2022-07-29
- Illinois alumna Stephanie Hare (BA, ‘97, French) believes the most interesting aspect of her work is the opportunity to learn every day. As an independent researcher, broadcaster, and author, she may spend her day diving deep into research on technology ethics or making media appearances as an expert source; however, in accomplishing either task, Hare has...
2022-07-29 - Students are often lumped into one ambiguous, all-encompassing category the moment they step foot on a college campus: 18 to 22-year-olds who are on the precipice of adulthood, preparing to make their mark on the world. But for each student, the path to graduation is a unique one, even within the same school or college. The path after graduation is usually just as unique. You don’t have to...
2022-07-27 - The College of LAS has announced 25 faculty promotions to take effect before the start of the fall semester. The Board of Trustees approved the promotions during their recent July meeting. The promotions include seven faculty members who were promoted from associate professor to professor; 16 who were promoted from assistant professor to associate professor; and two who were promoted to clinical...
2022-07-22 - Sawyer Kemp has completed their role as the inaugural Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transgender Studies, the first of its kind in the country.
2022-07-22 - When summer arrives at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and undergraduates go back to their hometowns, a perfect opportunity arises for other, much younger students to take part in the college experience in a way that reaches beyond a typical campus tour. While many camps occur every summer on campus, we recently visited two that occurred roughly the same time: the...
2022-07-21 - The Program in Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois is no stranger to hosting lively and interesting events. It recently celebrated a particularly significant one: its 20th anniversary. The celebration, held in April, was the program’s first public in-person event since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was attended by students, alumni...
2022-07-20 - How can we help our crops and plants survive in an increasingly hot and unpredictable environment? Amy Marshall-Colon, a professor of plant biology at the U of I who recently received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, thinks that by looking into gene structures, scientists can help plants help...
2022-07-19 - NASA stunned the world when it shared the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data. From the star-forming regions of the Carina Nebula to never-before-seen details in the Stephen’s Quintet galaxy group, observers witnessed the universe as they never had before. With the James Webb Space Telescope (...
2022-07-18 - A new analysis of reports from more than 35,000 people offers the most comprehensive assessment so far of menstrual changes experienced by pre- and post-menopausal individuals in the first two weeks after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Published in the journal Science Advances, the study adds to the evidence that significant numbers of people experience this unexpected side effect. “...
2022-07-14 - When the coronavirus causing COVID-19 infects human cells, the cell’s protein-processing machinery makes modifications to the spike protein that render it more flexible and mobile, which could increase its ability to infect other cells and to evade antibodies, a new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found. The researchers created an atomic-level computational model of the...
2022-07-08 - The word “champ” is such an easy one to toss out there. For Eric Ahasic on the set of “Jeopardy!”, however, during a recent six-game winning streak, it was the sound of a dream coming true. “You walk off the stage, the microphone guy takes the mic off, ‘Way to go, champ. Great game.’ The contestant coordinators, ‘Alright champ, follow me,’” recalled Ahasic (BS, ’12,...
2022-06-23 - They come from a pre-digital era: a way to help students understand geometry and algebra by literally grasping the concepts in their hands. Their time has passed, but the future of more than 360 math models in Altgeld Hall wasn’t ever really in doubt until recently when campus announced that Altgeld Hall would be renovated. What...
2022-06-20 - From academia to public service, Russell Wigginton (PhD; ’01; history) has led a career driven with a passion to assist others and build relationships – traits he’s carried since he was a student at Illinois.
2022-06-15 - A new study finds that the more a person stares at themself while talking with a partner in an online chat, the more their mood degrades over the course of the conversation. Alcohol use appears to worsen the problem, the researchers found. Reported in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, the findings point to a potentially problematic role of online meeting platforms in exacerbating...
2022-06-13 - Ten students and young alumni from the College of LAS were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research, and teaching experiences around the globe this coming year. They were among 16 total students and alumni from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign offered grants through the program. The ...
2022-06-10 - Ralph Nuzzo, G.L. Clark Professor Emeritus of Analytical Chemistry at Illinois and professor emeritus of chemistry, is one of four recipients of the 2022 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. Professor Nuzzo shares the Kavli Prize in Nanosicence with David L. Allara (USA), Jacob Sagiv (Israel), and George Whitesides (USA). The Norwegian Academy of...
2022-06-06 - Several professors in the College of LAS have recently received named scholar positions for their contributions in education and research at the University of Illinois. The named positions include the Helen Corley Petit Scholars, the I.C. Gunsalus Scholar, and LAS Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholars. They will receive financial support for their work. The awardees are as follows:...
2022-06-06 - Laura Shackelford and her colleagues were digging for fossils in northern Laos in 2018 when children from a nearby village told them about a cave that was full of bones. The catch? It was known as a hangout den for cobras. After someone scouted it out, however, the professor of anthropology investigated the children’s claim—and made a huge discovery....
2022-06-03 - You can’t quite say that Stephen (Steve) Douglas did it all, but he came closer than a lot of people. His accomplishments include: NCAA basketball player in the Final Four, coach of the Malaysian national women’s basketball team, professor of political science at U of I, and first women’s basketball coach at U of I. Most recently, Douglas served as a valued member of the...
2022-05-26 - Cannabis has long been used to alleviate pain, reduce anxiety, and treat inflammation, with the earliest records dating back to 2737 B.C. in China. Today, many cancer patients use cannabis to treat pain and chemotherapy-related symptoms such as nausea, but researchers and clinicians still don’t fully understand the mechanisms behind cannabis and its molecular components. Aditi Das,...
2022-05-25 - Ellen Lindsey is the office manager and graduate contact for the Department of Plant Biology within the School of Integrative Biology in Morrill Hall. In all, she has spent 24 years working for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in a variety of capacities, but she has been a visitor to campus...
2022-05-20 - A leaked U.S. Supreme court draft opinion suggests that the court is on the verge of overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade case and allowing states to more heavily regulate abortion. Cynthia Buckley, a demographer and professor of sociology at U of I who has studied and written about abortion, recently answered questions from the College of LAS....
2022-05-20 - Several teams of faculty and staff will advance ideas to enhance student experiences through a new program in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The teams will receive funding for a variety of initiatives, from improving e-textbooks in linguistics to enhancing operations at a walk-in tutoring center for mathematics and statistics. The college issued a call for LAS Student Success...
2022-05-13 - Eight students from the College of LAS will graduate with the Class of 2022 as Lincoln Scholars. Since 2012, the initiative has supported promising LAS students from the state of Illinois by providing significant, renewable scholarships. The average unmet need to attend Illinois is around $6,000 per year, and the Lincoln Scholars...
2022-05-12 - Not many professors have been described as “scholar,” “punk,” and “zine author” in the same sentence, but not many have pursued ideas the same way as Mimi Thi Nguyen, either. Now a professor of gender and women’s studies, she became well-known for her work before the U of I, which included her compilation zine “Evolution of a Race Riot” in which she...