blog postsFuture Environments: What contaminants are in your home?Sep 1, 2018 1:30 pm0 views Professor Susan Schantz warns how common chemicals around the house can impact human development, and what you can do to protect yourself and your familyDo food pantry environments encourage healthy food choices? New tool can assessJun 23, 2018 1:30 pm0 views Could improving the consumer nutrition environment of food pantries—placement of items, food choices, freshness, availability of nutritional information, etc.— help people make healthier choices?Artists at Krannert Art Museum want you to use your ears as well as your eyesApr 3, 2018 4:45 am1 views Artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme will talk about the importance of sound in their work, including an exhibition currently at Krannert Art MuseumHelp a tick-tracking initiative combat tickborne disease this springMar 29, 2018 11:15 am2 views As the 2018 tick season gets under way, Illinois researchers are launching a surveillance program to learn more about where, when Illinoisans are encountering ticksChoose from over 350 course sectionsMar 17, 2018 10:30 am1 views Are you travelling, returning home, or working at an internship this summer? Take challenging, high-demand courses in an online format from anywhere in the worldIllinois Open House Weekend, March 9 & 10Feb 21, 2018 3:30 pm658 views The University of Illinois welcomes thousands of students to campus for open house events in the College of Engineering, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, and several other campus units.When trauma touches the classroom: Workshops train teachers to offer hopeFeb 13, 2018 4:00 pm0 views Eighty percent of children receive no mental health services, and among those who do, most receive the services at schoolIllinois Summit on Diversity in Psychological ScienceFeb 12, 2018 9:45 am1 views The goal of this Summit is to set a new agenda for research in psychological science that will transform the way we think about diversity, its context in the academy, societyArt and music harmonize at Art Remastered performances at Krannert Art MuseumFeb 12, 2018 9:30 am0 views Local musicians composed new songs in response to a piece of art at the museum, then perform them next to the artwork. The museum will host an Art Remastered event Feb. 23Third bird with lead poisoning arrives at Wildlife ClinicFeb 8, 2018 4:15 pm0 views 'It is very unusual to have received a third lead-positive bald eagle in just over two weeks—and the second one to have extremely high lead levels.' Neither of the others survived35th Insect Fear Film Festival: TicksFeb 6, 2018 10:15 am2 views The 35th Insect Fear Film Festival will focus on a creature that is important for humans to understand but that is not actually an insect at allFebruary Dance to reflect recent crisis responsesJan 26, 2018 9:45 am0 views February Dance will include performances that explore responses to crisis, look at protest in an airport setting and celebrate the music of Tom PettyFree, online, discipline-spanning conference. 2/28 – 3/2Jan 19, 2018 9:45 am0 views Join this cutting-edge, 100% online discussion of new advancements, practices and challenges inherent to eHealth and communicationDark Energy Survey data processed by NCSA now available to all scientistsJan 10, 2018 2:15 pm0 views DES announced first major release of data: Information on more than 400 million astronomical objects, from distant galaxies to stars in the Milky WayTop Stories for 2017: Blue Waters' billion dollar return to Illinois' economyDec 28, 2017 9:45 am2 views In May, NCSA released a study detailing the current and projected economic impact of its Blue Waters project on Illinois' economyU of I librarian to help Puerto Rican libraries with disaster recoveryDec 21, 2017 4:15 pm0 views Collections care coordinator Miriam Centeno will spend two weeks in January in Puerto Rico helping librarians assess and repair damage to their collections from Hurricane MariaISEE's guide to 10 last-minute environmentally friendly giftsDec 12, 2017 10:30 am1 views Ten holiday gift ideas that won’t take much time but will make a statement about your commitment to the environment, from Illinois' Institue for Sustainability, Energy and EnvironmentPodcast addict? Subscribe to these podcasts by Illinois researchers, alumniDec 8, 2017 11:45 am749 views If you’re a podcast fanatic and looking for something new to listen to, read about a few podcasts created by Illinois faculty members and researchers, produced by Illinois alumni or hosted by Illinois students and staff. Organizations partner with Illinois Extension to combat malnutrition in seniorsDec 6, 2017 9:45 am1 views Seniors may face emotional barriers to nutrition. 'Eating alone is one of the biggest risk factors, (and) 42.3 percent of Illinois seniors live by themselves'Choreographer wrestles with notions of masculinity in new dance-theater workNov 28, 2017 10:15 am0 views 'Virago-Man Dem' considers male behaviors within Caribbean and African-American cultures, and how black men find themselves restricted by societal codes and taboosFuture physician-engineers: Join us in Chicago, Dec. 9Nov 10, 2017 1:00 pm0 views Prospective students invited to a Chicago Open House to meet faculty and our admissions team. Registration is required U. of I. program to help provide mental health services to high-need areas in IllinoisNov 10, 2017 9:30 am0 views A new campus program is expanding the number of behavioral health providers available to medically underserved and rural communities throughout IllinoisEducation Justice Project receives $1 million grant from Mellon FoundationOct 18, 2017 3:30 pm0 views 'The generous support of the Mellon Foundation promises to allow EJP, which has already served almost 250 individual students at the prison, to impact the lives of many more individuals.'Few hunters know how their duck stamp dollars are spentOct 9, 2017 4:30 pm1 views Illinois hunters each pay $25 for an annual federal duck stamp to legally shoot waterfowl, yet few know how their money is used, according to a University of Illinois study.September 18 to November 10Sep 27, 2017 7:00 am1 views The 2017 Campus Charitable Fund Drive kicks off September 18, 2017. Pledge your support today and make a donation. It's easy, and together we make a HUGE difference.Education Justice Project receives Community Impact AwardSep 19, 2017 1:15 pm0 views EJP is a comprehensive college-in-prison program that demonstrates the positive impacts of higher education on incarcerated people, their families, and their home communitiesBeautiful musk (and the furious farmer)Sep 12, 2017 9:00 am1 views The low afternoon light cast a beautiful glow, and I was struck by a lone thistle growing amidst the wheat.Illinois first in the U.S. to offer new brachycephalic syndrome procedureSep 6, 2017 11:30 am0 views A new surgical procedure that addresses one of these pets’ anatomical problems was performed for the first time in the U.S. at the Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital.How do dads fit into early intervention services for children?Aug 1, 2017 4:30 pm0 views Professor Brent McBride hopes his study will inform service providers to better target or include fathers in intervention plans that positively affect children’s developmentIllinois counts down to the total solar eclipseJul 11, 2017 10:45 am1 views Professor Leslie Looney: "It’s the darkness, it’s the drama, it’s this beautiful thing, and you say, ‘I get this. I see why people spend thousands to travel and see eclipses.’"
