Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois

09/04/2026

Meet new people, go to every class, join an RSO — LAS students are full of awesome goals for the new semester!

Tell us: what do you hope you’ll accomplish this fall?

08/31/2026

In the words of Dean Patton: "Some of the most meaningful moments in college and beyond begin with simply saying yes."

At LAS, you'll find countless opportunities to follow your curiosity, try something new, and discover where that "yes" can take you.

Welcome back to everyone in our community, and welcome to LAS, Class of 2030!

08/28/2026

You did it! First week of classes is in the books.

How would you describe your first week in one word? Drop us your best adjective ⬇️

08/27/2026

If you've got a passion for untangling historical events and questions and a knack for uncovering the hidden patterns in data and analysis, you'll want to check this out.

Brand new from the Department of History: a major in Data Science + History! Discover what makes this program unique ⬇️

The Department of History is launching the first undergraduate degree program in history and data science in the country!

By harnessing data science, historians can analyze vast troves of data to uncover its hidden patterns, validate existing theories, and even generate fresh hypotheses about past events and societal shifts.

Data literacy and analysis skills have become increasingly valuable across almost all industries. In our program students will apply a historian's training and insights to data and become prepared for a wide variety of data-informed careers.

Learn more at the link in the comments.

Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois

08/26/2026

All signs point to another fantastic year in the College of LAS.

Whether you're brand new to campus or returning home to the 🧡 & 💙, some iconic Illinois faces just want to say: we are so glad you're here!

This semester is going to be a great one, we can just feel it.

08/20/2026

Tag a new LAS student: LAS Liftoff is TOMORROW!

⏰1:30 PM

📍State Farm Center

Meet peers and academic units, play games, get a snow cone, and don't forget to grab a free t-shirt! We'll see you there.

08/17/2026

A GoPro, a book, and a horse named Tornado.

Those are the components of Illinois alum Jennifer Haare and Jackie Furtado's photobook "TORNADO," a chronophotographic art piece that brought them from Arizona to Paris to display the images they incorporated into the book's deliberate and almost-in-motion image sequence.

To acquire their photos, Haare and Furtado loosely tied a GoPro around a horse (Tornado), which captured a unique perspective of the horse's movement. "This kind of imagery showed chaos," said Haare, reflecting on the 100 frames they'd distilled from the original 30,000.

By a series of fortunate events and connections, Haare and Furtado's unique and innovative artwork was featured in the Galerie Richet in Paris, where it was displayed for three months.

07/29/2026

07/23/2026

Seven of this year's recipients of a Fulbright grant have accepted their award — and all seven are LAS students!

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers grants to academically and professionally outstanding students who are interested in furthering its mission of building international relationships and helping solve global challenges.

In the fall, these students will embark on journeys all across the world. They'll spend a year in places like Italy, Taiwan, Armenia, and more, teaching English or pursuing advanced degrees that will help them achieve their goals of ushering in a more connected and understanding global community.

We celebrate their incredible passion and ambition and wish them a wonderful and transformative experience abroad!

Illinois English Integrative Biology at Illinois Global Studies at Illinois History at Illinois University of Illinois Psychology Department University of Illinois School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics

07/17/2026

Folger Adam Jr.‘s last words were a poem. Or, at least, his last words that anyone thought to preserve.

An Illinois alum and member of the social and literary fraternity Alpha Delta Phi, Adam joined the Air Force and, after graduation, went to support the US forces in World War II. He, along with nine other men from the class of ‘42, never returned.

While overseas, he penned a poem that he mailed back to his professors at the University of Illinois. This poem, in tandem with the memory of Adam and his fellow fallen alums, inspired the members of Alpha Delta Phi who did return to partner with the Department of English to start two literary competitions: The Folger Adam Jr. Prize in Poetry and the John L Rainey Prize in Fiction.

“They created these Creative Writing awards and their continuing endowment…to not only keep the memory of Alpha Delts who gave the ultimate sacrifice, but to help foster the same kinds of artistry within the university's undergraduate population that Folger Adam Jr. expressed during his brief life,” says Bob McMurray, another alum and devoted Alpha Delta Phi member and historian.