LAS News Archive

2009-10-01 - Homecoming 2009 was a special one in historic Roger Adams Laboratory, as the weekend marked the completion of the first phase of a multimillion-dollar effort to revitalize laboratories and research support for biochemical research. A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated $8 million in upgrades that...

2009-10-01 - Eleven University of Illinois students were nearing the end of a seven-mile hike around Ribbon Lake in Yellowstone National Park. Under a steady drizzle, they had trudged through grassland and a spruce/fir forest—the “Mud March” they called it. They had even come uncomfortably close to a bison bull...

2009-10-01 - See yourself in the future. You are royalty. The words sung by University of Illinois Black Chorus summed up the attitude at this fall’s induction ceremony for Chi Alpha Epsilon, a new honor society implemented by the LAS Access and Achievement Program (AAP), which provides services to...

2009-10-01 - “You once told me you wanted to be a doctor,” the physician told her 6-year-old patient, making conversation. But the boy lashed back, screaming and throwing an empty syringe at her. “I’m not going to be anything!” When the attending nurse asked what he was going to be then, the boy replied, “A...

2009-10-01 - The large magnet filled an entire corner of the Aberdeen, Scotland, lab. The year was 1979, and this machine was a far cry from the slick magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines used in hospitals today. But primitive as it might look, this was a groundbreaking instrument, responsible for creating...

2009-10-01 - Brock Siegel (PhD, '74, chemistry) still remembers the meeting in February of 1998 where it all began. What started out as a typical budget meeting at Applied Biosystems suddenly took a dramatic turn. At the time, Applied Biosystems was known for developing the world’s best-selling DNA sequencing...

2009-10-01 - In 1983, Lynn Hartmann (AB, '70, English) was an intern at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; and like most interns, she was trying to choose a medical specialty—a decision that would set the course for the rest of her life. “I remember seeing a woman with cancer who had been...

2009-10-01 - Govindjee (PhD, '60, biophysics) still remembers the day when he and a fellow student in India were taking a walk and he noticed a spotted, yellowed plant with curling leaves. Instantly, Govindjee was fascinated, and the two students decided they were going to find out what lay behind the plant’s...

2009-10-01 - The teenage boy sat in a chair wearing a most unusual baseball cap. Mounted on the hat was a small video camera, which angled downwards over the bill and pointed directly at his left eye. The camera tracked eye movements as the teen watched an old 1960s movie starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth...

2009-10-01 - Doug Cole (PhD, '74, chemistry) had been at Merck Pharmaceuticals for only a few months when a scientist from across the street came to his research team and announced, “We’ve discovered the most potent biologically active natural product that anyone has seen.” But to make it work, Merck needed the...

2009-10-01 - Carol D. Lee (BS, '66, teaching of secondary school English) says she will never forget the day she sat in on one particular class at a large urban high school. In her book Culture, Literacy, and Learning: Taking Bloom in the Midst of the Whirlwind, Lee describes talking to an articulate...

2009-09-01 - In a finding that bodes well for treatment of diseases and conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis or asthma, researchers in LAS have deciphered a molecular code that controls inflammation. The finding sheds light on a protein complex called NF-kappa B, often referred to as the master regulator of...

2009-09-01 - If you’re looking for the ultimate survivor forget the wimps you see on television. A U of I plant biologist has discovered tropical tree seeds that can survive almost 40 years underground before germinating.James Dalling and colleague Tom Brown...

2009-09-01 - Six professors from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at U of I begin their appointments this fall as professors in the Center for Advanced Study (CAS)—one of the highest forms of recognition the campus bestows on faculty members for outstanding scholarship.The new CAS professors are Renée...

2009-09-01 - Researchers report that they have found a surprising but reliable marker of colony collapse disorder, a baffling malady that in 2007-2008 killed off more than a third of commercial honey bees in the U.S.Their study, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to...

2009-09-01 - Conscientiousness is a good thing in a mate, researchers report, not just because it’s easier to live with someone who washes the dishes without being asked, but also because having a conscientious partner may actually be good for one’s health. Their study, of adults over age 50, also found that...

2009-08-01 - LAS alumna Nancy Brinker (AB ’68, sociology), founder of the breast cancer grassroots organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure, received the nation’s highest civilian honor on August 12 when President Barack Obama presents her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The medal is awarded to people...

2009-08-01 - Click here for larger map.605 E. Springfield Ave. (Computing Applications Building) ADA accessible entrance is on the south side of the building.LAS Office of the Dean LAS Student Academic Affairs Department of Political Science Department of...

2009-07-01 - Emily Pinheiro, a junior majoring in economics at the University of Illinois, has been awarded a Boren Undergraduate Scholarship to study in Ecuador, and John P. Kim, who graduated with a degree in political...

2009-07-01 - The long-awaited restoration of Lincoln Hall finally received the go-ahead as Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a statewide capital construction bill that included funding for the classroom building’s first renovation in 80 years. The $57.3 million state appropriation along with $8.3 million from...

2009-05-01 - The generosity of our alumni and friends has made it possible to recognize excellence in our talented faculty, including the following new professorships and chairs in the 2008-09 academic year:Ralph Nuzzo, G. L. Clark Professor of ChemistryHuimin Zhao, Centennial Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular...

2009-05-01 - By now we’re all aware of the flaw in your basic fairytale. That is, a fragile woman breaks down in the face of adversity, and her only hope is a rational, steely eyed man. Hillary Clinton may have lost the Democratic primary, but after centuries of acceptance it’s safe to say that stereotype is...

2009-05-01 - The next six weeks will be better than a journey to Oz for storm chaser and U of I meteorologist Glen Romine. Instead of riding a Kansas twister over the rainbow, he and graduate student Isaac Hankes are part of an international team of researchers—some...

2009-05-01 - May graduates take note. In addition to spiraling stocks and mass layoffs there’s one other hurdle to landing a job after college: Facebook. When it comes to finding employment, the less you reveal about yourself—that is, beyond the basic information contained in a good resume—the better,...