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  • President honors leaders of COVID-19 lab development

    Aug 27, 2021 10:00 am

    University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen on Friday honored two people who are among the primary leadership behind the system’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, presenting them with the Presidential Medallion. 

  • Update on vaccination requirements

    Aug 26, 2021 4:00 pm

    President Tim Killeen sent a massmail to students, faculty and staff with updates on vaccination and mask requirements in keeping with Governor J.B. Pritzker's executive order.

  • More than 1,200 Illinois K-12 Schools have signed up for SHIELD testing

    Aug 24, 2021 3:00 pm

    More than 1,200 K-12 schools across the state have signed up to use the SHIELD Illinois COVID-19 saliva test for the start of the 2021-22 academic year. More than 650,000 students in Illinois will now have access to the test, pioneered by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

  • Fall 2021 welcome

    Aug 24, 2021 12:00 pm

    President Tim Killeen welcomes students, faculty and staff to the 2021 fall semester.

  • 28 receive U of I System honor for leading COVID-19 response

    Aug 23, 2021 12:00 pm

    University of Illinois President Tim Killeen on Monday honored 28 key leaders of the system’s COVID-19 response with the Presidential Medallion. The medallion is the highest honor that the system president can bestow.