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What will be the effect of changing bird names?
Historian reflects on a recent decision to change names that honor people
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Brent Roberts
Six LAS professors rank among the world's most influential
Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list recognizes most-cited publications
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Sanda Dolcos, Florin Dolcos, and Paul Bogdan
Study finds people expect others to mirror their own selfishness or generosity
Research indicates a person’s own behavior is the primary driver of how they treat others
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Chengjian Mao, Xinyi Dai, David Shapiro, Junyao Zhu and Erik Nelson
Team identifies key driver of cancer cell death pathway that activates immune cells
Discovery will aid efforts to fine-tune immunotherapies against challenging cancers
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Are bees still in trouble?
Entomologist: Factors from nutrition to economics affect bee health
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Catalyst’s ability to mimic liver enzyme could broaden scope of pharmaceutical drug discovery
U of I chemists collaborate with Merck & Co.
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Worker cleans the exterior of Altgeld Hall
Altgeld glow-up
Workers clean generations of dirt from eons-old stone
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Conversations that make college feel like home
We Got Each Other participants talk about everything from campus life to life itself
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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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