Judge Denies Delay In Yingying Zhang Trial Date
The trial for the man accused of kidnapping University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang will go on as scheduled.
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Cangellaris Named New Provost For Urbana Campus
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has hired a new Provost, and they’re keeping the new hire in-house.
Graduate Students Oppose GOP Tax Cut Plan
Graduate students at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign worry that the Republican tax reform plan could make their education more expensive.
Congress’ Tax Plan; How Trump’s Travel Ban Is Affecting IL Universities; Legacy Of SIU’s ‘Bagel Man’
On The 21st: How might the possible tax overhaul plan affect Illinois? Plus, we discuss how President Trump's travel ban has affected public universities, and we speak to “The Bagel Man” of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Grad Students Would Be Hit By Massive Tax Hike Under House GOP Plan
There are a lot of anxious graduate students at universities around the country right now. That's because to help pay for more than $1 trillion in tax cuts for U.S. corporations, the House Republican tax plan would raise taxes on grad students in a very big way. These students make very little money to begin with. And many would have to pay about half of their modest student stipends in taxes.