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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign makes a lasting and significant impact in the Chicago area through teaching, research, and service to society. More than 50 colleges and units are involved in documenting and sharing our sustained presence in Chicagoland.
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Children and Family Research Center (CFRC)
Supporting Families After Foster Care
The number of Illinois children in state-assisted permanent homes with adoptive parents/legal guardians surpasses the number of children in state-funded foster care. Now the children need family support with more intensive interventions to preserve family stability.
Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS)
Make No Little Plans - A Guidebook History of the Chicago Lakefront
The Chicago lakefront is a world-class urban shoreline that is historic, scenic, and unique. What is notable is that nearly all of the Chicago lakefront is manmade. The once natural shoreline has been buried by millions of cubic yards of sand, clay and other fill material.
College of ACES Cooperative Extension
Writing Your Business Plan and Funding Sources for For-profit and Not-for-profit Social Enterprises
West side residents in Chicago search for skills to bring new products and services to their communities through entrepreneurship.
College of ACES Cooperative Extension
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Team teacher development training
Extension's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Team provides unique teacher development training workshops in both math and science.
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
RAP Program Continues to Serve Chicago and the State
Research Apprentice Program (RAP) students Awnye Taylor (right) and Christopher Griffin investigate the effect of different lights on the growth of cyanobacteria in Professor Kaustubh Bhalerao's laboratory.
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering Researchers Design A Win-Win Solution For A Chicago River Dam
Thanks to a CEE study funded by the MWRDGC and led by Professor Marcelo H. Garcèa, the Chicago River North Branch will be the site of a newly designed structure optimized to improve safety for boaters while addressing ecological concerns.