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Professors selected to study the impact of COVID-19
Geospatial Software Institute Conceptualization Project seeks to help vulnerable populations
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Cracking the mystery of the banyan tree
Plant biologist sheds light on the fig tree's odd aerial roots and its unique relationship with a wasp
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Amplifying expertise in the news
Four LAS faculty members receive Public Voices Fellowships
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Janice Harrington (Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths.)
The words that matter
From children's librarian to poet and professor, Janice Harrington teaches the power of language
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Ghassan Moussawi and his book cover
Learning from 'the situation'
Illinois professor uses LGBTQ voices in Beirut to understand daily violence, disruption
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Erik Nelson and Liqian Ma
Study: Cholesterol metabolite causes immune system to attack T cells instead of breast cancer
Researchers boost immune therapy in mice
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Nikolai Alvarado
More than 40 new faculty members begin fall semester in the College of LAS
Specialties range from migration to cognitive science and the impact of hip-hop
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California wildfire
The daily dose of the extreme
Don Wuebbles writes about unnatural disasters and the link to climate change
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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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