Want to learn more about the current state of quantum computing? 👨🏽‍💻 Join us Thursday morning for our virtual symposium, Quantum Computing and Microelectronics Technology: Driving Innovation in Modern Industry. For the agenda, speaker bios, and free registration: https://ow.ly/mVfV50ZAWB4

The University of Illinois System is launching Transfer Drive, which provides a full range of support for income-eligible students transferring to its three universities from select Illinois community colleges. 🎓 Learn more: https://ow.ly/I2UA50ZzrCb

July saw big stories come from our system, including the official launch of the nationwide search for our next president, succeeding President Tim Killeen in 2027 after more than a decade of leadership. ☀️ July edition: https://ow.ly/i7u950ZvNgu 📩 Subscribe here: https://ow.ly/ejSJ50ZvNgw

The search for the 21st president of the University of Illinois System is officially underway. The Board of Trustees today released the leadership profile, shaped by input from faculty, staff, students, and community members across all three universities: www.uillinois.edu/about/presid...

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees will meet Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. in Champaign. 🕗 You can watch the meeting live by using this link: https://uis.edu/uislive 🎦

A ChBE Illinois team has developed microparticles which release oxygen bubbles that clean wounds and instrument surfaces more effectively than simple cleaning agents like hydrogen peroxide. 👀 See up-close, microscopic video of the bubbles in action: https://ow.ly/YSwX50ZmtBf

❓ Did you know that UI Health provides care through more than 1,500,000 patient visits each year? 👨🏽‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️ Get even more facts and figures about the U of I System's universities, programs, and people in the 2026 edition of Pocket Facts: https://go.uillinois.edu/2026PocketFacts

The Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA)'s Small Grant Program catalyzes impactful policy research that addresses Illinois’ challenges, elevating faculty as trusted thought leaders whose work drives change. Our six awarded projects in 2026: https://igpa.uillinois.edu/research-projects

Summertime's longer days and hotter temperatures tend to raise air pollution levels in Chicago. A network of 277 monitoring sensors placed across the city by the UIC School of Public Health are collecting publicly-available data to target air-quality hotspots. 🌆Learn more: https://ow.ly/lpbl50Z7GOw

You're invited to attend our presidential search town halls next week at our three universities! These sessions are an opportunity to share your perspective and help inform the search for the next president of the U of I System: https://www.uillinois.edu/about/presidential_search

A University of Illinois Springfield epidemiologist and her students are distributing free radon test kits, hosting health education workshops, and connecting Sangamon County residents with lung cancer screenings — because only 1 in 5 at-risk Americans gets screened: https://ow.ly/UB9P50Z9qHi

This May, your engaged voices reached Springfield, global partnerships took flight, and the joy of commencement season spread across our campuses. Read more about it in Stay Connected, and subscribe below! 🎓 May edition: https://ow.ly/Jr8A50Z7Jkn 📩 Subscribe here: https://ow.ly/ZF8g50Z7Jkm

We're proud to have relaunched the David Dodds Henry Lecture Series: The Future of Higher Education. The Chicago gathering brought together higher ed leaders and changemakers to explore how to navigate unprecedented times, and featured a keynote from U of Washington President Robert J. Jones.

University of Illinois Chicago researchers tracked 1,300+ kids in Big Brothers Big Sisters of America for four years and found real results: less violence, less substance use, stronger mental health. Mentoring works: https://ow.ly/NSQy50Z4ujF

This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, system researchers are studying PTSD treatments, music therapy, and veteran support. Here are three making a difference: Urbana-Champaign: https://ow.ly/lMTi50Z4ign Chicago: https://ow.ly/p0ky50Z4igm University of Illinois Springfield: https://ow.ly/Az7f50Z4igl

Happy World Bee Day! At Chicago, University of Illinois Springfield, and Urbana-Champaign, our system maintains programs that help local bee populations flourish. 🐝 Because without pollinators, much of the food we rely on every day simply wouldn't exist.

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees will meet Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. in Champaign. 🕗 You can livestream the proceedings then by using this link: https://uis.edu/uislive 🎦

Biomanufacturing. Economic development. Job creation. Sustainability. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s iFAB Tech Hub is doing it all — a prime example of the University of Illinois System building Illinois’ future through innovation and partnerships: https://ifabtechhub.org/

Today at noon CDT, join U of I System President Tim Killeen for a virtual conversation on our system's role in shaping the future of Illinois. An audience-powered Q-&-A session will follow his presentation. Register for the town hall and submit your questions here: https://ow.ly/WQ1650YVcxc

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but wellbeing matters all year long. Across the University of Illinois System, find mental health support for students, faculty, and staff. 💚 Explore resources: https://ow.ly/EOCl50YYlRV And for anytime crisis support, call or text 988. 📱

Happy International Nursing Day! Across our system, nursing students balance rigorous coursework with hands-on patient care — and when it's over, they mark the end of their undergraduate journey with a pool jump. 🎓🌊 This tradition that began at Chicago has now spread to Urbana and Springfield.

Last week in Rome, U of I System President Tim Killeen joined global leaders, youth innovators, and the CCOs of Ferrari and Aston Martin at the European Innovation for Sustainability Summit. The takeaway: embrace new technology, move from planning to action, and inspire the next generation.

Today, we celebrate the mothers who balance more than most people see. The ones who show up fully — for their work, their students, their research, their colleagues — and then go home and show up again. Read more: 🌺https://ow.ly/Vp9i50YWEog 🌼https://ow.ly/agJE50YWEoa 🌷https://ow.ly/1Asn50YWEo6

An advocacy-packed April saw our system making impacts both in Washington, D.C. and across the state of Illinois. Catch up on the news with Stay Connected, and subscribe to get it in your inbox every month! 💮 April edition: https://ow.ly/9SWg50YUHy0 📩 Subscribe here: https://ow.ly/gN0250YUHy1

The University of Illinois System doesn’t wait for discoveries to happen. It creates them — in labs, clinics, communities, and classrooms across Illinois. 👩‍🔬💡 Discovery doesn’t slow down here. It never has: https://ow.ly/SuxF50YStmb

The Illinois Mexican & Mexican-American Students Initiative (I-MMÁS) will host an online webinar on May 20 focused on the growing field of nutritional neuroscience, and evidence linking cognitive health and good nutrition. 🍎🧠 See the full agenda and register for free: https://ow.ly/s12X50YQKnl

Earth Day’s theme this year is Our Power, Our Planet. See just a sampling of the work across the University of Illinois System that powers progress — from clean energy to sustainable materials. 🌎

Each year, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Graduate College showcases the creativity and intellectual diversity of their students with its Image of Research competition. 🏆 2026 winners: https://ow.ly/qr8Z50YNxhr 📷 Full gallery: https://ow.ly/m74O50YNxhp

Last week, the U of I System sent a delegation to Washington, D.C. to meet with our federal legislators and advocate for our education, research, health, and economic development missions. 🏛️ We're grateful for their time, attention, and continued support of the system's initiatives.

Not all generations learned the importance of exercise. It’s a big part of this recent University of Illinois Springfield graduate’s life. Jadyn Zafirri uses her degree to help patients get healthier doing cardiac rehabilitation and stay active after their sessions end: https://ow.ly/J0OQ50YLbvr