Big dreams to big data: ACES alum shares her path from crops to data science
Jarai Carter didn’t know she could combine her passions for big data and agriculture when she enrolled as a crop sciences major in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
He cut class to see her at breakfast. Nutrition became their lives
Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day. But it was beyond important for Henry Leung, PHD ’75 ACES, and Cecilia Tsun-Tai Jen Leung, MS ’71 ACES, PHD ’74 ACES, back when they were international graduate students—he from Hong Kong, and she from Taiwan.
After a frightening accident, Susannah Scaroni continues to break boundaries in wheelchair track
ONE MINUTE, wheelchair racer Susannah Scaroni, ’14 ACES, MS ’22 ACES, was pushing through a normal long training session, heading east on Windsor Road not far from campus. The next, she was moving ahead much more quickly than she expected.
It was early morning on Sept. 16, 2021. A month before, Scaroni had been in Tokyo for the Paralympics, where she won a gold medal in the 5,000 meters and a bronze medal in the 800 meters.
Sign up now for ACES Family Academies on July 10-12
Summer is here, and that means ACES Family Academies is back on campus.
From blue jacket to Illini orange — Doyle Karr’s colorful career in agricultural communications
What seems like not long ago, Doyle was a young child growing up on his family’s farm in Wapella, Illinois. The sixteenth of nineteen children, Doyle held responsibilities on their farm just as his siblings did: milking cows, collecting eggs, and working in the garden.
In the blink of an eye, Doyle Karr, a 1986 graduate from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, found himself standing on stage in front of the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences’ graduating class of 2024 as a distinguished alumnus and this year’s keynote speaker.
Siblings enshrine educational legacy through gifts to ACES
Education has always been an important value in the Gardner and Hinderliter families.
Floral design classes inspired ACES alum to start high-end event design boutique
As a college student, Rachel Wyffels made a serendipitous class choice that sparked a passion and shaped her career path.
Fostering a community of safety for the College of ACES
At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, safe workplaces have always been a priority.
ACES alumni continue family business in honor of Joyce Riskedal
In 1999, Brad and Joyce Riskedal, both University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alums, were busy raising a family and working the family farm in north central Illinois.
ACES scholarship is deeply meaningful for animal sciences student
As she opened her email in class, Jacqueline Springer started shaking as emotions overwhelmed her. With tears in her eyes, she rushed outside of the classroom to call her dad. He was just as shocked as she was.
The phone line was silent as Jacqueline’s news sank in. Only her dad could understand how meaningful it was to receive the Jay Haning Scholarship.