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A gift grown from an unlikely love story
July 16, 2025 09:35 AMLong‑time Farm Progress economics editor makes significant commitment to the James F. Evans Global Center for Food and Agricultural Communications at the University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign.
Architecture students awarded 2025 UIC Kokkino Educational Fund Scholarship
July 11, 2025 08:15 AMUIC College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts students Gabija Gricius, Racheal Olujide and Toluwalogo Oluyede have been named the 2025 recipients of the UIC Kokkino Educational Fund Scholarship.
Sharps Lead the Endowment of the Directorship of the Cancer Center at Illinois
July 09, 2025 09:01 AMIn recognition of the most recent transformative gift from Phillip (LAS ’69) and Ann Sharp, the directorship of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) will be officially renamed as the Phillip and Ann Sharp Director.
$2 million gift from UIF Board Life Director and his wife benefits Carle Illinois College of Medicine
June 18, 2025 11:25 AMDowney’s gift honors former Chancellor Phyllis Wise, who played a crucial role in in founding CI MED.
Bill Chase establishes $1.2M fund for research in ethical decision making
June 13, 2025 09:49 AMGies College of Business has received a $1.2 million gift from alumnus Bill Chase (FIN '88) to establish a research fund supporting scholarship and dialogue around fiduciary responsibility and ethical decision making in business leadership.
UIC Business alum establishes the Mihas Endowed Professorship in Finance
June 10, 2025 08:55 AMThis $1 million gift will acknowledge and support the research activity of an exceptional faculty member who will be named the Constantine Mihas Endowed Professorship in Finance.
Charles Lee Isbell Jr. named chancellor at University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign
June 05, 2025 10:55 AMLeading computer scientist, academic innovator and provost at the University of Wisconsin‑Madison, will become the 11th chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign and vice president of the University of Illinois System.
Herb Paaren makes $2M gift to fund new Drug Discovery and Cancer Research Pavilion
June 03, 2025 03:09 PMA new facility at UIC will bring medical, pharmaceutical, chemistry and cancer programs under one roof in pursuit of ground‑breaking therapeutic drug discoveries.
University of Illinois Philanthropy Center Recognized as Finalist for the Chicago Building Congress 2025 Merit Award
May 23, 2025 09:35 AMThe UI Philanthropy Center, which opened in February 2024, was honored as a finalist in the category “Commercial Construction Under $50 Million.”
Gies Business announces creation of Origin Ventures Office of Entrepreneurship
May 21, 2025 09:07 AMGies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign announces the launch of the Origin Ventures Office of Entrepreneurship.