pride at the 2012 Chicago Illini of the Year Awards

Illinois to receive Outstanding Research Park award
The Association of University Research Parks recently named the Research Park at the University of Illinois the 2011 Outstanding Research Park during its annual Awards of Excellence ceremony in New Orleans. The award recognizes parks that excel in bringing technology from the laboratory to economically viable business activities, thus promoting the growth of businesses, jobs and public revenue.

… political scientist Milan Svolik
As recent power shifts and uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria demonstrate, the dynamics of authoritarian rule in the Middle East are complicated. Political scientist and author Milan Svolik expands on the subject in this “A Minute With …” interview.

• How an Illinois alumna from Mississippi made a difference for decades of students
• UIAA Virtual Career Center celebrates one-year anniversary
• Illinois graduate swims English Channel for ALS research
• Network with fellow alumni at Illini basketball game watches and other club events around the nation
• After years in the artistic shadows, Illinois alumnus emerges with Chicago exhibitions
• Engineering alumnus Shahid Khan to purchase NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars

• Education Justice Project takes higher education to hard timers
• NCSA, Cray partner on sustained-petascale Blue Waters supercomputer
• Study details homelessness, “doubling up” among children in low-income families
• U of I top choice among U.S. public schools for international students
• Ukulele event highlights class designed to instill lifelong love of music
• Are young people more narcissistic than ever?