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When Pedro Castillo enrolled in a Typography 2 course at ŷ����Ϸ���� Illinois University in Spring 2022, he had no idea what he was in for. With guidance from his Graphic Design instructors, Castillo not only created his own font families, but he did so by paying homage to Lorenzo Homar, a painter, master printmaker and calligrapher who, like Castillo, was born in Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico.

Cyberbullying, “net banging” (the practice of recruiting gang members via social media), cultivating culturally sensitive learning environments—what do these wide-ranging topics have in common? They can all be studied through the prism of emotional behavior disorders—and Mickie Wong-Lo, assistant professor of special education at ŷ����Ϸ���� Illinois University, is doing just that.

What’s in a name? For a vibrant nonprofit performing arts center on the border of Chicago’s Logan Square and Hermosa neighborhoods, the answer is ... everything.

If you ask Wanda Nguyen about her career plans, she does not hesitate with her answer: She will graduate from ŷ����Ϸ���� Illinois University, attend dental school and eventually become an orthodontist, she says. And then she smiles.