One Book One Campus, an initiative of Illini Union Bookstore, is basically a giant campus-wide book club. From the website: “Each year, a panel of key university representatives compile a list of books for the …
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Check out this digital re-creation of Urbana High School in 1914
Stephen Larson, an Urbana High School grad, has been using old photos of UHS after it was first built to put together a digital “flyover” of the building. I did not go to Urbana High …
This NowThis web series episode features two U of I professors
Many of you are probably familiar with NowThis News. Well, I’ve just learned that they have a series of videos entitled Apocolypse NowThis which examines various ways that we all could die and/or the Earth could …
See a lunar eclipse through telescopes at Parkland this month
On January 20th there will be a lunar eclipse — the only one that will be visible in 2019 — and Staerkel Planetarium is partnering with the C-U Astronomical Society to give the public a pretty cool …
There will be a new mixed-use development at Lincoln and University
The City of Urbana has announced the development of townhomes, extended stay room, retail, and public outdoor areas at the bustling intersection of Lincoln and University. It will be called Gather, and it will surely be …
America at the end of 2018
Poetic. View this post on Instagram America has fallen. A post shared by Virgil Bryce Grider (@vgrid101) on Dec 31, 2018 at …
If you’re visiting local museums and nature centers over the holidays, read this first
With the kids out of school, it’s a good time to take advantage of the educational opportunities C-U has to offer. Just be sure to double check holiday hours for the places you intend to …
Make Fleurish a holiday stop
I’m headed to a family gathering this weekend, so I popped into Fleurish yesterday to peruse some options for something lovely to bring as a hostess gift. I found both fun and beautiful things. First …
City of Urbana has announced an arts-centered housing development
The building project, titled Urbana Arts, will begin construction in 2020 in the city-owned lots along Illinois Street, just south of Lincoln Square (seen above). Here are the details from the press release: The City …
The inaugural CMI-CLT flight took off this morning
With a little bit of fanfare (probably as much as can be conjured up at 5:30 in the morning) the first flight to Charlotte out of Champaign took off this morning. The added American Airlines …