Gabriel Wacks
LAS student named Yenching Scholar at Peking University
Gabriel Wacks is the first Illinois student accepted into the program
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Graduates from 2018-19
More than 100 LAS graduates added to Bronze Tablet
Distinction is granted for high academic achievement
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Bradley (left) and Merrill Thompson
An Illini lineage
The Thompson family's relationship with Illinois goes back almost a century
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Philip Kocheril
LAS student honored with Goldwater scholarship
Philip Kocheril is recognized for potential in STEM research
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Tara Stewart Merrill in a kayak
At the intersection of plankton and numbers
Graduate students in biology and mathematics collaborate to shed light on disease dynamics
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James Holzhauer
Going all in
LAS alumnus James Holzhauer becomes a "Jeopardy!" phenomenon
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Former President Barack Obama looks at May Berenbaum as a woman in a military uniform holds the National Medal of Science
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