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Two people using a telescope to stargaze in a field at night under a star-filled sky.

Apr 23, 2025

UIS to celebrate National Astronomy Day and host accessible stargazing event May 3-4

A person receives an award and a hug during the Good as Gold Volunteer Awards ceremony, with others smiling nearby.

Apr 22, 2025

UIS Good as Gold awards honor more than 40 community volunteers and organizations

UIS students and faculty pose together at the 2025 Model United Nations Conference in New York City.

Apr 22, 2025

UIS student delegation wins top honor at 2025 Model United Nations Conference

Isaac Farhadian

Apr 21, 2025

Isaac Farhadian honored with the 2024 UIS Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award

Students in waders collect samples in a wetland at Emiquon near a dock, surrounded by aquatic plants and reeds.

Apr 17, 2025

UIS Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon launches Artist in Residence program

Students play lawn games during a campus health fair on the UIS quad, with booths and the colonnade visible in the background.

Apr 08, 2025

UIS Campus Recreation to host its annual Health and Wellness Fair

Nine hexagons featuring different images are stacked in three rows. Two in the top row, four in the middle row and three in the bottom row. The text “Room 9” is off to the right of the hexagons.

Apr 07, 2025

UIS exhibit “Room 9” to feature work by graduating visual arts students

Student smiles while presenting a project on a laptop during a campus event.

Apr 04, 2025

UIS hosts “Day of AI” for regional high school students

Yanhui Guo stands in regalia during his Ceremony of Investiture.

Apr 02, 2025

UIS awards Schewe Professorship to Yanhui Guo for AI research in education

Two people walk past the entrance of Innovate Springfield, a UIS innovation hub in downtown Springfield, Illinois.

Apr 01, 2025

Innovate Springfield to host startup pitch competition at UIS on April 25