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Cone math models
Historical math models from Altgeld Hall recreated by students using 3D printing
Project takes place while the originals are being restored
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Peer court organization
The jury of second chances
LAS student launches a peer court organization to help reform juvenile offenders
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Aja Martinez and book cover
Book recounts history of critical race theory
Controversial topic is often misunderstood by both proponents and opponents, professor says
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Book cover and Mary Frances Phillips
Book examines spiritual wellness work of political activist Ericka Huggins
Professor Mary Frances Phillips writes the first scholarly biography of a female Black Panther
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Robert Dale Parker and book image
New book shows how literature of extreme poverty provides stirring view of the Great Depression
Professor emeritus focuses on lesser-known and forgotten writing of that period
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Annareli Morales
‘My major built a solid foundation of scientific expertise, research’
Alumna: having Illinois professors in her network is ‘incredibly valuable’
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Angad Mehta and Lisa Olshansky
Two LAS professors named Sloan Research Fellows
Grants are devoted to research that improves the general welfare of society
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Maggie Knutte and Ella Dame
Room 154
Two writers describe a new, unnerving escape room in the Psychology Building
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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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