2017-09-12
- For all the exams, papers, and lab reports in college, there’s one question facing students that potentially causes more anxiety than all the rest: What comes next after graduation? This fall, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences hopes to give students tools to answer this question by opening...
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2017-09-11 - Wilfred van der Donk, the Richard E. Heckert Chair of Chemistry, professor at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, is a leader in the area of antibiotics research. Read...
2017-09-07 - Colleagues, friends, and family gathered with Satish K. Nair on Tuesday to celebrate his being named the I.C. Gunsalus Professor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. A named professorship is one of the highest honors a faculty member can receive. Nair, a professor of...
2017-09-07 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has announced seven recipients of its 2017 annual alumni awards. The awardees represent several different fields of study and have remarkable accomplishments that are linked to their experiences and connections at the University of Illinois.Summaries of...
2017-09-05 - Antiviral drug resistance has long been a problem in modern society. As viruses evolve, they develop resistance to antiviral drugs, which become less effective at treating diseases such as influenza. Now, a group of researchers is approaching this problem with a new idea: what if...
2017-09-01 - When John Milton Gregory became the first regent of the University of Illinois—then called Illinois Industrial University—in 1867, higher education was at a crossroads. The Civil War had just ended, and with it came an economic downturn accompanied by strong sentiment against certain aspects of a...
2017-09-01 - You don’t have to be a student of architecture to see that there’s something different about Altgeld Hall. Maybe it’s the Romanesque façade of dark, roughly hewn Minnesota sandstone, or its striking—and sometimes unsettling—artistic features, such as a savage gargoyle over a small door on the west...
2017-09-01 - Until recently, Samantha Frost knew nothing of the complex interactions happening at the molecular level that influence human behavior. But that all changed in 2010 when the professor of political science and gender and...
2017-09-01 - You’ve seen the heartwarming images of U.S. military service members returning home from overseas deployments— military personnel in uniform emerging unexpectedly from the crowd at youth baseball games, the joyful airport reunions, and all the hugs and tears that ensue. But what...
2017-08-30 - One hundred years ago, the Russian Revolution “shook the world,” in the words of a famous book.This fall at the University of Illinois, organizers are hoping to “shake the campus,” at least a little, with a series of events reflecting on that anniversary and its legacy.Many other schools have...
2017-08-29 - Prominent entomologist May Berenbaum at the University of Illinois has been recognized by the British Ecological Society for her work benefiting the scientific community and society in general.Berenbaum received the Honorary Membership award...
2017-08-28 - Monday was a big day for the renovated Natural History Building—it was the first time since 2014 that the 125 year-old campus landmark reopened for classes. Many of the students who passed through were impressed by the building’s new interior.“I was walking in and I said, ‘Wow, this is quite the...
2017-08-25 - Fifteen faculty and staff members have assumed new leadership roles in departments and units across the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences this fall semester. LAS is home to more than 60 departments, centers, schools, and programs.Feng Sheng Hu, Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of LAS,...
2017-08-23 - Bruce Murray, resident director of the Austria—Illinois Exchange Program, is retiring this month after running the program for 25 years. And to say the professor of Germanic languages and...
2017-08-18 - Three students and an alumna from the College of LAS have been recognized as among the most valuable and influential interns in 2017 at U of I’s Research Park. Almost 600 interns work for Research Park tenant companies. Approved by the Board of Trustees in 1999, the Research Park...
2017-08-18 - John Lynn, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois, has received a Public Scholar award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The award follows news earlier this spring that Lynn had received the 2017 Samuel Eliot Morison...
2017-08-17 - Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered a mechanism that allows bacteria of the same species to communicate when their survival is threatened. The study suggests that it may be possible to slow dangerous infections by manipulating the messages these microbes send...
2017-08-16 - When it comes to teaching language, Silvina Montrul has a motto: Why wait? Montrul, founder and director of the University Language Academy at Illinois, said she encourages parents to expose their children to a second...
2017-08-10 - Editor’s note: This is a blog entry that appeared on Behind the Scenes, a project to document details of research conducted at Illinois. This particular research is conducted...
2017-08-09 - Researchers from engineering and entomology are looking to insects – specifically cicadas – for insight into the design of artificial surfaces with de-icing, self-cleaning, and anti-fogging abilities. Their wings allow...
2017-08-08 - New measurements from data processed at the University of Illinois verify the theory that 26 percent of the universe is in the form of mysterious dark matter and that space is filled with an also-unseen dark energy, which is causing the accelerating expansion of the universe and makes up 70 percent...
2017-08-07 - It only took Daissy Dominguez one year after completing law school to open up her own law firm. Now, the growing Dominguez Legal Justice Center in Chicago remains dedicated to handling immigration and landlord/tenant cases. Dominguez is highly active in her...
2017-08-04 - States have spent millions to develop high-tech industry, with its promise of good jobs and economic growth. But does the public investment pay off? A national study of such investments in the 1980s and 1990s suggests it does – including in places where prospects for high-tech...
2017-08-03 - In the world of health care, the phrase “too much information”—or TMI—can be a serious problem. If you Google “How to prevent cancer,” for example, you will find list after list of websites claiming to have the winning strategy, with some plans presenting 20-30 steps. The same...
2017-08-02 - The restoration work on the historic Altgeld Chimes at Illinois is progressing rapidly, said Matthew Tomaszewski, the associate provost for capital planning. He’s leading a diverse team of Facilities and Services engineers, carpenters, movers, upholsterers, painters and others who...