Champaign was visited by a pretty epic storm briefly this afternoon, with sheets of rain lashing down and flashes of lightning flashing through clouds that look like they came from Mordor ( Read more... )

Looks like spring has started to visit us in earnest, as we've had several days of excellent weather.

We had our second recruitment weekend start on Friday with a large crowd of potential froshlings this time round. Got to go to lunch and dinner with several of them, a nice lot, which was fun. We went to KoFusion and tried a wide sampling of sushi ( Read more... )

With the end of classes for the school year comes the graduation ceremony for those who have done their time. The robes here are blue, somewhat like the CAMS ones, with the sleeve style being the main distinguishing factor between the BS, MS, and PhD versions. I was surprised to see that even the MS and the PhD robes are blue instead of the ( Read more... )