Category: Interviews

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“I will always be an advocate”: Chatting with Nichole Millage

August 19, 2021 / 7:00am / By Julie McClure

Three time Paralympic medalist Nichole Millage reflects on the end of her sitting volleyball career, and looks ahead to the games in Tokyo.

Interviews / Champaign / Featured Article

Talking to teens in C-U: Summer opportunities

July 27, 2021 / 7:00am / By Elizabeth Sotiropoulos

Champaign teen Loréal Allen shares how positive summer programming leads to community building, academic success, and fun.

Interviews / Campus / Featured Article

The past, present, and future of the Fab Lab: An interview with Lisa Bievenue

July 14, 2021 / 7:00am / By Alex Van Slifer

Champaign-Urbana's premier maker space is celebrating 10 years of bringing people together to imagine and create.

Interviews / Infrastructure / Champaign County

A day in the life: Sarorn Chan, MTD bus operator and trainer

July 2, 2021 / 10:59am / By Julie McClure

MTD bus operator Sarorn Chan makes an impact on the lives of her passengers every day.

Interviews / Featured Article

The Nest Postpartum is creating a community for NICU families

July 1, 2021 / 6:58am / By Julie McClure

Inspired by her own experiences in the NICU, Paige Raab is on a mission to bring NICU families out of isolation and into a nest of community support.

Interviews / Local Business / Campus / Featured Article

Epivara Inc. has created a single-injection alternative to spays and neutering

June 24, 2021 / 7:00am / By Rithika Patnam

Rithika chats with Dr. Rex Hess of Epivara Incorporation at the U of I about the company's revolutionary new technology and the recent $250,000 grant they've received from the National Science Foundation.

Interviews / Champaign County

Passing the torch: A conversation with Joan Dixon and Angie Hatfield Marker

June 21, 2021 / 7:00am / By Julie McClure

Joan Dixon is retiring after nearly 20 years as President and CEO of Community Foundation of East Central Illinois, and Angie Hatfield Marker is taking the organization into the future.

Interviews / Local Business

Erin Tarr is helping girls find their fierce

June 10, 2021 / 9:00am / By Julie McClure

“I have this ridiculous amount of faith in how amazing and how strong and how resilient our girls can be.”

Interviews / Campus / Featured Article

Carle med students are bringing vaccines to underserved communities

June 8, 2021 / 6:59am / By Rithika Patnam

Rithika talks to Carle medical student Aaron Brown and Charles Burton of Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club to learn more their efforts to provide and promote free vaccinations and health information to all communities.

Interviews / Featured Article

Pondering presidential photography with Professor Cara Finnegan

June 3, 2021 / 6:59am / By Debra Domal

Professor Cara Finnegan's new book Photographic Presidents, defines "the Chief Executive via flash powder and selfie sticks."

Interviews / Champaign / Urbana

Maternal and Child Health services at CUPHD strengthen the community

May 20, 2021 / 9:00am / By Rithika Patnam

Rithika spoke Valerie Koress, the Community Nutrition Program Coordinator at CUPHD, about some of the overlooked but invaluable resources provided by her division.

Interviews

No shame in this name: Three C-U residents share what’s in their name and why it matters

May 19, 2021 / 9:00am / By Elizabeth Sotiropoulos

Personal names offer a glimpse into each person's history, cultures, and communities.

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Champaign-Urbana has one of the most diverse, intelligent, and interesting communities in the state. Our Culture section highlights those people, places, and events that make us proud to live here.