The Kingfisher’s new costume was revealed last week, soon after the third referendum in its support passed in the recent ...

The University has not had a mascot since the removal of Chief Illiniwek in 2007. Students are pushing for the kingfisher to ...

This last Thursday an event was held at Siebel Center for Design in which the new suit for unofficial University of Illinois ...

(WCIA) — There’s a mascot movement catching flight at the University of Illinois. A group of students ... “The female Belted Kingfisher, as we like to say, is naturally true to the orange ...

Last week, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi released an official statement addressed to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor, Robert J. Jones. This statement voiced strong ...

Illinois had a mascot for over 80 years, Chief Illiniwek, before disbanding the practice and “retiring” its mascot in 2007.

For years, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had the mascot 'Fighting Illini' as ... voted in favor of adopting the belted kingfisher - a bird with blue and orange colors that ...