LAS News

Scott Althaus
How do we define what happened on Jan. 6, 2021?
Political scientist looks back on event at the U.S. Capitol one year later
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Illinois postdoctoral researcher Eung Chang Kim and professor Hee Jung Chung
Gene mutation leads to epileptic encephalopathy symptoms, neuron death in mice
Findings highlight an important part of the disease’s pathology
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Kevin Leicht
How do we know what to believe?
Kevin Leicht and his colleagues combat misinformation on social media
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Tom Rudolph
Study: Political polarization leaking into social situations
Today's partisan tension spills beyond traditional realms of debate
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Catherine Prendergast poses with her book
Cyanide, tragic love triangles, and the end of an American era
Catherine Prendergast explores the counterculture at the end of the Gilded Age
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Association of collaborators of N. Bourbaki, in France in 1938
The lost office of N. Bourbaki
An Altgeld Hall prank in the 1950s is still talked about today
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Members of the Marching Illini pose in front of Illini Hall
Last homecoming for Illini Hall
Homecoming 2021 was likely the last for the place where the tradition started
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Alexia Williams
New faculty launch careers in LAS
College announces 18 new professor positions this fall
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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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