Education
Playing the Changes: How jazz music helped unite a South African university
Darius and Catherine Brubeck visit CU this week to discuss their work creating a jazz program in apartheid-era South Africa.
Visa terminations causing panic for Illinois students and educators
The Trump administration’s move to terminate the legal immigration status of hundreds of international students is leaving Illinois educators scrambling to find ways to help.
U of I takes legal action after Department of Energy announces cuts to research grants
The University of Illinois is suing the federal government over a cap on energy grants.
‘Chilling silence’: Waves of Illinois’ international university students lose their visas
Illinois hosts one of the largest international student populations in the nation, ranking fifth.
Trump administration freezes $790 million for Northwestern University
In a statement, Northwestern spokesperson Jon Yates said the school was “informed by members of the media that the federal government plans to freeze a significant portion of our federal funding. The university has not received any official notification from the federal government.”
University of Illinois confirms some international students’ visas have been revoked
A U of I spokesperson said that multiple foreign students on campus have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration but declined to share the number of students who were impacted.
Instead of ending DEI, University of Illinois will add ‘open to all’ language to websites
Chancellor Robert Jones and Provost John Coleman announced by email on Thursday that the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign will not strike sensitive words or phrases from websites under pressure from the federal government.
Graduate students rally for better health care and higher wages at the University of Illinois
GEO leaders say the U of I administration increased health care costs without notice, which puts a significant burden on graduate workers and ultimately causes the quality of education provided at the U of I to suffer.
Former U of I System president described as ‘trailblazer’ dies at 90
Stanley Ikenberry was named the youngest president in U of I history at 44 years old in 1979 and later returned to the presidency in an interim capacity.
Champaign Unit 4 school board begins to take shape as mail-in ballots remain to be counted
According to unofficial election results, Fatima Ahmed, Justin Michael Hendrix, Christy Arnold, Tony Bruno and Grace Kang have the most votes so far.
Congressional committee asks University of Illinois for information on Chinese international students
The letter from the House committee asks for information on the U of I’s Chinese International student population — claiming that relying on foreign enrollment could pose a national security threat.
A university, a rural Illinois town and their fight to survive Trump’s war on higher education
The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public institutions like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves.