2023-05-23
- Economics professor Marcelo Cunha Medeiros was named the Jorge Paulo Lemann Chair in Brazilian Economy in a recent ceremony.
While he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois less than a year ago, Medeiros brings a history of research, scholarship, and teaching. He was previously with the...
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2023-05-19 - Hundreds of millions of years before the evolution of animals with segmented bodies, jointed skeletons or appendages, soft-bodied invertebrates like sea slugs ruled the seas. A new study finds parallels between the brain architecture that drives locomotion in sea slugs and that of more complex...
2023-05-19 - Early on a sunny Sunday morning, the chimes tower in Altgeld Hall is filling up with people. Students climb the steep staircase to the tower, several of them carrying snacks. They are all chimes players who will perform for a recording of chimes music. Chimesmaster Michael Broussard, a doctoral...
2023-05-12 - When you come to a new country to attend college, sometimes the problems you face can be the most basic kind—such as housing. Yuyan Liu, a psychology major, recalled how her friends encountered a problem that many international students have dealt with...
2023-05-12 - A team of scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Rice University, and Danville Area Community College has created an affordable laboratory curriculum for teaching advanced data analysis techniques and instrument building to first-year general chemistry students. Students in the...
2023-05-08 - Chemistry professor Nancy Makri has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest professional honors a scientist can receive. She is among 120 members and 23 international members elected this year to...
2023-05-04 - Anyone near campus with a green thumb—or at least an appreciation for it—has likely heard of the Plant Biology Greenhouse, including its popular 2,000 square-foot conservatory. As noteworthy as the local attraction has become in the past 30-plus years, efforts are underway to make the space even...
2023-05-02 - In the post-World War II period, Hong Kong became a battleground for the competing ideologies of China, Taiwan, and the U.S. in a cultural cold war. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Po-Shek...
2023-04-27 - Two College of Liberal Arts & Sciences students have received prestigious Boren Awards for study abroad during the 2023-24 academic year. David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are funded by the National Security...
2023-04-26 - A new look at decades of data from museum collections and surveys of leaf-litter ants in Florida reveals a steady decline in native ants and simultaneous increase in nonnative ants – even in protected natural areas of the state, researchers report. The study tracked leaf-litter ant abundance...
2023-04-25 - Researchers at the University of Illinois have partnered with Immerse, a virtual reality language learning platform, and Meta—formerly Facebook, Inc.—to provide underserved high school students with headsets to participate in virtual reality language learning courses. Randall Sadler, professor of...
2023-04-24 - The recent rise in cases of a drug-resistant fungus called Candida auris has prompted hospitals and nursing homes to be on alert and sparked concern among scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which deemed it an “urgent microbial resistance threat.” The...- 2023-04-21 - It's hard to talk about fish in Illinois without talking about Lawrence M. Page. In fact, it’s difficult to talk about the fishes of North America and Southeast Asia without mentioning Larry Page. That’s because Page has spent much of his career researching, identifying, collecting data about...
- 2023-04-21 - Doug Hoffman graduated from the newly formed Program in Religious Studies in 1975. This year, what is now known as the Department of Religion is belatedly celebrating its 50th anniversary. Hoffman and his longtime friend and mentor Gary Porton, professor...
- 2023-04-21 - When you look at a résumé like T. Markus Funk’s (BA, '91, Germanic languages and literatures; BS, '92, business administration), there’s one thing you’ll likely notice right off the bat: the variety. From his studies at the...
- 2023-04-21 - Dr. Lance Rodewald (BS, '76, chemistry; MS, '84, computer science) has dedicated more than 30 years of his career working in the public health sector to protect people from vaccine preventable diseases. He retired in 2018 from the U.S. Centers for...
2023-04-21 - Nine alumni from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences will receive the college’s 2023 annual alumni awards at a celebration on April 21. They are researchers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and public servants who have had impressive impact on their fields and communities. LAS Alumni...- 2023-04-20 - College of LAS alumna Britney Robbins is transforming entrepreneurship through her non-profit organization The Gray Matter Experience. In 2016, Robbins (BA, ’10, rhetoric/creative writing)...
- 2023-04-20 - For Maria C. Carrillo, returning to campus for the 2023 LAS Alumni Awards feels like going home. The 1991 psychology graduate is the chief science officer at the Alzheimer’s Association. Under her leadership, the association has invested $167...
- 2023-04-20 - They say numbers tell the story, but if that’s true, how do you explain Jerry Levy’s story? Levy’s long and successful career was defined by numbers and smart financial decisions, but now he’s being honored for something beyond the realm of any numerical calculation. That an actuary’s career can...
- 2023-04-20 - Eric Whitaker has spent a lot of time away from Illinois. After spending the last three decades representing the United States of America in the Foreign Service at the Department of State, however, he will return to his alma mater to receive the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Alumni...
- 2023-04-20 - Jacob Becraft had always dreamed of attending the U of I. Little did he know that not only would his dreams come true, but within 10 years of graduating he would be invited back to his alma mater to accept a prestigious alumni award. Becraft graduated from Illinois in the Spring of 2013 with a...
2023-04-19 - The early universe was a rambunctious place where galaxies often bumped into each other and even merged. Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other space and ground-based observatories, astronomers made an unexpected and rare discovery: a pair of gravitationally bound quasars, both blazing away...
2023-04-19 - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences students Max Fan and Aidan Lindsay have been awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering. The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and...
Faculty members, staff, teaching assistants honored with Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction2023-04-14 - Faculty, staff, and graduate teaching assistants at the University of Illinois, including 11 instructors from the College of LAS, were honored recently for excellence in teaching, mentoring, and advising. These awards, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, are collectively known as the...