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Art and Design seniors exhibit their work at Krannert Art Museum

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — More than 100 seniors in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will exhibit work that is the culmination of their education. The School of Art and Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition opens May 9, with an opening reception from 4-6 p.m., and runs through May […]

Engineering A colorized microscope image

More structural protein can make tumors softer, the inverse of how lab tumors are made, study finds

Higher levels of the structural proteins collagen and fibrin around a tumor counterintuitively make the tissue softer — the opposite of conventional thinking.

Humanities Photo of an immense bronze bison statue looming over a Native American speaker and others seated beside him outside the National Museum of Natural History.

History professor Rosalyn LaPier helps create bison exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An exhibit tracing the cultural and ecological legacy of American bison opens May 7 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “Bison: Standing Strong” commemorates both the 250th anniversary of the nation and the 10th anniversary of the naming of the bison as our […]

Engineering Six people stand in front of red MRI machines

New MRI technology provides a comprehensive view of the human brain

New MRI technology can map multiple biomarkers with one scan, giving a more complete picture of the brain and disease.

Health and Medicine Social work professor Rosalba Hernandez led a study that explored positive psychology's effects on cardiovascular health.

Maintaining a healthy heart may require regular doses of positivity  

Gratitude, mindfulness and other positive psychology practices support heart health, but lasting success may hinge on periodic reinforcement, study says.

Arts Photo of a group of students in the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art, in front of a windowsill with an exhibit of architectural models.

Architecture students create models, drawings for exhibit, materials collection of Ricker Library

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A collaborative project between architecture students and the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign aims to enhance the library’s materials collection and increase student engagement with it. Through an independent study led by architecture professor Hugh Swiatek, the students are exploring the architectural details of three […]

Expert Viewpoints Social work professor Christopher Fleming led a study that explored youth gangs in small towns and rural areas in the U.S.

Do youth gangs exist in rural America?

Christopher Fleming is a professor of social work at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign and the first author of a recent study that explored gang involvement among youths from rural and small communities in the U.S. Fleming spoke with News Bureau research editor Sharita Forrest. What sparked your interest in examining gangs in rural […]

Health and Medicine Social Sciences Doctoral student Shaimaa Khanam standing outdoors with the column of a campus building in the background.

Stealthing survivors grapple with a “gray area” of sexual violation

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Nonconsensual condom removal by an intimate partner falls into a gray area of sexual violence, a traumatic experience that exposes survivors to health risks but one they often are expected to manage alone without medical assistance or legal recourse, a new study says. Study author Shaimaa Khanam, a doctoral student in communication […]

Health and Medicine Sara Gerke, the Richard W. & Marie L. Corman Scholar at the College of Law.

Paper: Autonomous AI-based drug prescribing rife with potential problems

Autonomous AI-based drug prescribing raises important clinical and legal issues, says law professor Sara Gerke.

Health and Medicine Social Sciences Photo of Rachel Hoopsick standing in a blue dress outside a university building.

Social media promotion, ease of access increase risk of adolescent inhalant misuse

Two new studies offer insight into adolescents who use nitrous oxide or other inhalants in the U.S.

Expert Viewpoints Law and Policy Portrait of Rachel Hoopsick

Who benefits from loosening restrictions on psychedelics, marijuana?

Substance use and mental health expert Rachel Hoopsick weighs in on the new changes to federal drug policy.

Humanities Diptych image of José A. de la Garza Valenzuela and the cover of his book “Queer in a Legal Sense: Brown Citizenship and Other Lawful Fictions.”

Illinois professor’s book shows how ‘lawful fictions’ are used to manage immigration, citizenship

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — José A. de la Garza Valenzuela, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of Latina/Latino Studies, looks at the experiences of queer migrants, and at how immigration practices shape particular fictions about them, in his new book “Queer in a Legal Sense: Brown Citizenship and Other Lawful Fictions.” The book combines literary and […]

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