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AI, Fancy Footwear, and All the Other Gear Powering Olympic Bobsledding

Wired 15 Feb 2026
Bobsledders rely a lot on specialized equipment to perform well and stay safe during the "Formula 1 of ice.” Here’s a quick guide ... .
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John Hardin girls roll at home over CAL

The News-Enterprise 14 Feb 2026
John Hardin celebrated Senior Night Thursday night with a big home win over Christian Academy-Louisville ... .
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Test your knowledge | Black History Month trivia, Part 3

The News-Gazette 14 Feb 2026
Coming up with the questions this week. Stephanie Toliver, Sam Banks, Howard Milton, Jaime Roundtree, Carla Boyd, Angela Slates, Jason Chambers, Shauna Clayborn, Aixa Marchand, Brittany Simon, Travis Dixon and Joshua-Paul Myles ... .
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Beyond the Boardroom: Champaign Public Works Director Terry Lusby Jr.

The News-Gazette 14 Feb 2026
"I admire leaders who combine competence with humility, the kind of people who can solve problems and still treat everyone with respect," Terry Lusby Jr. says ... .
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Meet CUSF's 2026 Distinguished Alumni honorees

The News-Gazette 12 Feb 2026
On Wednesday’s 20th episode of News-Gazette Radio, ...
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Meet the headliners of the CU Schools Foundation's awards Class of '26

The News-Gazette 12 Feb 2026
Sharing the spotlight. Ayala Donchin (Urbana '87), Jonathan Butler-Duplessis (Central '04), Andy Whitford (Centennial '96), Tracy Parsons (Urbana '80) and GRIT Automation (founded by Central grads Marco Nieto and Joel Danowitz) ... .
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Radaszewski embracing every moment as a Lady Tiger senior

Messenger-Inquirer 11 Feb 2026
With each passing practice and game, Breckinridge County High School senior Rowan Radaszewski knows her time as a Lady Tiger is getting closer and closer to ending — at least in this chapter of life ... .
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Unit 4's new superintendent: 'Challenge accepted'

The News-Gazette 10 Feb 2026
"I will do everything in my power to make sure that every single child receives a quality education. This is my call, this is my duty and this is my promise," Geovanny Ponce says ... .
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John Hardin seeking new girls’ head volleyball coach

The News-Enterprise 10 Feb 2026
John Hardin High School is in the market for a new head coach for girls’ volleyball for the first time since 2014, and it’s an opening Walter Hampton says he didn’t want to see happen as he steps away from ... .
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Illini in space: 6 astronauts, 16 shuttle missions, 499 days far, far away

The News-Gazette 10 Feb 2026
If he makes the cut, Cameron Jones will become the seventh University of Illinois alum to earn the title of NASA astronaut. Here's a glance at the six others, ranked in order of time spent in space ... .
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Illini Insider | My Campus: Gies College of Business' Unnati Narang

The News-Gazette 10 Feb 2026
Meet Unnati Narang — fiction writer, powerlifter, aspiring pianist, new mom and award-winning assistant professor in the UI's Gies College of Business ... .
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‘We’ve lost everything’: anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslide

The Guardian 09 Feb 2026
People in Niscemi struggle to comprehend loss of homes and businesses and feel disaster could have been avoided ... ....
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The Shoes and Brooms Transforming Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Wired 08 Feb 2026
Halfway between chess and bocce, curling is experiencing an evolution thanks to technology. From brooms to stones to footwear, here’s everything you need to know about the game’s gadgets ... .
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Beyond the Boardroom: Urbana Free Library's Taliah Abdullah

The News-Gazette 07 Feb 2026
"As Ms. Vickers-Shelly did for me, I strive to introduce people to a career in librarianship, especially those of the global majority who are underrepresented in the library and information profession," Taliah Abdullah says ... .
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Big 10: Black History Month trivia, Part 2

The News-Gazette 07 Feb 2026
Continuing our monthlong lesson on Black History Month, we invited a second supersized panel of African American community members present and past to provide one multiple-choice trivia question to test your knowledge ... .
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