2017-02-15
- If you think entrepreneurship is something that begins after a student earns his or her degree, think again. The iVenture Accelerator program has been growing in popularity since it launched in 2015, with its programming intended to allow students from...
LAS News Archive
2017-02-10 - Emergency medical care is more advanced than ever, but advanced treatment still hinges on victims being transported to a hospital. However, a doctor and LAS alumnus is leading a program that takes a new approach: He’s basically bringing the emergency room to the patient. Kurt...
2017-02-08 - A professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Illinois has received a competitive award for exemplary junior faculty from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Charles Sing will receive five years of support for his work after...
2017-02-08 - College wasn’t always a good fit for Chris Nixon. Struggling with classes, he left Illinois, but after some soul-searching close to home and abroad, he came back to U of I and enrolled in a major that changed everything: ...
2017-02-03 - Now and then a science story comes along that challenges what you’ve been told since you were a kid. This is one of them. For starters, water doesn’t necessarily freeze below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s been recorded in liquid form in clouds as cold as 22 degrees below zero. This...
2017-02-01 - In case you think the days of charting unmapped territory on Earth belong to the history books, let us introduce you to Patricia Gregg, a professor of geology who, along with several others from Illinois, recently returned from a...
2017-01-30 - A professor of history at the University of Illinois is being recognized by the American Library Association for his effort to describe the unique challenges that arise when race and homosexuality intersect. Kevin Mumford,...
2017-01-27 - Researchers from the University of Illinois and collaborating institutions predict that Midwest soil may lose as much at 15 percent of its stored carbon — and thus its agricultural fertility — over the next 100 years due to the effects of global climate change. During a three-...
2017-01-25 - A review of 207 studies involving more than 20,000 people found that those who engaged in therapeutic interventions were, on average, significantly less neurotic and a bit more extraverted after the interventions than they were beforehand. The review, reported in the journal...
2017-01-23 - What’s an effective platform for discussing moral theories, political reconciliation, and President Donald Trump? Colleen Murphy, professor of philosophy, political science, and law, knows...
2017-01-20 - A report in the journal Science Advances details the grim realities facing a majority of the nonhuman primates in the world – the apes, monkeys, tarsiers, lemurs, and lorises inhabiting ever-shrinking forests across the planet. The review is the most comprehensive conducted so far, the researchers...
2017-01-18 - Franklin Roosevelt’s first inaugural gave us “nothing to fear but fear itself.” John F. Kennedy’s gave us “ask not what your country can do for you …” But those are among the few inaugurals long-remembered in history. So how important are these speeches in setting a tone or...
2017-01-17 - When students return to classes today for the spring semester, they might not recognize their old classrooms. Years in the making, the Chemistry Annex renovations are complete. The ambitious project included a complete renovation and construction of a 9,600-square-foot addition...
2017-01-13 - Scientists have confirmed that Miscanthus, long speculated to be the top biofuel producer, yields more than twice as much as switchgrass in the U.S. using an open-source bioenergy crop database gaining traction in plant science, climate change, and ecology research. "To...
2017-01-09 - Two longtime faculty members have been selected to serve as interim associate deans of the College of LAS, starting January 16.David Tewksbury, professor and head of the Department of Communication, has been appointed to serve as interim...
2017-01-05 - Lydia Kisley, a postdoctoral fellow and researcher at Illinois, has been featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 List for 2017. The annual list highlights innovators who are under 30 years old and work in a variety of different industries, from media to manufacturing. Kisley was...
2017-01-04 - Just in time to put those New Year’s resolutions to the test, Thursday is National Whipped Cream Day—a date that’s particularly sweet at Illinois. While the day falls on the birthday of the late Aaron “Bunny” Lapin, who founded Reddi-wip, a big dollop of credit for one of the...
2016-12-22 - An associate dean and accomplished professor has been selected to serve as the next Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.Feng Sheng Hu, professor of plant biology and Ralph E. Grim Professor in...
2016-12-20 - White House photographers once shot mostly for history; today their photos are as likely to be used for daily image-making and social media, thanks to changes under President Obama. Communication professor Cara Finnegan took an...
2016-12-19 - When most living creatures get hurt, they can self-heal and recover from the injury. But, when damage occurs to inanimate objects, they don’t have that same ability and typically either lose functionality or have their useful lifecycle reduced. Researchers at the Beckman Institute...
2016-12-15 - Two LAS faculty members, Erik McDuffie and Carol Symes, have been awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for 2017. McDuffie is a professor of African American studies and of ...
2016-12-13 - A professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois has been nationally recognized for demonstrating a “prolific spirit of innovation.” Kenneth Suslick, Marvin T. Schmidt Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science...
2016-12-09 - A recently discovered galaxy is forming stars at an extraordinary pace. Astronomers have shown that, compared to the Milky Way, which forms roughly one Sun-sized star per year, stars in the galaxy SPT 0346-32 are forming at a rate of about 4,500 times the mass of the Sun every...
2016-12-09 - How does a history degree lead to a career in clinical health research? The path isn’t as winding as you might think, according to Katie Arrigo-Wozniak, who has been employed at Sage Products LLC, a medical technology company, for seven years and running. She’s...
2016-12-05 - Murugesu “Siva” Sivapalan, professor in the departments of Geography & GIScience and Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded the 2017 European Geosciences Union’s (EGU) Alfred Wegener Medal, which recognizes scientists...