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Posted: April 1, 2019
The Graduate College is pleased to announce Elizabeth Neumann, a doctoral student in Chemistry, as the winner of the fifth annual Graduate Student Leadership Award.
A strong advocate for addressing gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment in the sciences, Neumann has inspired several initiatives within the Department of Chemistry. Her...
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Posted: March 8, 2019
Congratulations to the semi-finalists in the graduate student edition of the 2019 Image of Research competition!
Join us on Wednesday, April 3 from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in room 220 of the University Library to view their entries and to vote for the People’s Choice award.
The semi-finalists are:
Paul Michael Leonardo Atienza (Anthropology), A GPS to...
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Posted: March 5, 2019
The Graduate College at Illinois hosted its annual, “Celebrating Diversity, Recognizing Excellence” reception on Monday, March 4. This campuswide ceremony recognizes graduate students from populations underrepresented in graduate education (African American, American Indian, Pacific Islander, Latina/Latino) for excellence in research, teaching or...
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Posted: February 27, 2019
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Everything is chaos. We don’t have all our music. We don’t have a permanent rehearsal space. I’ve never had my own ensemble before. Everything is unfamiliar, and everything has come together much more last-minute than I had hoped for. But for this first-ever rehearsal of the University of Illinois Saxophone Ensemble we all share...
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Posted: February 27, 2019
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A phthalate found in many plastic and personal care products may decrease fertility in female mice, a new study found.
Researchers at the University of Illinois found that giving female mice oral doses of the phthalate DiNP for 10 days disrupted their reproductive cycles, decreasing their ability to become pregnant for up to nine...