The following story was published by The State Journal-Register on May 10, 2023.

"University of Illinois Springfield softball coach Shannon Guthrie appreciates local talent.

They can draw a good crowd to be sure, but it’s more imperative that they produce.

Chatham Glenwood’s Carolyn Franke, Williamsville’s Danielle Dennis and Rochester’s Reagan Miles certainly hold their own in the cauldron of NCAA Division II. They particularly form a strong nucleus in the infield: Franke at first base, Dennis at second and Miles as the starting pitcher.

The following story was published by the Chicago Sun-Times on May 8, 2023.

"Small and mid-sized Illinois cities have surpassed Chicago’s gun homicide rate in recent years, mirroring a national trend, a new analysis of city-level firearm violence data found.

Magic Wade, a political science professor at the University of Illinois Springfield, studied firearm homicide and injury data from the Gun Violence Archive for small, mid-size and large cities nationwide from 2015 to 2021.

NPR Illinois' Community Voices published this story on May 5, 2023.

"UIS computer science professor and director of the new Orion Lab Joshua Smith sat down with Community Voices to explain its creation, its current status, and how it is designed to allow accessibility to those who may not have access to the tools to help make their dreams a reality."

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.