Over spring break, I had the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C. as part of ACE 291: Ag Policy & Leadership. I knew going in that it would be a packed week full of meetings, tours, and panels—but what I didn’t expect was just how much it would shift my perspective about what a career in agriculture and policy might look like.
A new program initiated by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Study Abroad Office will expand and enhance the college’s portfolio of short-term faculty-led study abroad programs for undergraduate students.
Four College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) faculty members have been awarded funding to establish or support an international collaboration as part of the longstanding ACES International Seed Grant Program.
If you look closely at the marble staircases in Mumford Hall, you’ll see imprints worn into the stone—evidence of generations of students passing through, their footsteps leaving a mark.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisers campuswide. This year’s recipients, four of which are from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, were honored at a ceremony on April 15.
2025 ACES award recipients include:
In April, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) chapter traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to take part in MANRRS: I Am Because You Are: 39th Annual Training Conference & Career Expo.
In April, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) chapter traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to take part in MANRRS: I Am Because You Are: 39th Annual Training Conference & Career Expo. Here, students reflect on their experiences.
Senior Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES) major Guadalupe Montero said,
Two leaders from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Determining, analyzing, or predicting how crops will grow in the field takes time and labor. The interactions between genetics, environment and agricultural practices are challenging to measure. The newly published results of a five-year study on maize (or corn) demonstrate that autonomous ground robots can accurately and reliably capture this information.
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