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  • Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app

    December 06, 2019
    A University of Illinois team developed a web app that can identify drug compounds that will accumulate in Gram-negative bacteria, overcoming a major hurdle in the development of new drugs to kill these dangerous pathogens. The team includes, from left, graduate student Emily Geddes, pathobiology professor Gee Lau, chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother, postdoctoral researcher Hyang Yeon Lee, and postdoctoral researcher Erica Parker.
  • Structures near airports increase risk of airplane-goose collisions

    December 05, 2019
    From left, graduate student Ryan Askren, avian ecologist Michael Ward and their colleagues found that Canada geese are using man-made structures that bring them close to airport runways.
  • Graphene: The more you bend it, the softer it gets

    December 03, 2019
    Graduate student Edmund Han, left, professor Elif Ertekin, graduate student Jaehyung Yu, professor Pinshane Y. Huang, front, and professor Arend M. van der Zande have determined how much energy it takes to bend multilayer graphene – a question that has long eluded scientists.
  • New fellowships attract doctoral candidates in the humanities and arts

    November 08, 2019
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  • Potato as effective as carbohydrate gels for boosting athletic performance

    November 08, 2019
    Researchers, including, from left, graduate students Alex Keeble and Rafael Alamilla, kinesiology and community health professor Nicholas Burd and graduate student Susannah Scaroni, found that potatoes boost athletic performance as well as commercial gels.
  • IPRH Receives $2,000,000 for Interdisciplinary Graduate Education

    October 30, 2019
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  • Congratulations 2019 Research Live! Winners

    October 23, 2019
    The 2019 Research Live! winners.
  • Lissette Piedra Named Graduate Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    October 13, 2019
    Lissette Piedra
  • Anger-prone children may benefit most from maternal sensitivity

    October 10, 2019
    Children who are prone to anger or less likely to express pleasure during everyday interactions may benefit most from caregivers who are sensitive to their emotional needs and behavioral cues, human and community development professor Nancy McElwain and doctoral student Xi Chen found in a new study of mothers and their toddlers.
  • Building microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves

    October 10, 2019
    The research team includes, from left, professor Taher Saif, graduate student Onur Aydin, graduate student Xiaotian Zhang, professor Mattia Gazzola, graduate student Gelson J. Pagan-Diaz, seated, and professor and dean of the Grainger College of Engineering, Rashid Bashir.
  • We’re Record-breaking: More than 16,000 Graduate Students Enrolled

    September 13, 2019
    We're record breaking. 16,000 Graduate Students
  • Illinois Selected to Participate in AAU’s PhD Education Initiative

    September 12, 2019
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