Today marks the end of International Student Orientation, that three-day tradition when hundreds of UI undergrads from dozens of countries learn about their new home. But it doesn’t take a dawn of a new school year to spot ethnic diversity around here, as recently released foreign-born population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show.
The plans entail construction of a new multipurpose campus in the west downtown area — from Logan Avenue to Robinson Street and North Street to Madison Street — that will consolidate its existing outpatient services with primary, surgical and specialty care.
Work at the Illinois Street Residence Halls has forced the campus to convert Evans Hall — part of the Busey-Evans Residence Halls, which have been reserved for women for most of their history — to all male.
Tractor enthusiasts began descending upon the former Chanute Air Force Base this week from as far away as Maryland and Colorado to show off their antique farm equipment, some of it more than a century old.
Country star Joe Nichols is headlining the 2019 event, which also features a carnival, beer tent, bags tournament parade.
The nine-count suit, filed this week by Lafayette Harper’s lawyers in U.S. District Court, Urbana, asks for 'reasonable' compensatory damages 'in an amount to be determined at trial,' punitive damages, attorneys' fees and court costs.
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