University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Public university in Illinois
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| 2025 | Andrew Hoffman began playing for the Kansas City Royals, continuing the Illinois Fighting Illini baseball program's representation in Major League Baseball. |
| 2025 | Kelly Loeffler began serving as Administrator of the Small Business Administration. |
| 2025 | Illinois Fighting Illini football plays home conference games against Maryland, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, and USC |
| 2025 | Won an individual NCAA championship in women's cross country. |
| 2025 | Expected completion of Altgeld Hall renovations, targeting LEED Silver certification, as part of the comprehensive campus restoration project. |
| March 16 2025 | Student body reaffirmed support for adopting an athletic mascot with a 76.36% supermajority vote in the student elections. |
| March 2025 | The Carle Illinois College of Medicine received full accreditation from LCME. |
| 2024 | Eileen O'Neill Burke began her role as Cook County State's Attorney. |
| 2024 | Expected completion of Illini Hall construction, targeting LEED Platinum certification as part of the $192 million campus restoration project. |
| 2024 | Department of Computer Science renamed the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science after receiving a $50 million gift from Thomas M. Siebel. |
| 2024 | Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team competed in the Lexington Super Regional tournament with a 1-2 record. |
| 2024 | Dan Hartleb leads the team to first place, continuing his long-standing leadership of the program. |
| 2024 | U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Illinois College of Law 36th in the country, tying with four other law schools. |
| 2024 | Samantha Levy becomes the student president of Hillel, serving from 2024 to 2025. |
| 2024 | Men's basketball team won their fourth Big Ten Tournament championship. |
| 2024 | Computer Science Programs showed varied admission statistics: Computer Science admit rate at 7.2% and Computer Science + X at 18.1%. |
| 2024 | Illinois defeats Michigan 21-7 in Champaign, breaking Michigan's long-standing series lead dominance. |
| 2024 | Illinois won the Citrus Bowl against South Carolina with a 21-17 victory. |
| September 14 2024 | Illinois Fighting Illini football team to play Central Michigan in non-conference game |
| September 7 2024 | Illinois Fighting Illini football team to play Kansas in non-conference game |
| August 29 2024 | Illinois Fighting Illini football team to play Eastern Illinois in non-conference game |
| 2023 | Paul Faraci began serving in the Illinois State Senate |
| 2023 | Nikki Budzinski began serving as U.S. representative from Illinois. |
| 2023 | Germán Bollero begins his leadership as dean and continues to serve in the present |
| 2023 | University of Illinois College of Law admitted 43.69% of applicants, with a 21.57% enrollment rate for the entering class. The median enrolled student had a 165 LSAT score and 3.75 undergraduate GPA. |
| 2023 | Above the Law ranked the University of Illinois College of Law 19th in the nation. |
| 2023 | Students and faculty created a Kingfisher costume, with the proposed mascot beginning to make appearances at campus events. |
| 2023 | Overall first-year admit rate was 43.7%, with significant variation across different colleges, such as the Grainger College of Engineering having a 22.3% admit rate. |
| 2023 | Johnny Newton named Consensus All-American for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team |
| 2023 | Johnny Newton was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. |
| May 11 2023 | Ben Lough was named as the new dean of the School of Social Work, succeeding Steve Anderson after his tenure since 2017. |
| 2022 | Michael Massey began playing for the Kansas City Royals, representing the Illinois Fighting Illini baseball program in Major League Baseball. |
| 2022 | Johanna Contreras served as acting executive of Ulster County, New York. |
| 2022 | First Carle Illinois students are set to complete their medical degrees, marking the final year of the existing University of Illinois College of Medicine campus in Urbana-Champaign. |
| 2022 | Ben Shapiro is elected as student president of Hillel, serving from 2022 to 2024. |
| 2022 | Eighth NCAA Tournament appearance for the Fighting Illini softball team. |
| 2022 | The Illinois women's boxing team won the USIBA national tournament. |
| 2022 | Computer Science program maintained its high national ranking, with an extremely competitive acceptance rate of less than 6.8%. |
| 2022 | Earned fifth consecutive gold certification in STARS, with one of its highest scores to date, driven by new solar and geothermal energy projects, water use reduction, and sustainability research. |
| 2022 | Moe Gardner inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for his defensive tackle performance from 1987-1990. |
| 2022 | Devon Witherspoon named Consensus All-American for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team |
| 2022 | Expected start of construction for the Main Library modification project. |
| December 30 2022 | Illinois won the Battle Box Trophy by defeating UCLA 35-40 in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl, securing a notable bowl game victory in Bret Bielema's second season as head coach. |
| November 19 2022 | The team defeated Michigan State 23-15, marking a significant upset and improving their standing in the Big Ten conference under Bielema's leadership. |
| September 2022 | The City of Champaign transferred a large area of Campustown from CPD to UIPD jurisdiction, with the city agreeing to fund seven new officers to patrol the expanded coverage area. |
| July 2022 | The university partnered with local businesses to invest $300,000 to combat violent crime in Champaign County. |
| April 18 2022 | Sayed A. Quraishi, a recent university graduate, assaulted a Jewish student outside the campus' Hillel building during an anti-Israel protest organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Quraishi was subsequently charged with a hate crime. |
| 2021 | Kimberlee K. Kidwell concludes her tenure as dean |
| 2021 | Mark Raymond served as Plym Distinguished Visiting Professor in Spring 2021, and Solano Benítez served in Fall 2021. |
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