Society & Culture
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New Farmers of America
Illinois professor Bobby J. Smith II uncovers the forgotten history and enduring legacy of Black agricultural education.
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An Infectious Duo
“This Podcast Will Kill You,” created by Erin Welsh (LAS ’18) and Erin Allmann Updyke (LAS ’18, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine ’21), has delivered trusted, science-backed information to over a million listeners.
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Curiosities: Workday essentials
What are the “ride-or-die” items you couldn’t do your job without? That’s the question STORIED posed to some folks on campus. (Hint: It’s not necessarily a computer.)
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Eat this.
Joanne Lee Molinaro (LAS ’00) is known to millions as The Korean Vegan, whose storytelling and plant-forward Korean recipes have sparked a global following. Her James Beard Foundation award-winning cookbooks blend heritage, history, and heart, offering readers more than meals: They offer connection.
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Illinois Storytellers: Adrien Reetz
For over 80 years, a fragile fall leaf lay tucked between the pages of a philosophy book. Inspired by its rediscovery, journalism student Adrien Reetz (MEDIA ’27) travels back in time to trace the life of the Illinois student who left it behind.
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A protest. A program. A legacy.
More than 450 people joined a 1992 protest demanding greater institutional support for Latina/o students. Their activism helped change the university.
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Kitchen finds stir up memories
Recently discovered metal boxes filled with hundreds of recipe cards reveal a flavorful time capsule of dining history from before the digital age.
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The indie voice of a college town
Remembering The Octopus 30 years after it became Champaign-Urbana’s alt-weekly of record.
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Yard Show
English professor Janice N. Harrington’s recently published book of poetry, “Yard Work,” was longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award.