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  June brought summer heat, storms

  Jul 16, 2025 8:45 am

  The heat wave in late June was extreme in both its intensity — especially nighttime temperatures — and its duration, breaking 14 daily high and 88 daily high minimum temperature records across Illinois, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the Prairie Research Institute.

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  Bialeschki named Office Professional of the Year 2025

  Jul 10, 2025 11:15 am

  Cathy Bialeschki was selected as the Office Professional of the Year 2025 by the Illinois Administrative Professionals organization at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 

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  ISAS brings together Tribal Nations, researchers to discuss freshwater mussels

  Jul 10, 2025 7:00 am

  A recent meeting between Tribal Nations and researchers from the Prairie Research Institute focused on sharing information and discussing the cultural significance of freshwater mussels, priorities for conservation and preservation, and opportunities for collaboration.

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  Mild May wraps up otherwise warm spring in Illinois

  Jun 16, 2025 12:30 pm

  Despite milder May temperatures, the spring season was still a top 10 warmest on record in many places in the Midwest, including in St. Louis, Peoria, and Paducah, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the Prairie Research Institute.

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  Water survey to analyze flood risk in McHenry County

  Jun 3, 2025 3:30 pm

  The Illinois State Water Survey is continuing data development for the Kishwaukee River watershed as part of a multiple-phase study to help local communities identify areas of high flood risk for flood mitigation planning.

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  Paper addresses natural history collections’ role in pandemic preparedness

  Jun 2, 2025 10:30 am

  Natural history collections contain information needed to prevent, prepare for, and respond to disease outbreaks that could turn into a pandemic — but they are an underused resource. Dozens of collections and other experts gathered last year to analyze how to change that and their findings were recently published in the journal BioScience.

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  Water survey to analyze flood risks in Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper, Lawrence counties

  May 23, 2025 3:45 pm

  The Illinois State Water Survey is continuing data development for the Embarras River watershed as part of a multiple-phase study to help local communities identify areas of high flood risk for flood mitigation planning.

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  Low-level airplanes will survey for critical minerals in southern Illinois

  May 15, 2025 2:00 pm

  Low-flying airplanes equipped with geophysical instruments will fly over parts of Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Johnson, Pope, and Hardin counties.

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  Warmer April in Illinois

  May 8, 2025 10:00 am

  April broke records for being among the wettest on record in much of southern Illinois, which experienced an extreme rain event early in the month, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the Prairie Research Institute.

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  Center for Digital Agriculture, Prairie Research Institute partner to support joint agriculture research

  May 5, 2025 10:00 am

  The Center for Digital Agriculture and the Prairie Research Institute have partnered to offer seed funding for joint research projects.

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