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  • Posted: May 28, 2020
    The Beckman Institute has announced that seven University of Illinois graduate students have been named 2020 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows. The 2020 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows: Amanda East is pursuing a Ph.D. in chemistry. East will merge the chemical expertise of the Jefferson Chan group with the imaging proficiency of the Zhi-Pei...
  • Posted: May 27, 2020
    Twenty-one students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been offered Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Thirteen are graduate students and eight are undergraduates. An additional fourteen students are accorded Honorable Mention. Here are the currently enrolled students from the University...
  • Posted: May 25, 2020
    Editor’s note: Health authorities believe COVID-19 spreads by the transmission of respiratory droplets, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends homemade cloth face coverings for use in public spaces. Starting today, Illinois joins many other states in requiring people to wear masks while out. However, initial uncertainty...
  • 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...
  • 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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