The following is an excerpt of a story published in the Illinois Times on on May 4, 2023.

"The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board has made the state the first in the nation to mandate wrongful conviction awareness and avoidance training at all seven police training academies in the state. The Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) at University of Illinois Springfield will continue to manage the training, which until now had only been offered in Champaign, and there only as an elective.

The following is an excerpt from a story published in The State Journal-Register on May 1, 2023.

"UIS will hold its commencement at the Bank of Springfield (BOS) Center at 2 p.m. on May 13. A total of 706 students will participate in the ceremony out of the 1,177 students who are eligible to graduate.

UIS professor emeritus of communication Raymond Schroeder will be awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters.

University of Illinois Springfield Executive Director of Innovation and Opportunity Robert Kerr was on Sports Radio 1450's AM Springfield with Sam Madonia to talk about the future UIS Innovation Center on July 31, 2023.

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CFA Institute Research Challenge:

The CFA Institute, one of the leading global organizations for finance professionals, organizes the CFA Institute Research Challenge competition. Colleges around the globe send students to this competition, and students first compete regionally and if they are successful, they can go all the way to the global competition. As part of the competition, students write an equity research report on a publicly traded company that is selected by a local CFA society.

This is an excerpt of a Champaign News-Gazette story published on April 1, 2023.

"(Michael) Schlosser, a retired Rantoul police officer who has earned several degrees, helped develop the course material for the avoidance of wrongful convictions with administrators for the Illinois Innocence Project.

That organization, formed in 2001 at the University of Illinois Springfield, provides free legal work to wrongfully convicted men and women with credible claims of innocence and currently has about 45 active cases.

The following is an excerpt of a story published in The State Journal-Register on March 16, 2023.

"A former volleyball star at the University of Illinois Springfield has secured a golden ticket from "American Idol" judges.

Hannah Nicolaisen, 23, who graduated from UIS last spring, is bound for Hollywood.

Judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie fawned over Nicolaisen's rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love" on the ABC reality series Sunday.

This is an excerpt of a WICS-TV 20 story published on March 10, 2023.

"A group of eight University of Illinois Springfield students and one adviser will spend their spring break helping to rebuild Florida following Hurricane Ian as part of an Alternative Spring Break trip.

The group will leave Springfield for Fort Myers, Florida, on Saturday, March 11, and return on Saturday, March 18.

The following is an excerpt of a State Journal-Register column published on March 10, 2023, written by Michele Gribbins, director of the University of Illinois Springfield’s Center for Online Learning, Research and Service (COLRS).

The following is an excerpt of a story published by WCIA-TV 3 on Feb. 28, 2023.

"University of Illinois Springfield is celebrating 25 years of offering online education.

The university was among the first higher education institutions to offer online education in the country.

The following is an excerpt of a story published by WAND-TV 17 on Feb. 21, 2023.

"The University of Illinois Springfield Cricket Club will get the opportunity to compete nationally in March.

The team will compete against 24 other college and university teams from around the country at the National College Cricket Association (NCCA) nationals March 16-19 in Houston, Texas.