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Two U. of I. faculty receive Guggenheim Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have been awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships. This year’s Illinois fellows are history professor Kristin Hoganson and English professor Corey Van Landingham. They are among 198 individuals working across 53 disciplines chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from nearly 3,500 applicants. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation […]
What effect will tariffs have on consumers, farmers?
Champaign, Ill. — Jonathan W. Coppess is the the Leonard and Lila Gardner Illinois Farm Bureau Family of Companies Endowed Associate Professor in Agricultural Policy at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Coppess is the author of “Between Soil and Society: Legislative History and Political Development of […]
First-Generation Scholars Research Program provides research experience and more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Before arriving on campus, first-year University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign student Andy Granados voiced the concerns that many students coming to a large university face. “Before I started freshman year, I was scared,” Granados said. “I’m not as social as other people. I don’t really know how to connect with my professors, so […]
How will (now 10%) tariffs, cuts to USAID, affect Lesotho?
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Before President Donald Trump abruptly changed course on tariffs, the 12th smallest African nation, Lesotho, was near the top of the list of countries whose products would be taxed at the U.S. border. Charles Fogelman, a professor in the Global Studies Program and in the Center for African Studies at the University […]
How does what lives in your gut affect your health?
The hordes of microorganisms living in our digestive tracts are important to digestion and our immune systems, but what we eat can affect them, too, says Illinois pathobiology professor Chris Gaulke in a video interview.
Illini Success report details high rates of employment, continuing education among recent Illinois graduates
The annual Illini Success report shows that recent University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduates experienced high rates success in finding jobs, enrolling in graduate school or beginning volunteer positions.
Four Illinois students receive Goldwater scholarships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois juniors David Balut, Alyssa Shih, Dmitriy Shvydkoy and Annie Zeng were awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering. As the result of an ongoing partnership with UWorld, a testing tools provider, and the Department […]
How risky is the bird flu for cats?
With domestic cats in 23 states now diagnosed with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, pet owners can reduce risk by limiting exposure through their cats’ food or environment, says Illinois veterinary medicine professor and virologist Dr. Leyi Wang.
Awards honor excellence in instruction
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisors campuswide. This year’s recipients are being honored at a ceremony on April 15. Awardees are cited for sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate and graduate teaching, undergraduate […]
Sixteen employees honored with 2025 Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sixteen academic professionals and civil service staff members have received the Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award recognizing exceptional performance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A CSEA committee recommends finalists, who are approved by Illinois Chancellor Robert Jones. Each awardee receives $1,500 and a commemorative award. Two staff members received awards in each […]
Why were Venezuelan immigrants sent to El Salvador?
On March 15, more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants were accused of engagement in gang activity and deported from the U.S. — not to Venezuela, but to El Salvador, some 1,600 miles away from their home country. Ellen Moodie, an anthropology professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is the author of “El Salvador in the […]
Three Illinois faculty named AAAS Fellows
Three faculty members at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.