The Graduate College is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Graduate Student Leadership Awards: Daniela Markazi and Luis David Gaytán-Soto. The awards recognize graduate students who have exhibited outstanding services that has positively impacted the campus and wider communities.
Thank you to every graduate student who entered, the semifinalists, and our panel of judges, as well to visitors of both the online gallery and the on-site exhibit in the Main Library. Thank you as well to those who voted in the People's Choice competition.
The 2023 Image of Research winners are:
Every year, as we prepare for the annual Image of Research exhibition, we are amazed at the diversity and beauty of graduate student research on our campus.
We invite you to explore the online exhibition and vote for your top three entries by Tuesday, April 11. Your votes will determine the People's Choice winner ($100 award).
The Graduate College is pleased to announce that Penny Ames from the School of Information Sciences is the winner of the 2022 Graduate College Excellence Award for Graduate Contacts.
The Graduate College is excited to announce the winners of the 2022 Graduate Student Leadership Awards: Markera Jones and Donald Molina. The award recognizes graduate students who have exhibited outstanding service that has positively impacted the campus or wider Urbana-Champaign community.
Sixteen University of Illinois graduate students have been named Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Fellows by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
DFI Fellowships are dedicated to diversifying the faculty and administration at colleges and universities in Illinois. To that end, fellowships support underrepresented graduate students who intend to teach or become administrators in higher education in the state following graduation.
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded Fellowships to three University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate College students. Recipients will pursue academic work and lead innovative community projects to empower women and girls.
The Graduate College is pleased to announce the awardees of the Fall 2017 Dissertation Travel Grant and Master’s Project Travel Grant. With the help of these Travel Grants, students have the opportunity to conduct dissertation research or complete master’s projects in destinations across the world. Twenty-two departments from across campus submitted a total of 34 nominations and, of those, 17 nominations from 15 departments were selected for awards.