University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Public university in Illinois
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| 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. |
| 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 | 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 | 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. |
| 2021 | The School of Information Sciences expanded into new spaces on the fourth and fifth floors of the Hub Champaign Daniel building, located at the corner of Sixth and Daniel Streets in Champaign. |
| 2021 | Bill Gropp was elected President-Elect of the IEEE Computer Society. |
| 2021 | Men's basketball team won their third Big Ten Tournament championship. |
| 2021 | Jim Heffernan retired as head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini wrestling team. |
| 2021 | The word 'at' was dropped from the university's name for marketing purposes across all U of I System campuses. |
| 2021 | In the U.S. News & World Report 'America's Best Colleges' report, UIUC's undergraduate program was ranked tied for 47th among national universities and tied for 15th among public universities. |
| 2021 | Illinois won a historic game against #7 Penn State, 20-18, in nine overtimes - the longest game in college football history. Chase Brown set a record with 223 yards rushing at Beaver Stadium. |
| 2021 | Illinois earned its first ever win over a College Football Playoff ranked opponent by defeating #20 Minnesota 14-6 in Minneapolis. |
| 2021 | Bielema led Illinois to a 5-7 record in his first year as head coach. |
| December 4 2021 | Bret Bielema led the Illinois Fighting Illini to a victory over Northwestern in a critical Big Ten West rivalry game, helping improve the team's season performance. |
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