May 21, 1855

UI President Edmund James born
Edmund J. James became President of the University of Illinois in 1904. He commissioned the construction of Lincoln Hall in 1909 and is remembered for spearheading the development of a larger research library. Learn more...

May 23, 1968

Morrow Plots given landmark status
Named after George E. Morrow, the first dean of the College of Agriculture, the Morrow Plots were established in 1876 and were the first experimental soil plots to be established by a university. Officially dedicated in 1968, today the Morrow Plots consist of only three of the original ten half-acre plots. Learn more...

May 7, 1973

Geodesic dome built
Buckminster Fuller delivered the keynote speech for "Alternatives in Environments and Technology" Week, during which Dr. Robert Sipe and his students built a large geodesic dome. Solar panels were added later. Learn more...  Image courtesy of UIS archives

May 2005

UIC stars in film
The 2006 drama "Stranger than Fiction" starring Will Ferrell was partly filmed on the UIC campus in May of 2005. Read an alumna's view of the process...    Read a student's view...  

Image courtesy of Sony Pictures.