Statue honors Women in Engineering

News-Gazette (April 28) -- A life-size statue, a gift from Texas Instruments honoring women in engineering, was unveiled at its home on the east side of the Micro and Nano-technology Laboratory on the engineering campus. The life-sized statue, which has been named "The Quintessential Engineer," is the work of Chicago sculptor Julie Rotblatt-Amrany. The article also noted that Engineering at Illinois has had a 55% growth in the number of women in the freshman engineering class since 2013; this year’s freshman class is 27% women. Also: Associated Press (April 28) Big Ten Network (May 1)