LAS News

Student helps administer COVID-19 test
COVID-19 campus testing program in full swing
More than a quarter million tests conducted since students return for fall semester
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David Wright
'Writing is a conversation and race is the American subject'
The stories of English professor David Wright explore how people connect
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Rishi Chandra
New scholarship supports professional experiences
From NASA to the White House, students pursue career development opportunities with help from LAS Life + Career Design scholarships
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Kathryn Clancy
Experts: Quick fixes won't stop sexual harassment in academia
Merely complying with the law isn't enough either, said authors of new report
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Study links exploding stars to extinction on Earth
Astronomer traces event that occurred 359 million years ago
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Bill Hammack
Illinois 'engineer guy' Bill Hammack awarded Hoover Medal
Professor known for explaining the roles of engineers on radio and on YouTube
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Robinson
Get to know Dean Robinson
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Researchers search for bees on prairie land
A prairie for the bees
Alexandra Harmon-Threatt searches for ways to improve soil for ground-nesting pollinators
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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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