URBANA, Ill. – Paul Ellinger, former ACE faculty and department head, was recently appointed vice president, chief financial officer, and comptroller of the University of Illinois System, after filling the interim role since July 2021. In this position, he oversees budgeting and finance for the vast U of I system network encompassing multiple campuses, a hospital, an airport, research enterprises, and more.

The fifteenth year of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Global Academy was appropriately marked with our faculty and staff working on projects around the world in countries including Colombia, Tanzania, and Bolivia. 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study explored whether adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for diet and physical activity had any relationship with toddlers’ ability to remember, plan, pay attention, shift between tasks and regulate their own thoughts and behavior, a suite of skills known as executive function.

URBANA, Ill. – Last month, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new $30 million investment in the Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL) at the University of Illinois. The competitive grant was awarded under Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative led by USAID. 

The grant recognizes SIL’s nearly 10-year progress toward developing a robust soybean value chain across Sub-Saharan Africa and dedicates additional resources to ensure end-users adopt life-changing new products.

This week we feature Paul Ellinger, newly appointed vice president, chief financial officer, and comptroller of the University of Illinois System after filling the interim role since July 2021. Paul holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural mechanization, a master's degree in agricultural economics, and a Ph.D. in finance, all from the University of Illinois. He has been on the U of I faculty since 1995, and served as head of the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics. 

URBANA, Ill. – Relationship researchers often test their hypotheses on real people. But are their samples actually representative of diverse populations? A new study from the University of Illinois evaluates 20 years of research on relationship maintenance and finds diversity lacking.

URBANA, Ill. – Food Science and Human Nutrition students helped cater a luncheon at the Spice Box for ADM, College of ACES, and University of Illinois leaders on Friday, Sept. 23. The lunch followed a ribbon-cutting event celebrating the grand opening of the ADM Science and Technology Center at the University of Illinois Research Park.