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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 3h

Illinois dance professor and choreographer Cynthia Oliver’s work “Turn. Turning. TURNT.” — a triptych of three interconnected dance pieces — is a meditation on negotiating time and relationships through collective life-changing conditions. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/triptych-of-...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 6h

More than a decade of research in the IKIDS program offers insight into some of the ways chemical exposures affect child cognition and development. @beckmanillinois.bsky.social @vetmedillinois.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/studies-offe...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 29/09/2026

Illinois architecture professor Joseph Altshuler and art professor Nekita Thomas reimagine how graphic design can transform public spaces in their new book “Supergraphic Landscapes: From Public Art to Urban Design.” Read more here: news.illinois.edu/illinois-res...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 29/09/2026

Illinois professor Kaiyu Guan and Illinois alumnus Liangfang Zhang have been named 2026 MacArthur Fellows, each receiving what is commonly known as a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/u-of-i-resea...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 22/09/2026

A new exhibit at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library explores the life and career of author Mary Shelley and the context for her novel “Frankenstein.” Read more here: news.illinois.edu/rare-book-an...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 22/09/2026

Health and kinesiology Ph.D. student Kaitlyn Thornton travels with a team of researchers to bring wheelchair rugby to Armenia. @ahsillinois.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/bringing-whe...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 21/09/2026

Postpartum women reported in a new U. of I. study that lingering pain, particularly after C-sections, and depressive symptoms hampered their ability to care for themselves and their infants. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/postpartum-p... @ahsillinois.bsky.social @ahsillinois.bsky.social

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 18/09/2026

Spurlock Museum of World Cultures is returning 201 objects from its collection to Peru in the museum’s first voluntary international repatriation. @spurlockmuseum.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/spurlock-mus...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 17/09/2026

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is unveiling Illinois Leads, a strategic plan to set the course for the future of the state’s flagship public-serving university. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/illinois-lea...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 17/09/2026

The first step in gauging the existential risks of AI should be a common scale with independent verification, says Robert Brunner, the chief disruption officer @giesbusiness.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/ai-apocalypse/

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 14/09/2026

U. of I. aerospace engineering alumnus, U.S. Space Force colonel and retired astronaut Mike Hopkins will return to campus to serve as the grand marshal of the U. of I. Homecoming parade Friday, Oct. 2 Read more here: news.illinois.edu/hopkins-name...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 14/09/2026

Go on an adventure with graduate student Wardah Noor Syeda as she and her colleagues capture dragonflies and cockroaches in the Peruvian Amazon. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/chasing-inse...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 10/09/2026

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign continued a trend of enrollment milestones with a record-breaking class for the fall 2026 semester, marking the third consecutive year the university has tallied its largest-ever first-year class. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/illinois-wel...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 10/09/2026

Lissette M. Piedra, a @UofISocialWork professor, is co-leading a $17 million research project that is investigating how caregiving evolves across the life course and its impacts on health, social relationships and other factors. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/u-of-i-resea...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 10/09/2026

How amyloid-forming proteins unfold is the key to how they cause disease — and researchers just found a new unfolding pathway. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/amyloidosis-...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 10/09/2026

An exhibition created by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign architecture professor Kevin Hinders celebrates the influence of architect Charles Platt on the design of the campus and its buildings. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/architecture...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 09/09/2026

Go Behind the Scenes with wheelchair athlete Jean Driscoll as she reflects on her many adventures at Illinois, first as a student and later as an assistant dean in the College of Applied Health Sciences. @ahsillinois.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/feeling-grat...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 08/09/2026

Illinois Sustainable Technology Center researcher John Scott found that many popular disposable e-cigarette devices contain extremely high levels of lead and other metals in the liquid, raising new concerns over fast‑growing piles of vape waste. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/vape-waste-p...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 03/09/2026

The Alma Project, a new character education project at the University of Illinois, aims to cultivate the qualities of neighborliness and purpose in Illinois undergraduate students and enhance campus culture. @educationillinois.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/illinois-new...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 03/09/2026

Dual Credit at the U. of I. is bringing popular general education courses from #Illinois directly to high school students across Illinois — at no cost to those students. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/illinois-ann...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 01/09/2026

A new book by professor of African American studies Bobby J. Smith II tells how the New Farmers of America taught tens of thousands of rural Black boys about farming and transformed rural Black life. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/book-tells-t...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 31/08/2026

A bacterial protein fragment called corisin drives the process of pulmonary fibrosis by infiltrating and disrupting the cell’s quality-control system, researchers at Illinois and Mie University in Japan found in a new study. Meanwhile, blocking corisin with an antibody impeded the damage.

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 31/08/2026

The Labor Action Tracker is a comprehensive database of labor strikes and labor protest activity in the U.S. during the postpandemic era that was created to better inform policymakers and researchers, says Johnnie Kallas, the director of the project and a labor professor of labor at Illinois.

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 31/08/2026

📚The Rare Book and Manuscript Library holds a large collection of books, manuscripts, letters and other materials related to author Ian Fleming and his character James Bond. The materials were donated by collector and Illinois alumnus Michael VanBlaricum. news.illinois.edu/rare-book-an...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 31/08/2026

Kelli Trei of the University Library oversaw the relocation of the Biodiversity Heritage Library, the world’s largest digital library dedicated to biodiversity literature, from the Smithsonian Institution to other institutions across the U.S. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/what-is-the-...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 25/08/2026

Black parents with lighter skin tones impart fewer protective messages that affirm racial pride, resilience and self-worth to their children, according to a recent study on racial-ethnic socialization practices led by Illinois professor Shardé McNeil Smith. news.illinois.edu/appropriated...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 25/08/2026

A new exhibition at Krannert Art Museum explores mid-20th century ceramics production and experimentation through selections from the museum’s collection. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/krannert-art...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 24/08/2026

“The process of pregnancy, far from being straightforward or inevitable, is one marked by significant uncertainty,” writes U. of I. anthropology professor Kate Clancy in a new book published by @princetonupress.bsky.social. Photo by Joanna Strauss @lasillinois.bsky.social

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 18/08/2026

Fluctuating work hours have significant adverse effects on employees’ health, but men and women respond in different ways, a new study by Tim Liao and Sinyee Qianyi Lu found. @lasillinois.bsky.social @uofillinois.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/volatile-wee...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 18/08/2026

A new book by Illinois professor of English and of gender and women’s studies Siobhan Somerville looks at naturalization and how assumptions about race, sexuality and Indigeneity have historically been part of the question of citizenship. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/illinois-pro...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 18/08/2026

Training helped college students better regulate their emotions in response to negative events or memories. Functional MRI scans revealed corresponding changes in the spontaneous functional connectivity of their brains.

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 17/08/2026

A new book co-written by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign political scientist Matthew S. Winters explores the “state-centric persistence” of poor citizens of the Global South in their pursuit of benefits from government-run social welfare programs. news.illinois.edu/persistent-c...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 13/08/2026

#Illinois professors Sara Gerke, Jingrui He, Marc Hertzman, Vesna Stojanoska and Wendy Yang were named the 2026 University Scholars. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/five-illinoi...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 11/08/2026

50 high school students from Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood traveled to the College of Veterinary Medicine to learn hands-on about veterinary medicine career options. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/exploring-ve...

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cancercenteril.bsky.social @cancercenteril.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#ILLINOIS researchers have developed a handheld device that could help shape the future of cancer detection. The VPodDuo can accurately detect genetic markers indicating the possible presence of cancer cells. 🔗 go.illinois.edu/VPodDuo

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 06/08/2026

Faculty members Andrew Belmont and Carla Cáceres have been named as university endowed chairs at #Illinois. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/illinois-ann...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 05/08/2026

Announcing the Spring 2026 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduates, Dean’s List and Bronze Tablet honorees. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/2026-spring-...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 04/08/2026

Congratulations to FSHN College Bowl team on clinching its first national title in the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association championship in Chicago on July 14. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/u-of-i-food-...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 04/08/2026

Gender gaps in achievement in STEM disciplines are linked with the gendered use of novelty claims in research studies, according to a new paper by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sociology professor Jina Lee. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/novelty-clai...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 04/08/2026

The Cline Center for Advanced Social Research and an interdisciplinary team of #ILLINOIS experts have produced a new data-driven dashboard to pinpoint U.S. counties that have an unusual number of police use of lethal force incidents relative to national benchmarks. news.illinois.edu/spotlite-ano...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 30/07/2026

A new gene editing tool to treat Huntington’s disease was successfully demonstrated in mice. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/genetic-base...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 28/07/2026

Children’s biographies of scientists that emphasize their extraordinary intellect, talent or early scientific interest may deter children from studying science, says new research by Jessica Gladstone. @uofillinois.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/scientists-b...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 28/07/2026

Yes, dogs, cats and other warm-blooded animals are susceptible to the New World screwworm, says Dr. Clarissa Pimental de Souza, a professor of veterinary clinical medicine at the U. of I. Catching infestations early is the key to successful recovery. @vetmedillinois.bsky.social

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 28/07/2026

Learn about the unique geology of campus buildings on the U. of I. Quad. Go Behind the Scenes on a tour with campus News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/lois-rocks-t...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 27/07/2026

Classics professor Eduardo García-Molina discusses how “The Odyssey” film compares with Homer’s epic poem and the story’s relevance today. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/how-does-the...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 23/07/2026

A new book tells the history of the Deseret alphabet, created by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 19th century and described as “a marvelous, ambitious, quixotic project” to reshape the English language. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/book-traces-...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 22/07/2026

A team led by @uofillinois.bsky.social chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Huimin Zhao is honored to be selected as a Genesis Mission Awardee by the Dept. of Energy. This recognition reflects Illinois’ dedication to advancing innovation and strengthening America’s scientific leadership.

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 21/07/2026

Sarah Wells was selected as the Office Professional of the Year 2026 at #Illinois. Wells is the assistant to the executive director of the Prairie Research Institute at Illinois. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/wells-named-...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 16/07/2026

Seven #Illinois students will pursue international educational experiences in the coming year through Fulbright grants. #Fulbright Read more here: news.illinois.edu/illinois-stu...

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University of Illinois News Bureau @news.illinois.edu · 16/07/2026

Widespread implementation of driverless truck technology in the U.S. could reduce transportation costs by 35%, resulting in significant increases in total interstate trade value, says new research by #ILLINOIS economists. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/self-driving...

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