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  • Gone fishing: Researchers' imaging technique trolls in quiet cellular seas

    Experienced anglers know that choppy waters make for difficult fishing, so they try not to rock the boat. Thanks to a new microscopy technique, cell biology researchers can heed that same advice.

  • Nowhere to hide: New device sees bacteria behind the eardrum

    Doctors can now get a peek behind the eardrum to better diagnose and treat chronic ear infections, thanks to a new medical imaging device invented by University of Illinois researchers.

  • President of Zhejiang University to speak at Illinois May 31

    Wei Yang, the president of Zhejiang University, one of China’s leading research universities, will deliver the second installment of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s “The Research University in the World of the Future” speaker series.

  • Boppart recognized with Hans Sigrist Prize

    Stephen A. Boppart, a Bliss Professor of Engineering with appointments in the departments of electrical and computer engineering, of bioengineering, and of internal medicine at Illinois, has been awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize.

  • Grand Challenges Explorations Grant Funds Groundbreaking Health Research

    UC Bioengineering Professor Todd Coleman, in collaboration with Materials Science and Engineering Professor John A. Rogers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled “Epidermal Electronics for Continuous Pregnancy Monitoring.”

  • Bespoke Enzymes Push The Envelope

    Yi Lu of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and coworkers, in collaboration with Jiangyun Wang’s group at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing, report the rational design of metalloenzymes with heme-copper centers, unusual efficiency, and more than 1,000 turnovers in catalyzing the reduction of oxygen to water.

  • CNST Founding Director Ilesanmi Adesida to be the Provost at UI

    The University of Illinois has chosen a noted nanotechnology scholar as its next provost. Ilesanmi "Ade" Adesida, dean of the UI's College of Engineering, is expected to assume the post on Aug. 16, pending UI Board of Trustees approval.

  • Engineering at Illinois establishes Safe Global Water Institute

    With the goal of seeking sustainable solutions to the world’s safe water and sanitation challenges, the College of Engineering has established the Safe Global Water Institute (SGWI) under the direction of Benito Mariñas, a professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE).

  • Cahill named a 2012 MRS Fellow

    David G. Cahill, a Willett Professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been selected as a 2012 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS).

  • New faculty member Bryce is an expert in optoelectronics

    Ann Catrina Bryce is one of the newest professors to call ECE ILLINOIS home. She comes to Urbana-Champaign from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom.