2023-01-27
- Aquatic birds, especially ducks, can carry influenza viruses but they don’t often become severely ill, leading scientists to wonder how their immune systems act as a reservoir for a highly infectious and pathogenic virus, but the birds remain relatively unharmed. Additionally, could the immune...
LAS News Archive
2023-01-26 - College of LAS alumni Hye Kyung Timken (PhD, '87, chemistry) and Freeman Hrabowski III (MA, ’71, mathematics; PhD, '75, education; honorary PhD, '04, education) have been chosen to receive 2023...
2023-01-23 - Illinois alumna Laura Rodríguez-Romaní (BA, ’10, anthropology, Spanish; ME, ’14) has a passion for bilingual education and literature. As the curator and owner of the independent online bookstore...
2023-01-20 - A phase I clinical trial of PAC-1, a drug that spurs programmed cell death in cancer cells, found only minor side effects in patients with end-stage cancers. The drug stalled the growth of tumors in the five people in the trial with neuroendocrine cancers and reduced tumor size in two of those...
2023-01-13 - Science can answer some significant questions. Just ask Rebecca (Becky) Fuller, head of the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, whose work includes examining links between evolutionary dynamics and environmental change. How does she do it? By...
2023-01-13 - For some women who experience serious and chronic physical or mental health conditions, one of their most daunting challenges is obtaining the belief and validation of health care providers, family members and friends, researchers found in a recent study. Those in the study described prolonged...
2023-01-06 - The heart of the American Midwest was one of the most important ecological and cultural borderland areas in North America for Indigenous people in early American history, according to a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign historian. Situated in a transition zone between woodlands and grasslands...
2023-01-06 - The Coup d’État Project of the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research initially categorized the storming of the U.S. Capitol on...
2022-12-20 - Scientists have labored for decades to understand how brain structure and functional connectivity drive intelligence. A new analysis offers the clearest picture yet of how various brain regions and neural networks contribute to a person’s problem-solving ability in a variety of contexts, a trait...
2022-12-16 - Baseball may be America’s favorite pastime, but in rankings of the most popular hobbies, reading is more consistently ranked highly. It’s not hard to see why: Reading is simultaneously engaging and relaxing, and it’s fun to do alone and with friends. A team of researchers at the...
2022-12-16 - An almost limitless supply of fresh water exists in the form of water vapor above Earth’s oceans, yet remains untapped, researchers said. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the first to suggest an investment in new infrastructure capable of harvesting oceanic water...
2022-12-16 - Sandy Hardin’s family has always placed a priority on education so working as the senior business specialist within the Department of English became a natural fit.
2022-12-16 - A new paper co-written by a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign experts who study the science of personalities points to the important role of personality traits to account for individual differences in experiencing stress. In a meta-analysis synthesizing more than 1,500 effect sizes...
2022-12-15 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior Grace Mitchell, of Dixon, Illinois, was named a Schwarzman Scholar, one of 151 recipients selected from an international pool of nearly 3,000 applicants. The program fully funds an annual Schwarzman...
2022-12-15 - Stewart Coles is a professor of communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He also is the co-author of a recent study that examined political polarization in the context of social media users’ support for Black Lives Matter or All...
2022-12-14 - If you’ve ever stood in front of a room full of people to take part in a debate, you know what a nerve-wracking experience it can be. Now, imagine doing it in another language. That’s the challenge some students are tackling – and surmounting – as part of the Arabic Debate Team at the University...
2022-12-14 - The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology has created the Center for Indigenous Science for cutting-edge research and training in Indigenous science. The center will be headed by Jenny L. Davis, professor of ...
2022-12-06 - Less than 20 percent of diagnosed breast cancers are designated “triple-negative,” meaning that the affected tissues lack three types of receptors often found in other breast cancer types, but TNBCs are often aggressive with ...
2022-12-05 - After the onset of COVID-19, policymakers were dismayed by many people who avoided personal and public safety measures designed to curb the spread of the virus. Many social scientists mobilized to better understand this behavior, including Jake Bowers, a professor of...
2022-11-30 - The Native American tribes that once called Illinois home painted deer and bison hides with stories and symbols that were important to their culture. Some of the best examples of this artistic tradition – four painted hide robes made sometime between 1680 and 1750 – are now in the collection of the...
2022-11-28 - Five researchers in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been named to the 2022 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list. The list recognizes research scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated exceptional influence – reflected through their publication of multiple...
2022-11-28 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is recognizing seven staff members and academic professionals for their outstanding contributions in 2022-2023.
2022-11-18 - Brian Gaines is a professor of political science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a senior scholar at the U of I System’s Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Gaines, who studies elections and...
2022-11-15 - Campus has changed a lot in 80 years. In 1942, the Illini Union was just 1 year old, the State Farm Center was an empty lot, and Willard Airport was just a few hundred acres of farmland. Something else took root in 1942 that has only kept growing, however, and that’s the love shared by Solomon and...
2022-11-14 - The College of LAS is welcoming 38 new professors for the 2022-23 academic year. Their new positions range from clinical professors to assistant professors and an endowed position in more than 20 academic units, ranging from African American studies to economics, philosophy, statistics, and several...