City Club of Chicago: Charles Lee Isbell Jr., Chancellor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

January 8, 2026 City Club event description: Charles Lee Isbell Jr. became the 11th Chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in July 2025. As Chancellor, he leads the state’s flagship land-grant university in its missions of academic excellence, innovation and public engagement. Chancellor Isbell is a computationalist, researcher, educator and advocate for the idea […]