2022-09-14
- Several professors have recently received named scholar positions for their contributions to research, education, and the academic mission of the College of LAS.
The named positions include an Aaron and Laurel Clark Scholar (for faculty members in humanities), an LAS Distinguished Professorial...
LAS News Archive
2022-09-09 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's incoming class of 7,957 first-year students brings greater representation by gender, nationality and students who are the first in their family to go to college, while a change in the application process resulted in greater academic competition. Second...
2022-09-08 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory and a team of academic and community leaders—including the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—$25 million over five years to advance urban climate science by studying climate change effects at local and regional...
2022-09-02 - Since March, some of the most pressing issues of forensic science and crime in the state of Illinois have been discussed and debated at the Carl R. Woese Institute of Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. That’s where the...
2022-08-30 - Fifteen faculty members have accepted new leadership positions in departments and other academic units within the College of LAS for the 2022-23 academic year. The College of LAS has almost 70 departments, programs, schools, centers, and other academic units. Each unit is led by an executive...
2022-08-29 - When the Biden administration announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Nov. 4 for businesses with 100 or more employees, protests erupted in cities across the U.S. A recent study of the slogans displayed by protestors found three distinct themes. Tim F. Liao, a professor of...
2022-08-26 - Located on the bank of the Sangamon River near Monticello, Illinois, sits the University of Illinois RiverLab, built to study the chemical makeup of the river—and provide insights into inland surface waters like never before. Situated near an array of scenic woodlands, grassy fields, and farms,...
2022-08-26 - Having 250 kids in one place is a challenge. Having them all play football is an even greater challenge. Yet, if you drove past Zahnd Park in Champaign this past July, you would have seen Tailon Leitzsey leading a small army through a series of drills, lessons, and dashes. The...
2022-08-24 - Six area and global studies centers within the Illinois Global Institute will receive almost $13.2 million in competitive Title VI federal grants during the next four years to advance educational opportunities, programming, and public engagement. The...
2022-08-24 - Lana Holben believes working with students is the best part of her role as an administrative aide for the School of Earth, Society & Environment and Department of Geology. Briefly describe your...
2022-08-17 - Mineral-rich waters originating from the Apennine Mountains of Italy flowed through ancient Rome’s Anio Novus aqueduct and left behind a detailed rock record of past hydraulic conditions, researchers said. Two studies characterizing layered limestone – called travertine – deposits within the Anio...
2022-08-03 - Being the first to read her poem, Sarah Demissie approached the stage at the library hesitantly, scanning the crowd nervously. Her confidence grew as she began to read aloud, however, and she ended by boldly cheering her poem’s last line—"Home sweet home!”—and pumping her fist in the air. The...
2022-08-03 - 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...
2022-07-29 - 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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
2022-07-21 - 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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...