Illinois Media Space

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150 Years of Illinois: A Holiday Greeting from the Chancellor

A Holiday Greeting from Chancellor Robert J. Jones

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The Game Changer

Written and produced by Big Ten Network producers Tim Hartin, Kaitlin Southworth and Alison Davis Wood, The Game Changer tells the story of how Dr. Tim Nugent changed the world for people with disabilities. Nugent fought against prejudice to establish the first college program for people with disabilities at the University of Illinois. Nugent, who is known as the "Father of Accessibility," was also a pioneer in the wheelchair sports movement.

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Campus Insights: Disability Resources and Educational Services

On September 13, at the request of Chancellor Phyllis Wise, a handful of faculty and staff members gave “Campus Insights” presentations to the Board of Trustees. These stories reflect the positive attitude, remarkable abilities, and commitment to the land grant missions found in the people of Illinois.

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This Video Could Save Your Life

In any conceivable emergency, you have options: RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. This two-minute video explores each of these alternatives.

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Making Their Mark: Jean Driscoll

A new documentary premiering on the Big Ten network features three extraordinary women at the University of Illinois. The program shows how Jean Driscoll uses sports to change lives. Driscoll’s wheelchair racing wins include two Olympic medals and 12 Paralympic medals. Driscoll also was the first person to win the Boston Marathon eight times. When she retired from racing in 2000, she started helping those with disabilities in Ghana, West Africa. On her first visit to Ghana in 2001, she…

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Tim Nugent: Creating an Accessible World

Tim Nugent started a program at Illinois that changed peoples lives and how the world looks at disability. Sixty years ago, Nugent founded Illinois' Department of Rehabilitation Education Services as thousands of World War II veterans returned home with amputations and spinal cord injuries. Illinois and the VA worked with Nugent to offer something that was unheard of at the time, higher education to people with disabilities. Nugent's vision also included a wheelchair sports program…

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A Brilliant Idea: Nick Holonyak, Jr. and the LED

Nick Holonyak, Jr. is called the godfather of light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. We interact with Holonyak's inventions every day. The technology in visible LEDs, household dimmer switches, lasers that run CD and DVD players and fiber-optic communication networks can all be traced back to his laboratory at the University of Illinois. Holonyak is the son of immigrants and was raised in southern Illinois. He left back-breaking work on the Illinois Central Railroad to become the first in…