Since November, U of I has repeatedly denied the FOIA requests for the emails citing that producing the documents would be unduly burdensome. Salaita’s attorney Anand Swaminathan said the issue was never about burden, but rather about access.

Over 9000 students and faculty served overseas in the years America was involved in the war– that’s about a quarter of the Urbana campus’ student population today.

Matthew MacDonough lost his grandfather to prostate cancer when he was fifteen. He says at that time he didn't really know what cancer was, but was inspired to pursue a career in cancer research after his grandfather's death.

The project would found an engineering-focused medical program out of a partnership between the U of I and Urbana-based Carle Hospital.