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Posted: April 30, 2020
Congratulations to the 25 Image of Research semi-finalists. Thank you to every graduate student who entered, our panel of judges, and all those who visited the online exhibition. There were 3,828 votes total in the People's Choice competition.
The 2020 Image of Research winners are:
1ST PRIZE ($500 AWARD)
'Survival is the True...
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Posted: April 24, 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumna, Phuong Le (PhD, Bioengineering, '19), was awarded a Schmidt Science Fellowship, one of only twenty-two awarded worldwide.
While earning her doctorate, Le was part of the Smith Lab in the Grainger College of Engineering. Her research focused on developing new technology that combines...
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Posted: April 21, 2020
The Graduate College is pleased to announce Saniya Ghanoui, a doctoral student in the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences as the winner of the sixth annual Graduate Student Leadership Award.
On-campus and nationally, Ghanoui uses her scholarly training to address public needs and connect with new...
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Posted: April 1, 2020
This is the story of three bird species and how they interact. The brown-headed cowbird plays the role of outlaw: It lays its eggs in other birds’ nests and lets them raise its young – often at the expense of the host’s nestlings. To combat this threat, yellow warblers have developed a special “seet” call that means, “Look out! Cowbird!”
In a new...
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Posted: April 1, 2020
Every year, as we prepare for the annual Image of Research exhibition, we are simply amazed at the diversity and beauty of graduate student research on our campus.
This year, we are excited to share the work of the 25 semifinalists through an online gallery. We invite you to explore the exhibition and vote for your top three entries. You have...