2016-10-19
- An atmospheric sciences professor at Illinois has been named a 2017 Fellow of the American Meteorological Society for significant contributions to the field.Greg McFarquhar was nominated and selected for his “outstanding contributions to the atmospheric...
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2016-10-18 - Republicans and Democrats “simply do not like each other to an unprecedented degree.” That was one striking conclusion of Illinois political science professor Thomas Rudolph and co-author Marc Hetherington in their 2015 book “Why...
2016-10-17 - When the Middle Ages come to mind, many people think of famine, disease and death. But Carol Symes knows there is much more to the medieval past than its often unpleasant popular portrayals and hopes to translate deeper layers of this era for a wider audience—literally.Symes, a professor of...
2016-10-11 - As careers in chemistry go, few have more name recognition than that of Khushboo Narechania, a forensic scientist for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Read on for a real portrayal of the job, from the “CSI effect” to how her analysis solved a tragedy...
2016-10-07 - A history professor at the University of Illinois has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to set the record straight about the previously fictionalized world of a 17th century traveler. Craig Koslofsky,...
2016-10-06 - Three researchers at U of I have received an award from the National Institutes of Health to fund their highly creative study of cell membrane lipids that promises to advance drugs and medicine against a range of issues. James Morrissey, professor of...
2016-10-04 - Following years of groundbreaking and important research, Milan K. Bagchi, a professor of molecular and integrative physiology at Illinois, has been named the Deborah Paul Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology. An...
2016-10-03 - A systematic review of the scientific studies cited by brain-training companies has found no evidence to support their claims that their products improve cognition in daily life. The new study, led by researchers at the U of I, reports that while people tend to improve on the...
2016-09-29 - The Department of Plant Biology and the School of Integrative Biology will receive an estimated $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Education over the next three years to assist excellent graduate...
2016-09-28 - A new study of older adults finds an association between higher blood levels of phosphatidylcholine, a source of the dietary nutrient choline, and the ability to regulate attention to manage competing tasks. The study at Illinois also identified a brain structure within the...
2016-09-27 - A new minor in the LAS Global Studies program will help students prepare for jobs in the business world where knowledge of the interactions between markets and society is increasingly in demand. Applications are being accepted until Oct. 15 for...
2016-09-26 - Six Urbana campus faculty members, including four in the College of LAS, have been named University Scholars. The program recognizes excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.Begun in 1985, the scholars program recognizes faculty excellence on the three University of Illinois campuses and...
2016-09-23 - Researchers at the University of Illinois have been recognized for their proposal of a novel method for identifying partisan gerrymandering: supercomputers. Wendy K. Tam Cho, a professor of political science, and Yan Y. Liu, a senior...
2016-09-20 - Editor’s note: U of I anthropology professor Kathryn Clancy spoke recently on the subject of sexual harassment and assault in higher education at a conference sponsored several prominent scientific societies. This week,...
2016-09-15 - Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi has written plenty about the Iranian Revolution and its aftermath, including two scholarly books. But the University of Illinois professor also lived that history as an activist and then political prisoner, and now has his own evocative story to tell.In a new autobiographic...
2016-09-14 - When Karen Liu first arrived at Illinois as a freshman, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do when she graduated. But when she and her parents mulled over the top job listings for mathematics majors, actuarial science caught their attention.Like most, Liu wasn’t familiar with actuarial science. But...
2016-09-13 - Barbara Wilson, interim chancellor of U of I’s Urbana-Champaign campus and Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of LAS, has been named executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs of the three-university U of I System, President Tim Killeen announced Monday.Killeen said Wilson’s...
2016-09-12 - Fresh out of college, Allen Butler wanted to be a mathematics professor. A chance meeting steered him onto a new path, and now he’s leading a prominent research firm that crunches the numbers on everything from helping the U.S. Navy detect submarines to helping...
2016-09-09 - A new residence hall at Illinois has been dedicated in honor of the university’s first Native American graduate. Wassaja Hall, which houses more than 500 students at 1202 S. First St. in Champaign, was dedicated on Thursday for the university’s first Native American student....
2016-09-07 - The 2016 Paralympics start today in Rio de Janeiro, and several athletes and coaches from U of I and the College of LAS will be participating. You can watch live stream events on Paralympic.org and on...
2016-09-06 - If you already know of Ted Sanders, you probably like good stories. The rising author is the creator of The Keepers, a widely acclaimed children’s book series from HarperCollins that the New York Times Book Review likened to the work of J.K. Rowling and Rick Riordan.But have you...
2016-09-02 - Casey Fletcher always knew he wanted to play baseball at the University of Illinois. Growing up in Oakwood, Ill., Fletcher saw baseball and Illinois as a family tradition — Fletcher’s father, Darrin, was enrolled in the College of LAS and played for the Illini prior to leaving...
2016-09-01 - Researchers call it the Valley of Death—“the place where drugs go to die,” according to Paul Hergenrother, a University of Illinois chemistry professor. “Getting through the Valley of Death means you have gone from a drug’s discovery to actually treating the first patient,” he...
2016-08-31 - The College of LAS launched the 2016-17 academic year with 16 new faculty and staff leaders in departments and units across the college. In most cases, new leaders officially assumed their roles at the start of the fall semester. LAS is home to more than 60 departments, centers,...
2016-08-30 - Thomas J. Hanratty, a pioneer in fluid dynamics, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, in Urbana, Illinois. Hanratty was a longtime chemical engineering professor who found joy in both research and teaching. He was a leader in establishing multiphase flow as a new academic discipline by relating...