UI specialist makes Braille filter for Ph.D. student's diploma

CHAMPAIGN – Earning a degree takes a lot of work. You have to take exams, conduct research, write papers and more.

But proof that you earned the degree is pretty simple: a piece of paper, inscribed with your name and perhaps a few seals, crests and signatures.

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