Join alumni in Chicago on January 30 for quick presentations about creativity.

The winners of the FAA Distinguished Legacy Awards for 2018 are Deborah Briggs, Michelle Boulé, Anton (Tony) Majeri Jr., and Juan Salgado. The Emerging Legacy Award winner is Altaf Engineer. James Bier and Joan and Alexander Murray were chosen to receive Illinois Arts Legacy Awards.

The group work examines the complexities and nuances of black masculinities in the diaspora.

FAA students collaborated with community members and city leaders to design solutions that would not only improve health but also help develop programs for urban agriculture and job training.

On September 9, ground will be broken for the Ronald and Paula Filler Marching Illini Instructional Tower.

Alumna Sheila C. Johnson, the founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, presided over the grand opening of the NOPSI Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Amy Powell of Krannert Art Museum and Ryan Griffis from the School of Art and Design will engage in an informal conversation.

Cynthia Oliver of Dance at Illinois and Andrew Greenlee of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning will discuss geographic issues.

Students from FAA and the College of Business applied their college experiences to create a solution for a real-world business problem in this global competition.

This recognition of achievement in the arts in Champaign County is given by 40 North | 88 West.

Policies for Action awarded Dearborn and principal investigator Sherry Ahrentzen of the University of Florida a $248,250 grant to assess the effects of low-income housing tax credits on the design and construction of healthier residences.

A $25 million donation will help launch the Siebel Center for Design.

Jennifer Monson's "extraordinary" abilities to shape-shift and improvise in her dance in tow receive acclaim.

Grosser's work on the portrayals of technology on film and human-technology interactions were featured in the media.

Paul Schweikher's home and studio in Schaumburg, Illinois, is on the National Register of Historic Places and will be documented for the Historic American Buildings Survey.

John Heginbotham developed a dance piece tentatively entitled The Principles of Uncertainty, which was inspired by a mixed-media book of the same name by the visual artist Maira Kalman.

Explore Japanese culture through music, bonsai, ikebana, the beauty of the tea ceremony, food, and other activities at this event for the entire family.

A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support Krannert Center's efforts to introduce students to a broad range of arts and artists.
 

Dina Griffin and her firm Interactive Design Architects in Chicago will join Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners on the project.

Anthony notes that a design approach that creates more gender-neutral and private bathrooms will improve health and safety for everyone.

David Margulies, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, will take questions after a screening of The End of the Tour.

Graduate students from the School of Art and Design present their work.

Dickson was selected for this prestigious honor by her peers for her excellence and achievements in the field.

Lee Waldrep discusses the Illinois School of Architecture's summer program for high school students on WCIA's News at Noon.

Mary Pat McGuire of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Marci Uihlein of the Illinois School of Architecture focus on designing mega-sized projects.

FAA faculty members were recognized for their recent achievements at the campus-wide event Celebrating Academic Excellence.

A News-Gazette article covers remodeling, new faculty members, changes to programs, and other recent developments within the School of Music.

Patrick Earl Hammie of the School of Art and Design and Endalyn Taylor of Dance at Illinois will address the concept of mastery.

Jun Young Park and Rachel Fox, students in the BFA Industrial Design Program, received honorable mentions for their entries.

The duet BOOM! by Cynthia Oliver of Dance at Illinois and alumna Leslie Cuyjet is recognized for its perspective and humor.

Students with access to green views have improved concentration and a greater ability to recover from stress.

Gabriel Solis of the School of Music has been named a 2016 National Endowment for the Humanities fellow.

Students in the course Documenting Inequality will have their films exhibited at Krannert Art Museum December 3–12.

Environmental design students were featured in a News Bureau story for their participation in Danville's Riverfront Project.

The members of the Marching Illini strutted their stuff during their appearance in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
 

Members of the Marching Illini and Director Barry Houser were featured in the Chicago Tribune before the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Faranak Miraftab of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Valleri Robinson of Illinois Theatre will discuss how art, culture, and commerce are affected by movements of people.

With support from DARPA's Communicating with Computers program, Ben Grosser will investigate how jazz musicians interact and then will construct a computer system capable of improvising with human players.

Uncorked and On Topic returns in 2015-16 with five lively conversations featuring faculty members.

Art and Design alumnus Jeffrey Breslow is displaying his sculptures at Willis Tower in Chicago.

Dance at Illinois plays a major role in New York's fall dance season and in a Village Voice preview.

Krannert Art Museum will host a reception at 6 p.m. on August 27 for the exhibition Nkata: An Installation by Nnenna Okore. The free exhibition will be on display from August 28 through December 23.

Dance at Illinois will host the Flatlands Dance Film Festival at The Art Theater Co-op on September 1, 8, and 15.

Michael Silvers of the School of Music has been named a 2015 fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies for his project "Voices of Drought: Forró Soundscapes in Northeastern Brazil."

Alex Norr's research on county fairs is the subject of a News Bureau feature.

Bassist Larry Gray made the rounds of Chicago jazz spots in early June, and his wide-ranging style caught the attention of the Chicago Tribune.

Seattlepi.com selected Dance at Illinois as a top-ranked school for choreography.

"We Are the Arts at Illinois" is the theme for this student video competition to highlight the visual, performing, and environmental arts on campus. Prizes available are $1,000 and $500 scholarships.

Studiodance II—a showcase of works by Dance at Illinois students—will be held this year at the Armory Free Theatre at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on April 10 and 11.

The School of Architecture received the Education Award from the Architecture, Construction, and Engineering Chicago Mentor Program.

Dance at Illinois was in the spotlight at the regional meeting of the American College Dance Association. Faculty members C. Kemal Nance and Philip Johnston, undergraduate Alex Gossen, and alumnae Margi Cole and Chris Johnson had works selected for prime performances.

Erin Gee, an assistant professor of composition-theory in the School of Music, was selected for a 2015 Charles Ives Fellowship by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Artist William Wegman will give a free talk at Krannert Art Museum at 5:30 p.m. on March 5.

Alex Norr, a graduate student in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, found in a recent study that the state's county fairs generate jobs and income.

Chris Jones, the chief theatre critic for the Chicago Tribune, will give a free talk entitled "The Critic and the Art of Theatre" on February 18 at 12:30 p.m. in Ballroom West of the Alice Campbell Alumni Center.

The Illinois Public Housing Authority Efficient Living Program (ILPHA) was named the 2015 winner of the Inspiring Efficiency Impact Award by the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, an association of leaders in the energy field from 13 states.

Christos Tsitsaros, a professor of piano pedagogy in the School of Music, earned the Distinguished Composer of the Year Award from the Music Teachers National Association for his composition Three Preludes for Piano Solo (A Mythical Triptych). Each year, the association selects a winner from entrants to its Commissioned Composer program for this honor.

The American Realness festival, which opened January 8 in New York City, included the theatrical premiere of Tere O'Connor's Undersweet and a work featuring alumna Michele Boulé of Dance at Illinois.

Harmonia is one step closer to commercial distribution. The software created by Heinrich Taube, an associate professor and the chair of the Composition-Theory Division in the School of Music, and William Andrew Burnson allows users to compose and edit music, search and add scores, and annotate and analyze harmonic structures.