The voyage of the HMS Challenger in the 1870s was a sprawling 3½-year expedition to explore the world’s oceans. The scientists aboard the vessel collected 100,000 specimens of sea creatures, discovered 5,000 new species, mapped the ocean floors and took hundreds of measurements of sea...
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has awarded funding to several faculty members through the Study in a Second Discipline Program, which gives professors time and support to push beyond their primary...
This fall, the Department of History welcomes Shannan Mason as a lecturer. Mason is a historian of early American history whose research explores relationships between science, nature, and economics. How people think about nature and how they...
Alumna Stacy Lynn (PhD, history, ’07) has spent nearly 30 years studying Abraham Lincoln and shares the story of the women who helped shape the 16th president into the person we know from history.“...
When history graduate student Daniel Rodriguez applied for the Summer Bridge Program, created by the ...
“Kids need this project now more than ever,” said history graduate student Alex Jacobs as she reflected on her summer working with a Champaign group that is developing a new private middle school for boys.Jacobs studies queer history and the British...
Three recent College of LAS recent graduates were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences around the globe this coming year.They accepted grants from the Fulbright...
Individuals and teams from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences who have made a visible impact on society were recently recognized with the 2025 Campus Awards for Excellence...
For Ljubica Basica (BA,’18, history and political science; MBA,’23), a project manager at Google with Mandiant Cybersecurity Consulting, the critical thinking and analytical skills she gained in LAS are essential...
Two faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. History...