The Uni High Alumni Office currently honor recipients in two award categories:

Max Beberman Distinguished Alumni Award

The Beberman award was established in honor of the late Max Beberman, whose distinguished career as a math educator brought him international renown. During his tenure at University Laboratory High School from 1950 to 1971 he founded and developed the University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics (UICSM) which significantly altered the teaching of mathematics around the world. Max is remembered as being a fantastic teacher whose forte was enabling students to discover for themselves the new math ideas for which he is famous.

2011 winner: John Finch

Wylde Q Chicken Award (Class of 1972)

The Wylde Q. Chicken Award, otherwise known as the Wylde Q. Chicken Spontaneous Generation Award for Coloring Outside the Lines, was created by the Class of 1972 to recognize Uni High students who exhibit spontaneous creativity. This award commends students exhibiting spontaneous creativity, unbidden originality, and thinking that goes “outside the box.” The Class of 1972 is remembered for its creativity and originality, starting the Uni High tradition of leaving their handprints on the walls of the student lounge after they graduated.

2010 winners: Lisa Sproat for her "Historical Caricatures of a Sutton Nature", and honorable mention to Victoria Wong for her "A Condeluded Analysis in Poetic Form."