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Research explores Champaign Park District’s relationship with users who are homeless
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Members of the Champaign community who were surveyed for a recent research project viewed the Champaign Park District as a stopgap provider of “crisis response” services for people who are homeless. The park district ― which oversees more than 62 parks and 14 recreational facilities ― collaborated on the project, which was […]
How do we address the problem of PFAS in sewage sludge?
Communities and federal agencies are waking up to the dangers of “forever chemicals” in wastewater treatment sludge, which is often sprayed on farm fields as fertilizer. In mid-January, the federal Environmental Protection Agency warned that this practice endangers human health. A month later, Johnson County in northeast Texas declared a state of emergency over the […]
Poetry book looks at how people create a sense of place for themselves
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign English professor Janice Harrington examines the natural world, the histories of Black residents in the Midwest and how people create a sense of place for themselves in her most recent book of poetry, “Yard Show.” The book was on the longlist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle […]
Team finds regional, age-related trends in exposure to drug-resistant pathogen
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Campylobacter infections are the most common foodborne illnesses in the U.S., sickening an estimated 1.5 million people each year. A new study examined records of Campylobacter jejuni infections from 10 states, plotting regional, age-related, and drug-resistance trends from 2013 to 2019. The study found that drug-resistant C. jejuni infections were highest in […]
To overcome antibiotic resistance, new research says to let it flow
When it comes to screening antibiotics against resistant infections, Illinois research says: Let it flow.
New book explores the U of I scholars, ideas that made history in education
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. ― A new book examines the ideas that shaped teaching practices and student learning across the past century and the innovative University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholars behind them. “Arguments for Learning: An Intellectual History of the College of Education at the University of Illinois,” co-written by education policy, organization and leadership professor Bill […]
Study: ‘Sustainable intensification’ on the farm reduces soil nitrate losses, maintains crop yields
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat found that the three-year system can dramatically reduce nitrogen — an important crop nutrient — in farm runoff without compromising yield. The new findings are detailed in […]
Book recounts history of critical race theory
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new book by rhetoric and history scholars examines the origins of critical race theory in legal studies. The movement is an area of legal scholarship that seeks to understand the relationship between race and racism and the law and other societal institutions in the U.S., the authors said. It is highly […]
Carle Illinois College of Medicine receives LCME accreditation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, has received full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. The college, which launched in 2017 and graduated its first class in 2022, operated under provisional accreditation until the LCME’s full review could be completed. […]
Biography examines spiritual wellness work of political activist Ericka Huggins
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Political activist and educator Ericka Huggins used spiritual wellness practices to cope with imprisonment and racial oppression. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of African American studies Mary Frances Phillips wrote about Huggins and how her wellness practices and political work were deeply entwined. Her new book, “Black Panther Woman: The Political and […]
New book shows how literature of extreme poverty provides stirring view of the Great Depression
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The literature of extreme poverty during the Great Depression offered an aesthetic that matched the hopelessness and isolation of the unemployed and those living on the street. Robert Dale Parker, a professor emeritus of English at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, examines what he calls “the poetics of the stiff” — the […]
Mutation increases enzyme in mouse brains linked to schizophrenia behaviors
Researchers found a key role for an enzyme regulating glycine in the brain while investigating a rare genetic mutation found in two patients with schizophrenia.