LAS News

Marynia Kolak
LAS Experts: The promising potential of health geography
Marynia Kolak explains how spatial data addresses complex questions of human longevity
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Catherine Fairbairn
Review: Social drinking also a well-worn path to alcohol use disorder
Psychology professor notes that disorder research has historically focused on solitary drinkers
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Antoinette Burton and Jonathan Sweedler
Two LAS professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Antoinette Burton and Jonathan Sweedler join one of the nation's oldest honorary societies
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Andrew Leakey
New approach makes AI adaptable for computer vision in crop breeding
Advancement helps distinguish key differences in plant appearances to speed agricultural research
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Eduardo Ledesma
Book explores experimental filmmaking in Latin America and Spain, from Super 8 to cell phones
Eduardo Ledesma studies how film can be used as dissent against established power
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Group shares coffee
Coffee and chemistry: a unique global learning experience
An ecologist, engineer, food scientist, and international educator join chemists to teach students about the coffee industry
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Algal bloom
Professor: What's good for plants is not always good for the environment
Anna-Maria Marshall raises awareness of how phosphorous fertilizer also poses a threat to water
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The (not) Fighting Illini
LAS alumni help lead a group devoted to bridging contentious political divides
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Former President Barack Obama looks at May Berenbaum as a woman in a military uniform holds the National Medal of Science
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