University of Illinois

Illinois State University President Aondover Tarhule was one of eight university leaders who signed a letter in support of a measure that aims to overhaul how public universities in Illinois are funded. The measure that would create an evidence-based funding formula for higher education was approved in a House committee on Thursday.

A University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduate stars in Netflix’s most popular original movie.

The school’s flagship campus, which has the second largest number of international students of all public universities in the country, could be hit hard by Trump’s plan to revoke Chinese student visas.

The future of a state-funded program to increase the diversity of faculty at colleges and universities in Illinois is in doubt as the Trump administration continues to pressure higher education to abandon DEI values.

President Trump signed an order Thursday calling for the Education Department to close and he has slashed staff by half. He’s also targeting DEI in higher education and research funding.

Illinois politics can be difficult to understand. But there is help to be found in the new book, Illinois Politics: A Citizens’ Guide to Power, Politics, and Government.

Kelsey Chang of Bloomington and Eva Liu of Naperville were travelling together after graduation from the University of Illinois when an American man brutally attacked them in Germany. The man has been sentenced to life for rape, murder and attempted murder.

With Chicago in the running for the $11 billion National Semiconductor Technology Center, a multi-university network of researchers and scientists are optimistic Illinois’ advances in engineering and manufacturing — especially quantum — will help them seal the deal. So is Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

The competition, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, will see teams from Illinois State, Bradley, Purdue, and the University of Illinois compete for the best landing.

Illinois State University police are implementing a co-responder policing program where mental health professionals and law enforcement make joint responses to 911 calls.