2025-07-09
- Flightpath Biosciences, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of precision therapeutics targeting bacterial pathogens, has licensed a class of antibiotics developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The original antibiotic agent, lolamicin, effectively treated bacterial infections in animal models of disease — without wiping out beneficial...
- 2025-06-27 - Angelina Correa became a believer in peer court in high school when she served as a juror in the justice program meant to give juvenile criminal offenders a second chance at reform. When Correa, a rising sophomore double majoring in political science and psychology, came to U of I she decided to create...
- 2025-06-27 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students recreated some of the historical mathematical models owned by the U of I math department using a 3D printer.The Illinois math department has nearly 400 mathematical models — one of the world’s largest collections — from the late 19th...
- 2025-06-27 - Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have discovered important new clues in the mystery of how an ancient enzyme can turn atmospheric carbon into biomolecules, a natural process that could be helpful in developing new methods for converting greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into useful chemicals. As deforestation and the use of fossil fuels cause atmospheric...
- 2025-06-27 - Black women’s beauty and fashion are complex, meaningful acts, deliberate strategies for engaging with the world that make bold statements about identity, political resistance, and empowerment, Black women said in a recent study.Researcher Brittney Miles, a sociology professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, interviewed 39 Black...
- 2025-06-27 - Most people who separate their plastic waste for recycling assume the bulk of it will in fact be recycled. But current recycling methods, which “require sorting, grinding, cleaning, remelting and extrusion to obtain plastic pellets, usually lead to lower value materials because of contamination and mechanochemical degradation,” the authors of a new study write. As a result, only about 10%...
2025-06-27 - Three programs within the College of LAS have received funding this year from the Chancellor’s Research Program. They include programs ranging from Indigenous language development to assistance for transfer students and studying the response to lethal police action.The Chancellor’s Research Program started in July...- 2025-06-24 - Individuals and teams from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences who have made a visible impact on society were recently recognized with the 2025 Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement. Faculty, staff members, students and community members who engage the...
2025-06-24 - Individuals and teams from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences who have made a visible impact on society were recently recognized with the 2025 Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement. Faculty, staff members, students and community members who engage the...
2025-06-17 - Laboratory and field experiments have repeatedly shown that modifying the process of photosynthesis or the physical characteristics of plants can make crops more resilient to hotter temperatures. Scientists can now alter the abundance or orientation of leaves, change leaf chemistry to improve heat tolerance and adjust key steps in the process of photosynthesis to overcome bottlenecks,...- 2025-06-10 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign political science professor Nicholas Grossman is the author of “Drones and Terrorism: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security” and specializes in international relations. Grossman spoke with News Bureau...
2025-06-03 - Enantiomers, or molecule pairs that are mirror images of each other, make up more than half of FDA-approved drugs in use today, including those used in treatments for cancer, neurologic diseases and arthritis. Separating enantiomers is critical for drug manufacturing because the effect of each molecule in the pair can be very different – for example, one enantiomer might cure a headache...
2025-06-03 - Editor's note: This is a first person account of Arctic research by Ellen Buckley, professor of Earth science and environmental change.UTQIAQGVIK, Alaska — My boots crunch into the snow as I step onto the frozen Arctic Ocean. It’s April in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, and I’m here to help run a sea ice field trip for eighth graders...
2025-06-03 - In a review in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Stephen Long, a professor of crop sciences and of plant biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, describes research efforts to “future-...
2025-06-03 - Ilaria Strocchia, a PhD candidate in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese specializing in Spanish literatures and cultures, recently won first place in The Graduate College and the Media Common of the University Library 2025 Image of Research competition....
2025-06-03 - Anke Pinkert, professor and head of the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, recently published “Remembering 1989: Future Archives of Public Protest” (University of Chicago Press). The book explores archives of untelevised protests, illegally printed...
2025-06-03 - In a review in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Stephen Long, a professor of crop sciences and of plant biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, describes research efforts to “future-proof”...
2025-06-03 - Anke Pinkert, professor and head of the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, recently published “Remembering 1989: Future Archives of Public Protest” (University of Chicago Press). The book explores archives of untelevised protests, illegally printed...-
2025-06-03 - Enantiomers, or molecule pairs that are mirror images of each other, make up more than half of FDA-approved drugs in use today, including those used in treatments for cancer, neurologic diseases and arthritis. Separating enantiomers is critical for drug manufacturing because the effect of each molecule in the pair can be very different – for example, one enantiomer might cure a headache while its...
2025-06-03 - Editor's note: This is a first person account of Arctic research by Ellen Buckley, professor of Earth science and environmental change. UTQIAQGVIK, Alaska — My boots crunch into the snow as I step onto the frozen Arctic Ocean. It’s April in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, and I’m here to help run a sea ice field trip for eighth graders and assist with some...
2025-06-02 - The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship has been awarded to six College of LAS undergraduate students this spring. They are among 42 recipients from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.“With 42 recipients, the U of I ranks among the top 10 producers of Gilman Scholars across the country this term, supporting students from eight different U of I colleges cumulatively with $...
2025-06-02 - The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship has been awarded to six College of LAS undergraduate students this spring. They are among 42 recipients from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.“With 42 recipients, the U of I ranks among the top 10 producers of Gilman Scholars across the country this term, supporting students from eight different U of I colleges cumulatively with $115,000...
2025-05-29 - Classes moved from classrooms to computer screens, trips and gatherings were put on hold, and an entirely different kind of learning experience ensued after the momentous onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even now, five years later, campus continues to feel its effects—and not in entirely bad ways. Some ways of doing things were improved....
2025-05-29 - To hear Kenn Allen tell the story, it seems like happenstance.It started with an announcement in “The Daily Illini.”In 1963, campus was launching a new organization focused on student volunteering within the Champaign-Urbana community, and Allen was a sophomore struggling to find his place on campus.“I was not a particularly committed student,” he explained. “I lived in the...
2025-05-29 - Imagine pushing a button and watching as a digital philosopher chooses a topic, does the research and writes a professional-level, publishable work—all without human intervention. It’s an intriguing idea that’s currently being explored by Kevin Scharp, professor and research director at the Department of Philosophy, and fellow philosophy professor...