https://www.ethancsimmons.com/home daily 1.0 2026-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/cf9f2ded-0d8f-4de0-ba78-d46d79df8f8f/20260606_ECS_HACC_EndOfYearCelebration-10.jpg Home Children gathered at Douglass Park for the Housing Authority of Champaign County's end-of-schoolyear celebration. (Housing Authority of Champaign County) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/1980da29-fff4-40cb-b13b-7f1494943ee2/Sports+Psychology+Legends-27.jpg Home Jean Driscoll, director of advancement at the College of Applied Health Sciences and multi-time Paralympic champion wheelchair racer, shows off the wall of Distinguished Alumni Award winners to alums of the University of Illinois' vaunted sports psychology program. (College of Applied Health Sciences at Illinois) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/494b8e9a-c327-40ab-a5ed-3ba9174d1b27/he+is+a+superhero.jpg Home Kamryn Riley accepts superhero-themed gifts from members of the Champaign Police Department’s honor guard on May 21, 2022—his sixth birthday—outside his home near Church and Fourth streets. Kamryn was hurt in a shooting two days earlier near his home. (Ethan Simmons | News-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/8c060425-a1bd-483c-8440-dcdfad467bf3/260407_budzinski_dres_basement_eb-11.jpg Home Rep. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) visits the basement of Disability Resources and Educational Services at the University of Illinois. Coaches and athletes from its world-renowned wheelchair athletics program gave Rep. Budzinski a guided tour on April 6, 2026. (Ethan Simmons | College of Applied Health Sciences at Illinois) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/713fe9bf-a342-4fb6-a28a-11b745bc6a00/outside+bouncers.jpg Home AGB downtown patrol officers Travis Bowers (left) and Ernest Willis survey the downtown Champaign streets on Friday night. (News-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/89b0061e-840d-4d49-90c0-a575c952d706/251106+Social+Size+Huff+Time+Capsule-10.jpg Home Sarah DeMaris, great granddaughter of former University of Illinois athletics administrator George Huff, holds up a perfectly preserved 100-year old photo of Harold "Red" Grange, legendary Illinois football star. Illinois athletics and academic administrators opened up a copper time capsule in the cornerstone of Huff Hall, which opened in 1925. (College of Applied Health Sciences) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/9ae41983-b52c-4b84-8355-3c539437f085/260416_world_voice_day_fullres-20.jpg Home University of Illinois speech and hearing science faculty celebrate World Voice Day, after it was recognized by both city governments in Champaign and Urbana. (College of Applied Health Sciences) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/e5f13f76-7611-4db3-bc3e-069f7992f567/jesus_garza_photo.jpg Home Jesús Garza is the first Latino mayor of Arcola, an Illinois town of 3,000 people with a growing plurality of Hispanic residents. (News-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/495689cf-f7b1-4411-8824-3ac0232e7a6c/20260606_ECS_HACC_EndOfYearCelebration-48.jpg Home Children gathered at Douglass Park for the Housing Authority of Champaign County's end-of-schoolyear celebration, joined by community organizations and first responders. (Housing Authority of Champaign County) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/82429b65-c2b0-40e5-a526-c3d117f67502/260505_ECS_bruno_nunes-11.jpg Home Bruno Nunes researches the potential uses and pitfalls of artificial intelligence in public health. (College of Applied Health Sciences) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/dfa801af-307b-4e6e-9830-df787a6cd1f2/grimace-32825.jpg Home Grimace made a surprise appearance at the Sapora Symposium, a career development event for students in recreation, sport and tourism at the University of Illinois. (College of Applied Health Sciences) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6977e6c60dd2b123e7e99185/1a2d4a3c-4e97-4fba-8627-546df70c896d/Aphasia-story-photo.jpg Home A new weekly aphasia communication group is helping budding Illinois speech-language pathologists to understand the condition and provide community for participants living with aphasia. 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