2024-08-29
- About five years ago, graduate students at the University of Illinois embarked on a project for their ASTRO 596 class. That project has since evolved into a sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning software that can identify objects from telescope images, such as stars and...
LAS News Archive
2024-08-26 - Researching is like putting together a puzzle you don’t have all the pieces for, according to history professor Anna Whittington. Sometimes you don’t even know what the puzzle adds up to, she noted—and that’s where the fun lies. While research is a year-...
2024-08-26 - Four College of LAS students and recent graduates were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences around the globe this coming year. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program...
2024-08-23 - Max Kim had this dream. He’d harbored it for all of his married life, but the timing never seemed right to pursue it. He and his wife, Bonnie, had kids to raise. A house to run. Jobs to hold. Then Max would look at a couple of old photos of his graduation from the University of Illinois, with him...
2024-08-22 - Politician and businessman Nelson Rockefeller was seen as a moderate or liberal Republican even as he embraced conservative policies as the Republican Party shifted to the right in the 1960s and ‘70s. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history...
2024-08-22 - CENTRAL BELIZE — As the scorching May sun of Central Belize blazes down on us, temperatures soar to a staggering 106°F. Local farmers anxiously await the onset of the rainy season to sow their crops, but the much-needed first rain remains elusive. This property is owned by a community of Mennonites...
2024-08-20 - Twenty-one faculty members have accepted new leadership positions in departments and other academic units within the College of LAS for the 2024-25 academic year. Executive officers lead each of the almost 70 departments, programs, schools, centers, and other academic units within the College of...
2024-08-20 - JungHwan Yang, a professor of communication, is a co-principal investigator on a research project and a website — socialpolls.org — that examine the informal polls about the U.S. presidential election posted on...
2024-08-16 - Anthropology professor Kendra Calhoun studies the creative language people use on social media platforms to fool algorithms that may incorrectly categorize content as “inappropriate” or “offensive.” Calhoun spoke with News Bureau...
2024-08-16 - J. David Cisneros, a professor of communication and an affiliate of Latina/Latino Studies researches social movements and public rhetoric about race, culture, and citizenship. He...
2024-08-15 - The College of LAS has announced 40 faculty promotions to take effect this fall. The promotions include 20 faculty members who were promoted from associate professor to professor; 18 who were promoted from assistant professor to associate professor; and two who were promoted to clinical associate...
2024-08-08 - The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics has inducted eight new members into the UI Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024, including three alumni from the College of LAS. They include Robert Holcombe, Laura DeBruler Santos, and Herman "Pete" Velasco, who made major...
2024-08-01 - Susan Koshy, a professor of English and Asian American studies, relies upon a unique perspective to study and write about colonialism, capitalism, race, gender, and sexuality. The Faculty Fellow...
2024-08-01 - The College of LAS has honored 15 professors with named scholar and professorship positions in recognition of their contributions to research and education at the University of Illinois. The named positions include the I. C. Gunsalus Scholar, the Helen Corley Petit Scholars, and the LAS Dean’s...
2024-07-26 - During a checkup with her obstetrician, Marilyn Hayes tells him about overwhelming exhaustion and possible symptoms of postpartum depression, such as feeling unsafe. Hayes, a Black woman, grows increasingly frustrated as her white, male physician, Dr. Richard Flynn, dismisses her symptoms and...
2024-07-26 - Understanding how soft materials fail under stress is critical for solving engineering challenges as disparate as pharmaceutical technology and landslide prevention. A new study linking a spectrum of soft material behaviors — previously thought to be unrelated — led researchers to identify a new...
2024-07-26 - It was the early 1980s. At the time, glioblastoma patients survived on average for only 10-11 months. Four decades later, the life expectancy has only marginally improved by a few months. For one team of scientists, these aren’t just statistics but family history. Though their...
2024-07-24 - An exhibit showcasing butterfly nectar plants will be hosted at Urbana Park District’s Anita Purves Nature Center until the end of August. The exhibit, titled "Butterfly Elf, What’s Your Favorite Nectar?"...
2024-07-19 - Justin Wytmar, who recently completed his junior year at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is among 20 students nationally who were awarded the Beinecke Scholarship. The Beinecke award supports graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Illinois is one of 135...
2024-07-19 - Room 108 in Bevier Hall is normally a science classroom during the school year, but earlier this summer it resembled something like an ancient Mediterranean market. Children donned Greek armor or decorative wreathes with Roman clothing and jewelry. Others operated yarn looms similar to ones used to...
2024-07-18 - A new method of precisely targeting troublesome cells for death using light could unlock new understanding of and treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report. Inflammatory cell death, knows as necroptosis, is an important regulatory...
2024-07-15 - Professor of classics Dan Leon teaches about sports and society in ancient Greece and Rome. With the Paris Olympic Games beginning later this month, he shared how the original Games looked more than thousands of years ago in Olympia. How did the...
2024-07-12 - The mammoth sculpture, located south of the Natural History Building (NHB), and near the Main Quad where its ancestors wandered 30,000 years prior, finds itself amongst some new additions. The new thoughtfully curated landscape not only enhances the area but offers homage to the mammoth’s past....
2024-07-12 - The weight-loss treatment landscape has been remade by a new class of injectable drugs, such as those sold under the names Ozempic and Wegovy. Patrick Sweeney is a professor of molecular and integrative physiology...