2021-05-28
- Providing a choice that will be selected if a consumer does not override it – known as the default option – is an easy way to “nudge” people toward a decision and influences behavior in powerful ways to increase support for organ donation, retirement plan choices, car insurance and service-sector...
LAS News Archive
2021-05-24 - Editor’s note: Israel and Hamas began airstrikes against each other on May 10, in the worst fighting between Israelis and Palestinians since 2014. The fighting started after weeks of interethnic violence in Jerusalem, and the anticipated decision of the Israeli Supreme Court over a...
2021-05-17 - A new book examines the struggle by rural Black communities in Brazil for land rights, and it makes a case for land reparations based not only on a history of slavery and systemic racism, but also on land appropriation by contemporary Brazilian governments and private interests. Brazil has a...
2021-05-13 - Editor's note: Kimberly Wilson is a writer in the College of LAS Office of Marketing and Communications. She is graduating this May with a bachelor's degree in sociology. She shared this reflection of her time at the University of...
2021-05-12 - When alumnus Jim Hinterlong (BS, ’92, psychology) arrived on campus, he was told there were more than 700 student organizations at the University of Illinois. He was in awe. After all, he had just packed his bags in his hometown where...
2021-05-12 - 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 the Helen Corley Petit Scholars, the I.C. Gunsalus Scholar, the J. Andrew and Susan S. Langan...
2021-05-12 - Four early career professors have been recognized as Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Scholars for their outstanding contributions and potential in research and teaching. The awardees are Carolyn Fornoff in the Department of Spanish...
2021-05-12 - Some 108 graduating seniors from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been named to the 2021 Bronze Tablet list, honoring academic achievement. Each year, the Bronze Tablet is inscribed with the names of new graduates and placed in the Main Library. To achieve this honor, undergraduate...
2021-05-11 - Academic advisor Dawn McNulty knows how exploring interests and potential career paths can be challenging for students even during normal times. During the pandemic, the challenge can loom even larger. That’s why she considers the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ Life + Career Design in a...
2021-05-11 - In the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois, we believe the power of innovation can change the world. In the LAS community, the leaders of tomorrow learn to analyze and solve problems, to work in diverse groups, and to view the world with a broad perspective. LAS students pursue...
2021-05-10 - Among the many things lost during the pandemic has been a sense of togetherness. A project led by a pair of University of Illinois professors, however, asked people to write journal entries in an organized effort to bring communities closer together during dark times and find solutions to some of...
2021-05-07 - As a trained linguist, Jenny Davis knows the power of history. In her 2018 book, “Talking Indian: Identity and Language Revitalization in the Chickasaw Renaissance,” Davis explored how native language revitalization efforts were connected to U.S. relocation policies and economic realities in the...
2021-05-06 - Gillen D’Arcy Wood, an English professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign whose work involves the environmental humanities, has been awarded a 2021 Andrew Carnegie...
2021-05-06 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior Sriyankari Chitti, of Marlboro, New Jersey, and a graduate of the Medical Sciences Magnet Program at Freehold High School, has been named a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. She is one of 76 students to be...
2021-05-04 - There’s quite a bit of history behind Bruce Dalgaard’s interest in, well, history. In high school he thought he’d be a doctor. After a semester at U of I, however, it became clear that a career in medicine wasn’t for him, so he thought he’d be a lawyer. There wasn’t a spark there, either, but...
2021-05-03 - Zishen (Norman) Ye has been a U of I alumnus for just a short time, but already he’s realized the enduring impact of things he learned there. That’s why he’s decided to support U of I students who take advantage of internship opportunities while in college. Ye (BA, ’19,...
2021-04-30 - People up to age 40 living in economically depressed municipalities in the Greater Santiago, Chile, metropolitan area were three times more likely to die as a result of the infection than their counterparts in wealthier areas, researchers report in the journal Science. People ages 41-80 in low...
2021-04-30 - Three researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been awarded 2021 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships. The recipients are Bobby Smith II, a professor of African American studies; Retika Adhikari Desai, a Chancellor’s...
2021-04-30 - Two professors in the College of LAS have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest professional honors a scientist can receive. Chemistry professors Ralph Nuzzo and Wilfred van der...
2021-04-29 - Two professors in the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science have received a $500,000 grant to bring more “big data” to the complicated process of crop yield forecasting. The grant from the National Science Foundation and the U.S....
2021-04-26 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign chemistry professors Nancy Makri and Kenneth Schweizer have been elected to the American Academy of Arts...
2021-04-23 - Graduate students from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences were well-represented among the awardees of the 2021 Image of Research contest, organized by the Scholarly Commons of the University Library and...
2021-04-20 - The state of Illinois is undergoing a rapid change in weather patterns that already has started to transform the state, according to a major new scientific assessment by researchers at several universities, government agencies, and organizations, including The Nature Conservancy and the University...
2021-04-19 - Martha Gillette, director of the Neuroscience Program and Alumni Professor of cell and developmental biology, has been named the Beckman Institute’s 2021 winner of the Vision and Spirit Award....