UIUC — Jaehyun Ha

I spent three months here as a visiting scholar in the summer of 2025. It felt like the American version of POSTECH: quiet, secluded, and a little dull. That was also what made it comfortable. It was expensive, but I grew attached to it and would like to return someday.

A brick campus building at UIUC under renovation — The campus on my first day.

Rows of Illinois shirts in the campus store — Illinois was everywhere.

The large weight-training floor at the UIUC recreation center — The recreation center was enormous.

People from the computer science department at a barbecue beside a lake — A barbecue with people from the computer science department.