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Earth Day: 13 Things Everyone Can Do in 2013

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 06.19.2013 | Green
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Danielle Nierenberg

Being aware of the environmental costs that unsustainable farming and eating practices can have on the environment, and making food choices accordingly, can help to fight climate change and protect the environment.

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Fighting Illini Fight To Right The World

Rev. Dr. Cindi Love | Posted 05.09.2013 | Religion
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Rev. Dr. Cindi Love

The YMCA at the University of Illinois isn't a place where you show up to swim. It is a place where you learn to show up in the world on behalf of vulnerable people and failing eco systems.

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American Bar Association Imposes $250,000 Fine On Illinois Law School For Fudging Figures

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 07.25.2012 | College
Read More: University of Illinois, American Bar Association, University of Illinois College of Law, ABA Fines, Aba, Law School, College-of-Law, College News

The pressure is on for competitive law schools, and University of Illinois College of Law appears to have caved, allegedly tipping Lady Justice's scal...

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WHOA! 14,000 Flock To Free Online Courses On First Day

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 07.19.2012 | College
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When the University of Illinois announced it would offer online courses for free, thousands of prospective students came running. Illinois' opening...

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Professor Rebels Against 'Orwellian' Ethics Training; Gets Fined

The Huffington Post | Anna Susman | Posted 06.28.2012 | College
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Lou Van den Dries, a tenured math professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was fined $500 for skipping mandatory ethics training from...

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I'm With Stupid: Making Yourself More Smarter the Alcoholic Way

Todd Hartley | Posted 06.23.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Congress, Bowling, Intelligence, Problem Solving, Beer, Alcohol, University of Illinois, Science, Men, Drinking, Comedy News
Todd Hartley

I, for one, always felt smarter when I was drinking. I felt fatter, sweatier and smellier, as well, but that's not really the point. I wasn't drinking to make myself more attractive. I was drinking to make the rest of you more attractive.

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Don't Just Talk About Change: Register to Vote

The Daily Illini | Posted 05.27.2012 | College
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The Daily Illini

I chose to register to vote and mail in my ballot today because I didn't want to continue being that girl who talks about change and service -- but doesn't act on it. Now, I'm not trying to twist anyone's arm who legitimately doesn't want to vote.

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Universities and Cities: Place-Based Anchors of City Development and Individual Accomplishment

Paula Allen-Meares | Posted 04.16.2012 | Home
Read More: Higher Education, Economic Development, University of Illinois, Chicago, Urbanism, Home News
Paula Allen-Meares

The importance of urban research universities is clearly manifest in the scale of the impact, the "footprint," of the university in its city. By late in the last decade, urban research universities were among the top employers in every one of their respective cities.

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Which University Won the Intercollegiate Programming Championship?

David Thielen | Posted 04.13.2012 | College
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David Thielen

Each team wrote the A.I. for a computer game. The contest is then the A.I.s from each team fighting each other where one will reign victorious over the others on the field of battle.

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University Of Illinois Hikes Tuition By Nearly Five Percent

Posted 01.20.2012 | Chicago
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Less than a year after the University of Illinois approved a 6.9 percent increase in tuition for the current freshman class, the school has announced ...

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The National Intercollegiate Programming Championships

David Thielen | Posted 02.08.2012 | College
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David Thielen

This upcoming January will see the first intercollegiate programming code war, with multiple teams competing from most of the top computer science colleges in the country.

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Obama vs. Newt or Mitt Can't Compare to the Fighting Okras vs. the Gorillas

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 02.05.2012 | Sports
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Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D.

The cruel, cold months of December and January bring warmth to the hearts of college football fans everywhere -- but only if their Division I team is involved in one of the thirty-five scheduled "major" college bowl games.

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Illinois Higher Education Floundering: Study

Posted 12.05.2011 | Chicago
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A study released last month by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education shows declining interest in higher education among Illinois ...

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Tenure-Track and Adjuncts Unite! Administration Says: You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Union

Lennard Davis | Posted 02.01.2012 | College
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Lennard Davis

Who should have a right to determine union membership -- the boss or the employees? The administration of the University of Illinois should stop trying to divide and conquer its faculty and come to the table to begin collective bargaining in good faith.

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Inside The U Of I Law School's Book-Cooking Scandal

Feisal G. Mohamed | Posted 01.11.2012 | Chicago
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Feisal G. Mohamed

The University of Illinois issued its final report this week on the goosing of class profile data posted by the College of Law publicly and reported to the ABA. This really does look like déjà vu all over again.

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Report: U Of I Law School Still Dealing With Grade Inflation Problems

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 11.28.2011 | Chicago
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An ongoing investigation into the use of inflated grades and entrance-exam scores in University of Illinois law school marketi...

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Rahm Emanuel's 40 Days in the Desert

Al Norman | Posted 08.19.2011 | Business
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Al Norman

Just as Moses never reached Canaan, Mayor Emanuel may never emerge from the food desert if he keeps having visions of Wal-Mart as the promised land.

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Bill Daley To Give U Of I Commencement Speech

Posted 06.26.2011 | Chicago
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White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley will return to Illinois next month, where he will deliver a commencement speech at the University of Illinois Ch...

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University Of Illinois Removing 2,200 Seats From Stadium

AP | Posted 06.12.2011 | College
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois will permanently remove about 2,200 seats from Memorial Stadium because the bleachers are getting t...

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Illini Freshman Prospect Headed To NBA Draft

AP | Posted 06.05.2011 | Chicago
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CHAMAPIGN, Ill. — Illinois freshman forward Jereme Richmond is ending his brief, tumultuous Illinois career by leaving school and declaring for ...

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Bed Bugs Found In University Of Illinois Dorm Room

Posted 05.30.2011 | Chicago
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The University of Illinois has reportedly eliminated bed bugs that were found in a dorm room on the Champaign-Urbana campus. The News-Gazette repor...

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University Of Illinois Accidentally Sends Out 'Shooter' Alert Email To Students

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Just one day after administrators at the University of Illinois approved a 6.9 percent tuition hike, those on the Urbana-Champaign campus received a t...

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Tuition On The Rise At U Of I, Other Area Schools

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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If a vote of the University of Illinois trustees goes as expected on Wednesday, tuition rates will go up nearly seven percent at that system's schools...

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WATCH: Illinois's Dominant Second-Round Upset

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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TULSA, Okla. -- Mike Davis and Illinois pulled out of their late-season swoon just in time for the NCAA tournament. Davis tied his season high with...

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A Salute to Fred Rice, Jr.

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Hermene Hartman

Fred Rice Jr. was a gentleman, a scholar and a police officer: the first African American to serve as the Superintendent of Chicago's Police Department.

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