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.
LAS News Archive
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,...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2022-05-12 - A team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers led by physics and astronomy professor Charles Gammie is part of a large...
2022-05-11 - Russia, under President Vladimir Putin’s administration, is perhaps the most dangerous country for racial violence in the world, according to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Eugene Avrutin. That wasn’t always the case. In his...
2022-05-10 - Love for language and family have been the driving forces behind Dalya Qualls White’s (BA, ’00, English) career moves from human resources to communications. As senior vice president and chief communications officer for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee,...
2022-05-10 - Known for ground-breaking research blending chemical and biological approaches to address antibiotic resistance, professor Douglas Mitchell was celebrated as the John and Margaret Witt Professor of Chemistry during an Investiture ceremony on the...
2022-05-05 - Graduating from U of I with three degrees, Grace Maloney (BS, ’21, molecular and cellular biology and chemistry; BA, ’21,...
2022-05-05 - Brendan A. C. Harley—a leader in the fields of biomaterials, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine—has been named the Robert W. Schaefer Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The awarded position is named after an Illinois alumnus...
2022-05-04 - College of LAS students Caleb Apperson and Dahlia Davis have been awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign languages this summer. Apperson, of Champaign, a graduate of Centennial High School, was offered a Critical...
2022-05-03 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Maria Todorova has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honor societies in the nation. She is among 261 new members...
2022-04-28 - As educators and industry mull strategies for attracting more young adults to math-oriented professions, a new study in the journal Child Development suggests that children’s early experiences doing math homework and activities with their parents shape their motivation and achievement. Cultivating...
2022-04-27 - The National Science Foundation awarded a 7-year, $15 million project to a multi-university team led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including at least two researchers in the College of LAS. The resulting groundbreaking and path-finding research, entitled “...
2022-04-27 - Post-starburst galaxies were previously thought to scatter all of their gas and dust—the fuel required for creating new stars—in violent bursts of energy, and with extraordinary speed. Now, a study co-authored by a U of I astronomer reveals that these galaxies don’t scatter all of their star-...
2022-04-20 - Going to college can be intimidating—and even more so for international students, who also must adjust to life in a new country. A course in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, LAS 100, is designed to help first-year...