News and College Life

The university president shares hi-fives during the 2025 convocation ceremonies.

Incoming freshmen participate in team-building games at the challenge course.

New members celebrate in a foam pit on Bid Day at the Gamma Phi Beta house.

First Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP) participant Grace Lee (CAS’28) paints the gate surrounding First Parish Church August 28. The all day service program for this group included preparing classroom for the start of school next door, weeding on the properties and painting picnic tables, curbs and directional signs on the concrete.

A mother and daughter share a moment in her room after moving into the first year dorm.

Student Trustee rallies first-year students at University of Illinois Chicago's Convocation event on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

Medical student receives their white coat on stage at the UIC College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony on Friday August 15, 2025

Two students stop to chat while others walk around them on the Promenade on the first day of classes for the fall semester in August 2025.

Students extract honey from the bee hives at the Janice and John G. Thomas ’59 Honey Bee Facility on Saturday, August 2, 2025

A student enjoying the final days of summer in a hammock before classes begin.