Media Advisory: Public forums to solicit input for campus master plan

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two upcoming public forums will provide overviews of the process for updating the campus master plan and ask for ideas on the future of the Urbana campus.

The campus public forum will be held from 3-5 p.m. April 12 in Room MP-6 of the Activities and Recreation Center, 201 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign. A community public forum will be 6:30-8 p.m. April 14 in the ballroom of the I Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First St., Champaign.

A new interactive website provides information on the process and allows visitors to provide feedback to questions, post comments and photos, or sign up for project updates.

Fermenting legume pulses boosts their antidiabetic, antioxidant properties

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Food scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign identified the optimal fermentation conditions for pulses ― the dried edible seeds of legumes ― that increased their antioxidant and antidiabetic properties and their soluble protein content. Using the bacteria Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 299v as the microorganism, the team fermented pulses obtained from varying concentrations […]

Expert viewpoints Ukraine’s daring drone attack deep within Russia is significant but not war-redefining, and may hinder U.S. efforts to end the war, says University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign political science professor and international relations expert Nicholas Grossman.

Ukraine’s daring drone attack deep within Russia is significant but not war-redefining, and may hinder U.S. efforts to end the war, says University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign political science professor and international relations expert Nicholas Grossman.

Does Ukraine drone attack inside Russia augur new era of asymmetric warfare?

Champaign, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign political science professor Nicholas Grossman is the author of “Drones and Terrorism: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security” and specializes in international relations. Grossman spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about “Operation Spiderweb,” Ukraine’s expertly plotted drone attack inside the Russian mainland. […]

Behind the scenes Photo of a man with his leg lifted and his boot in the foreground, while another man in the foreground reacts.

Staging a fight

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A group of theatre students is gathered in a rehearsal room at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. They are each paired with a partner, and I watch as they shove each other in the chest, knee one another in the gut and then punch their […]

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