News Bureau

A Minute With™... Fred Kummerow, trans fat expert

Influenza has no cure, but vaccines and anti-viral treatments could help thwart another deadly outbreak, says microbiology professor Christopher Brooke.

A Minute With™... Tamara Chaplin, a University of Illinois historian of modern France

A Minute With...™ U. of I. physicist Stuart Shapiro

Bruce Levine, professor of history and expert on the Civil War

The American Civil War came to an end 150 years ago with the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Five days later, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. What role did slavery play in the Confederate defeat? And how might history have been different if Lincoln had lived? University of Illinois historian Bruce Levine (pronounced La-VEEN) has written extensively about the war and its consequences. His 2013 book, "The Fall of the House of Dixie," traced how fighting the war transformed the South from within. He spoke with News Bureau social sciences editor Craig Chamberlain.

A Minute With™... James D. Nowlan, a senior fellow in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs

The Global Carbon Project recently published the Global Carbon Budget 2020, giving world leaders access to data on atmospheric carbon concentrations, emissions and trends. Illinois atmospheric scientist Atul Jain was part of an international team of scientists that contributed data to the report. Jain talked about the carbon budget and this year’s findings with News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian.

A Minute With...™ communication professor Ned O'Gorman

A Minute With™... Jan Slater, an advertising professor and the dean of the College of Media

A Minute With™... Ned O'Gorman, a professor of communication affiliated with the U. of I. Program for Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security

A Minute With™... U. of I. educational historian James D. Anderson

A Minute With...™ Christopher Benson, author and professor of journalism

A Minute With™... Peter Fritzsche, a historian of modern Germany

A Minute With™... crop sciences professor and weed expert Aaron Hager

One of the largest carbon sequestration projects in the U.S., the Illinois Basin - Decatur Project (IBDP) has reached its goal of capturing 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and injecting it deep underground in the Mount Simon Sandstone formation beneath Decatur, Illinois. The project is designed to demonstrate the feasibility of carbon capture and storage. IBDP director Robert Finley talked about the million-ton milestone with News Bureau physical sciences editor Liz Ahlberg. Finley is director of the Advanced Energy Technology Institute at the Illinois State Geological Survey, part of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois.

A Minute With™... law professor Sean M. Anderson 

A Minute With™... Robert H. Dodds Jr., a professor and head of the department of civil and environmental engineering

A Minute With...™ Jennifer Delaney, expert on higher education finance

A Minute With™...  Safdar Khan,  an expert batsman and bowler for the Cricket Club of Illinois

A Minute With™... David Ikenberry, a professor of finance and the chair of the finance department in the College of Business

A Minute With™... UI theater professor Daniel Sullivan

A Minute With™... advertising professor Michael Giardina

A Minute With™... Kenneth Cuno, a professor of Middle Eastern history

A Minute With™... sociologist Brian Dill

A Minute With™... Robert Bruno,  a professor of labor and employment relations

"...fixing the major problems that Illinois has – both in policy and in finances – is going to require the governor to work in cooperation with rather than in opposition to the majorities in the General Assembly, and vice versa"

Recent weeks have witnessed a series of medium-to-large-sized asteroids cross paths with Earth’s orbit. The largest of the pack – asteroid 2004 UE – is on track to make its closest approach to the planet Nov. 13. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign astronomy professor and chair Leslie Looney spoke with News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian about what researchers refer to as near Earth objects and how much of a threat they are to the planet.

A Minute With™... Jürgen Scheffran, an adjunct professor in the departments of political science and of atmospheric sciences

A Minute With™... English and linguistics professor Dennis Baron

A Minute With™... Andrew Leipold, an expert on criminal law and the federal judicial process

A Minute With™... medical historian Mark Micale

A Minute With™... computer science professor Sheldon H. Jacobson and collaborator Ruben A. Proano, a professor of industrial and systems engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology

A Minute With™... Stephen P. Long, Illinois' lead investigator on a new Energy Biosciences Institute

A Minute With™... Steve Hilberg, the senior climatologist/meteorologist for the Midwestern Regional Climate Center

Rates of antibiotic-resistant infections in companion animals are rising at an alarming rate. An Illinois veterinarian discusses what can be done about it.

A Minute With™... law professors John D. Colombo and Laurie Reynolds

A Minute With™... computer science professor Sheldon H. Jacobson

Horseshoe bats in China are a natural wildlife reservoir of SARS-like coronaviruses. Some health experts think wildlife markets – specifically in Wuhan, China – led to the spillover of the new coronavirus into human populations. Though not confirmed, the hypothesis has given bats around the world a bad rap, and public fears of exposure to bats are on the rise. Illinois Natural History Survey wildlife biologist Tara Hohoff, the project coordinator of the Illinois Bat Conservation Program, spoke to News Bureau life sciences editor Diana Yates about bat biology and conservation, and the flying mammals’ role in human health.

A Minute With™... Peggy Doty, who provides educational programs about coexisting with large predators for the University of Illinois Extension.

A Minute With™... John Kindt, an emeritus professor of business and legal policy

Direct college admissions systems benefit both students and postsecondary institutions, according to Jennifer Delaney, a professor of higher education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

"Because future climate projections exhibit 'more extreme extremes,' drought recovery times will be critical for assessing ecosystem resilience."

As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes and employers look to restart businesses at full capacity, workers have leverage that they’re using to temporarily stay out of the labor market in certain industries, says U. of I. labor expert Robert Bruno.

Illinois atmospheric scientist Atul Jain was among the many scientists worldwide who contributed data to the Global Carbon Budget 2016, providing new data on atmospheric carbon concentrations, emissions and trends.

The Global Carbon Project recently published its 2021 Global Carbon Budget report, providing data on atmospheric carbon concentrations, emissions and trends. University of Illinois Urban-Champaign atmospheric sciences professor Atul Jain was part of an international team of scientists that contributed data to the report. Jain discussed the carbon budget and this year’s findings with News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian.

Last month, the Midwest experienced record-breaking cold temperatures and many are wondering how, when the climate is experiencing an unprecedented warming trend, we can still experience such frigid cold. News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian asked University of Illinois atmospheric sciences professor Don Wuebbles to explain.

A new report reveals that U.S. beekeepers lost roughly half of the honey bees they managed last year. In an interview, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign entomology professor Adam Dolezal describes the current status of bees in the U.S.

Illinois Ph.D. candidate Sulagna Chakraborty describes awareness of ticks and tick-borne disease among Illinois farmers.

A Minute With™... U. of I. Extension entomologist Phil Nixon