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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Jim Best
How do hurricanes impact inland regions hundreds of miles from coastal landfall locations?
Professor details growing need for better monitoring and planning for flooding
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Alumnus John Alumnus smiles with his family
Alumnus provides a Meal to Heal
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Violeta J. Rodriguez
Studying how to make parenting better
Violeta J. Rodriguez researches how the health of children is affected by their upbringing
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Cleo O’Brien-Udry, Angela Diaz, and Yuchen Zhou
New professors arrive at the U of I
More than 50 new faculty members begin in the College of LAS
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Illustration of Simon Rogers and a landslide in Peru
Flowing achievement
Simon Rogers is a leader in the science of how solids turn into liquids
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Group photo at Silvina Montrul investiture
Silvina Montrul named Marjorie Roberts Professor in Liberal Arts & Sciences
Professor is known for her pioneering work in understanding second language acquisition
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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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