Friday December 12, 2025

Final exams begin

Final examination period, December 12-18 (weekdays only). 

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  Cultural immersion fellowship prepares Pellecer for future in technology policy

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• Wednesday

  December 10

  Last day of instruction - Fall 2025 semester

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  Park participates in MIT Rising Stars in EECS 2025

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  Course partnership leads to new escape room for IGB's Mobile Learning Lab

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  Paper by He's lab honored at ICCV 2025 workshop

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• Saturday

  December 6

  Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab Holiday Maker Fest

  12:00 - 5:00 PM

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Other recent news

Koval Scholarship validates Mohammed's challenging academic journey

December 9 2025

As a middle school student in Accra Newtown, Ghana, Fatihi Mohammed put his education on hold. According to Mohammed, he dropped out because he didn't fully appreciate the long-term importance of education until he read Dr. Ben Carson's book Think Big, which inspired him to return to school. Returning to school was a challenge, but his perseverance and dedication paid off. Through renewed focus and efforts, the student has shown remarkable academic growth and is now working toward his MSLIS degree at the University of Illinois. Mohammed is receiving support for his studies through the Anna Mae Koval Scholarship Fund at the iSchool. The scholarship is a powerful reminder that honors the hard-won progress he has made.

Illinois Launches Fully Online MS in Game Development

December 5 2025

The University of Illinois is expanding its nationally acclaimed portfolio of online graduate programs with a new opportunity for creative problem-solvers and technical thinkers. The Master of Science in Game Development is a fully online degree built for students who want to turn their passion for interactive media into meaningful careers across game development, animation, simulation, and other interactive media industries.

PhD student Meng Li wins iSchool T-shirt design contest

November 19 2025

PhD student Meng Li's research focuses on neuro-symbolic AI, with an emphasis on using syntactic analysis and large language models (LLMs) to understand Python notebooks. This cutting-edge research keeps Li "super busy" for much of the term, but in August, she took a brief break from her work and shifted her focus to designing the winning entry for the iSchool T-shirt contest.

While the idea of the design "just popped into my mind," Li has been thinking about the contest for years.

Jiang defends dissertation

November 17 2025

PhD candidate Xiaoliang Jiang successfully defended his dissertation, "Identifying Place Names in Scientific Writing Based on Language Models, Linked Data, and Metadata," on November 10.