2022-01-26
- Eight College of LAS faculty members have been elected 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the highest honors for a scientist in the United States. They are among 14 on campus who were recently selected for the association.
The new fellows from LAS...
LAS News Archive
2022-01-12 - The Cline Center for Advanced Social Research’s Coup D’état Project categorized the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,...
2022-01-07 - Advanced molecular imaging technology has now mapped the structure of a drug widely used to treat fungal infections but whose workings have mystified researchers and physicians for nearly 70 years. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of...
2022-01-07 - Mice with a genetic mutation that’s been observed in patients with epileptic encephalopathy, a severe form of congenital epilepsy, exhibit not only the seizure, developmental, and behavioral symptoms of the disorder, but also neural degeneration and inflammation in the brain, University of Illinois...
2021-12-21 - Name: Julia Hartman Title: Assistant coordinator for the ATLAS Internship Program Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (ATLAS) provides...
2021-12-20 - While climate change is the primary driver of permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaska, a new analysis of 70 years of data reveals that tundra fires are accelerating that decline, contributing disproportionately to a phenomenon known as “thermokarst,” the abrupt collapse of ice-rich permafrost as a...
2021-12-20 - Hyunjoon (Joon) Kong, a leader in research on multi-cellular engineered living cell systems, has been named the Robert W. Schaefer Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. The awarded position is named after an Illinois alumnus who graduated with a degree in chemical engineering in...
2021-12-14 - Tornadoes in December are not rare, especially in the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions, known for winter storms. Studies show that the chances of tornadoes in colder months are rising due to climate change. The Dec. 10 tornado outbreak that devastated parts of the mid-Mississippi Valley has...
2021-12-13 - Many members of the LAS community find inspiration and joy in reading a good book. As our faculty head into winter break, we asked a few of them to share the books that they’re excited to dig into over the next month. To see what our students are reading, go ...
2021-12-13 - Emotions are part of being human. How do they affect brain cognition? And how does cognition affect emotions? Those questions are at the root of understanding numerous affective disorders, and they’re in the realm of Florin Dolcos, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience. His integrative...
2021-12-10 - A master’s degree in sociology and finance was a recipe for a successful career for Vivian Lin Thurston. Now she wants to give back and use her success to help U of I students achieve their own goals. Thurston (MA, ’98, sociology; MS, ’99,...
2021-12-07 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior Boming Yang, of Beijing, was named a Schwarzman Scholar, one of 151 recipients selected from an international pool of 3,000 applicants. The program annually fully funds a class consisting of 40 percent...
2021-12-03 - From research labs on campus to virtual internships with unique companies from around the world, College of LAS students are taking advantage of career advancement opportunities thanks to the Life + Career Design Scholarship....
2021-11-22 - Four faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been named to the 2021 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list. The list recognizes researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited...
2021-11-22 - In an unusual study, researchers brought vampire bats from distant Panamanian populations together for four months in a laboratory setting and tracked how the bats’ gut microbes changed over time. They found that bats that interacted closely with one another shared much more than body heat....
2021-11-17 - On a recent 11-day trip through the Grand Canyon, geologists gathered evidence in hope that it would allow them to peer billions of years into the past. Using a relatively new technique, they were able to estimate the age of a mysterious section of the national landmark. The Great Unconformity is...
2021-11-16 - Several researchers in the College of LAS have received funding for projects as part of the U of I’s Call to Action Research Program to Address Racism and Social Injustice. They’re the...
2021-11-12 - Researchers from several universities, led by a team at the University of Illinois, have found corn, or maize, yields to be very sensitive to extreme heat. In addition, they found that models used by the agriculture industry are ineffective at predicting the impact of extended periods of harsh...
2021-11-10 - Recent weeks have witnessed a series of medium-to-large-sized asteroids cross paths with Earth’s orbit. The largest of the pack – asteroid 2004 UE – is on track to make its closest approach to the planet Nov. 13. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...
2021-11-05 - As director of community relations for the Chicago Bulls, Erica Bauer (PhD, ‘10, communication) works to connect the NBA basketball team with the Chicago community. This investment – Bauer, the team, and the league believe – will lead to a reduction in community violence across the city.
2021-11-04 - When Nicholas Wu was in middle school, a SARS pandemic swept China and his home city of Hong Kong. The impact was devastating enough that Wu decided to devote his career to combating infectious diseases—and his path has led him to the University of Illinois. Wu, a professor of...
2021-11-03 - Social media users encounter misinformation online every day, but how do they recognize it? How do they know what to believe? Kevin Leicht, a professor of sociology, and his colleagues are combating the vital issue with new research methods. The team...
2021-11-02 - Partisanship is a particularly potent source of group identity in contemporary American politics, and a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in political psychology says the growing chasm between opposing groups isn’t limited to interactions in the political...
2021-10-28 - In her new nonfiction book, Catherine Prendergast, an English professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, wrote about a love triangle among members of a writers’ colony and their deaths by cyanide, set in the bohemian counterculture at the...
2021-10-27 - Recently, architects who are mapping the many nooks and crannies of Altgeld Hall in advance of the building’s renovation were asked this: Does there exist, in a forgotten room off the elevator shaft, the remains of an office for someone...