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...
LAS News Archive
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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...
- 2023-04-20 - 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 - 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 - 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)...
2023-04-19 - 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...
2023-04-11 - An ancient biological enzyme known as nickel-iron hydrogenase may play a key role in producing hydrogen for a renewables-based energy economy, researchers said. Careful study of the enzyme has led chemists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to design a synthetic molecule...
2023-04-04 - Venetria K. Patton, a professor of English and African American studies who has led the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences since August 2021, was commemorated as the Harry E. Preble Dean in a ceremony attended...
2023-04-03 - Chicago’s Joseph Frumkin (BS, ’13, integrative biology) is the guest engagement coordinator with Lincoln Park Zoo. From designing public education presentations to managing the fellowship program, Frumkin has found that informal education diving into...
2023-03-31 - Five University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Two College of LAS professors have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship, and...
2023-03-31 - In the decades following World War II, the intimate emotional life of families took on unprecedented social and political value in Western democracies. History professor Teri Chettiar looks at how the British government prioritized emotional well-being...
2023-03-30 - Justine Murison, professor of English, researches and teaches 19th century American literature. She’s fascinated by what she calls "the meeting place of the material and the immaterial: the boundaries between, for instance, psychological emotion and...
2023-03-29 - An annual study of recent alumni reports that 94 percent of LAS alumni who graduated during the 2021-2022 period secured a first destination within six months of commencement. The average salary for new LAS alumni is $74,705. The data comes from the recently released...
2023-03-28 - A series of eight videos available online highlights the research of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Craig Koslofsky on ways of marking and understanding skin in the early modern world. Koslofsky – who studies early modern...
2023-03-24 - As a scholar of Africa and the African diaspora, Merle Bowen’s professional life has largely been focused on Black freedom in the context of land and labor. In her most recent book, “For Land and...
2023-03-24 - The next, and past, big thing: The great woolly mammoth is back. This time it’s visible to all near the University of Illinois Main Quad. A new mammoth sculpture is rearing its head on the same ground where real mammoths wandered 30,000 years prior. That’s even older than the...
2023-03-22 - Aaron Thompson has worked as the administrative aide for the Department of Statistics since September 2016. Since then, he’s taken on new tasks and earned recognition for a job well done. Thompson even admits that opening his email each morning is almost as...