Illinois in the News

HR Dive (Newton, Mass., Sept. 2) — Men and women often respond differently when witnessing sexual harassment in the workplace, with women consistently reporting higher empathy toward harassment targets, according to a study by researchers at the U. of I.

Chicago Tribune (Sept. 2) — Illinois chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Brendan Harley discusses why the health of our society depends on students equipped to embrace uncertainty.

Space Explored (New York City, Sept. 1) — Named in honor of George Carruthers, whose ultraviolet camera flew on Apollo 16, the NASA Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is led by Illinois electrical and computer engineering professor Lara Waldrop.

Forbes (Jersey City, N.J., Aug. 31) — Civil and environmental engineering professor Christopher Tessum on a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study that found that, regardless of geographic region or income, exposure to air pollution is higher among people of color, including Latinos.

The New York Times (Aug. 29) — Psychology professor emerita Elizabeth Stine-Morrow on rereading books.

Food Business News (Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 27) — Protein needs increase for aging adults who want to stay physically fit, says food science and human nutrition professor emeritus Donald Layman.

Health (New York City, Aug. 26) — A 2016 research review found that brain-training games may improve performance on specific tasks, but there’s little evidence that they enhance everyday cognition, says Elizabeth Stine-Morrow, a professor emerita of psychology.

Forbes (Jersey City, N.J., Aug. 26) — Illinois is ranked as one of the top 25 public colleges by Forbes, which also recognized the university as one of its “Public New Ivies.”

Inside Higher Ed (Washington, D.C., Aug. 25) — The associate director for the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Kasia Szremski on proposed cuts to grants to universities that create centers devoted to foreign languages and area studies, a field focused on the study of the culture of a particular area or region.

Wall Street Journal (New York City, Aug. 25) — Despite a record-sized crop coming in the U.S., many in the Corn Belt barely expect to turn a profit this year. Analysts with the U. of I.’s agricultural and consumer economics department project that losses may turn steeper for farmers next year.

WTTW-TV (Champaign, Aug. 23) — Illinois alumni Emma Darbro and Grace Hosey helped inspire and advocate for new reproductive health care protections signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker on a visit to the University YMCA on campus.

Live Science (New York City, Aug. 21) — The first people to step foot in the Americas were harboring a sliver of DNA from two extinct Eurasian human groups: the Neanderthals and the Denisovans, a new study finds. “The researchers took this complex pattern, and they were able to parse it out in the context of past human demographic events,” says Ripan Malhi, a professor of anthropology who was not involved in the new study.