The Graduate College at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been awarded a $500,000 Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Sixteen University of Illinois graduate students have been named Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Fellows by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
DFI Fellowships are dedicated to diversifying the faculty and administration at colleges and universities in Illinois. To that end, fellowships support underrepresented graduate students who intend to teach or become administrators in higher education in the state following graduation.
Graduate Certificates are for students who have completed a bachelor’s degree but are not yet enrolled in a graduate degree program. Certificate credits can be stacked into a master’s program.
The three Graduate Certificate programs are:
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads the world in teaching, research, and public engagement. We could not accomplish this without exceptional faculty members, staff members, and graduate teaching assistants.
This spring, we honored some of our finest instructors for excellence in teaching, mentoring, and advising. These outstanding individuals were awarded what is collectively known as the Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction.
The Graduate College is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Research Live! competition.
Research Live! is a fun, fast-paced competition that celebrates graduate students' research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Twelve finalists shared their remarkable research in three minutes or less at the virtual public showcase on Monday, April 12. The winners are:
First prize: $300
Sherry Yi, PhD in Educational Psychology, "Using Videogames to Spark Interest for Learning"
The Graduate College is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2021 Research Live! competition.
Congratulations to the finalists who are:
Thank you to every graduate student who entered, the semifinalists, our panel of judges, visitors to the online exhibition, and those who voted in the People's Choice competition.
The 2021 Image of Research winners are:
Fracas at the Nest by Nick Antonson from Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
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 of Illinois offered awards and accorded Honorable Mention.
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:
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new web tool speeds the discovery of drugs to kill Gram-negative bacteria, which are responsible for the vast majority of antibiotic-resistant infections and deaths. The tool also offers insights into discrete chemical changes that can convert drugs that kill other bacteria into drugs to fight Gram-negative infections. The team proved the system works by modifying a Gram-positive drug and testing it against three different Gram-negative bacterial culprits in mouse sepsis. The drug was successful against each.