Siddharth K. Upadhyay, assistant professor in the College of Business and Management at the University of Illinois Springfield, is a co-author of a new national research study that finds employees with disabilities perform at levels comparable to non-disabled employees but continue to face lower pay and higher levels of perceived discrimination.

Research by University of Illinois Springfield Professor of Legal Studies Deborah Anthony was cited by the California Supreme Court in a 2025 decision that reversed a woman’s murder conviction and cautioned courts against relying on gender-based assumptions when determining a parent’s criminal liability for failing to protect a child.

Tiffany Nielson, an associate professor of counseling at the University of Illinois Springfield, received the 2025 Counselor Educator of the Year award from the Illinois Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. The award was given at the annual Illinois Counseling Association Conference on Nov. 7 in Chicago.

The University of Illinois Springfield is taking a look back at 2025 and our Seven Star Successes of the year.