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New book studies ‘persistent citizens’ of the Global South
 A new book co-written by a U of I expert who studies development and governance explores the “state-centric persistence” of poor citizens of the Global South in their individual pursuit of benefits from government-run social welfare programs such as public healthcare and early childhood...
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Emotion-regulation training reduces distress, changes the brain, team reports
  A five-week training intervention taught college students to better regulate their emotions in response to negative events, a new study finds. After the training, the students reported less emotional distress when viewing negative images or thinking about difficult events from their own...
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To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells
When Liam Flood (BS, ’20, chemical and biomolecular engineering) first toured the University of Illinois as a high school student, he heard plenty of campus legends about Altgeld Hall.There was the story about staircases that go nowhere. Not true, he later...
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Illinois professor’s book examines contradictions in history of U.S. naturalization processes
 Naturalization is a process that is typically celebrated as the end point on the path to U.S. citizenship. Immigrants choose to attach themselves to our nation, which extends to them its rights, freedoms and opportunities.A new book looks at naturalization from a different angle, considering...
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Volatile weekly work hours have adverse effects on health, employment
 Workers who juggle volatile work hours that change from week to week may experience adverse health effects that impact their ability to work, although the limitations vary by gender, say researchers who conducted a recent study. Men who experienced greater fluctuations in their work hours...
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Illinois announces new endowed chairs
 Two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty members have been named as university endowed chairs or professors, an honor awarded to highly distinguished scholars for their excellence and prominence in research, teaching and service.“An endowed chair represents one of the university’s...
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