Illinois ACES Land Grant Initiative
The Illinois ACES Land Grant Initiative (IALGI) is a new, competitive funding program designed to strengthen how the College of ACES delivers on its land-grant promise to the people of Illinois.
From survey to service: Illinois students listen closely to deliver community-based solutions
How do you assess the health needs of an entire community, especially its most vulnerable members? It’s a huge logistical challenge for public health offices serving counties and states around the country, but an accurate view of community health is needed to guide the services they offer and to reach their intended audiences.
Bring a friend: Financial and peer support increase women’s reproductive agency in India
Despite improvements in economic and social empowerment, women in many countries still have little control over their own fertility and reproductive health.
Illinois researchers untangle drivers of nitrogen loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can now differentiate between human-derived and hydrological contributions of riverine nitrogen pollution in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
Riggs Beer Company to distribute ACES-developed Illini SuperPop™ brand popcorn at games and local venues
The next time you grab a bag of popcorn at an Illini basketball game, you will be snacking on a local innovation years in the making.
What does research tell us about the advice in the new US nutrition guidelines?
Sharon M. Donovan is a professor of nutritional sciences and the Melissa M. Noel Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Health, whose work centers on childhood obesity prevention and optimizing health throughout the lifespan.
Why (and how) ACES alum Bill Tarter Jr. invests in the next generation of students
Bill Tarter likes to say he grew up a Southern Illinois farm boy. The oldest of nine in a tight-knit Irish Catholic family, he found money was scarce, but opportunity was not.
His parents, both high school graduates, fostered an environment that encouraged their children to participate in 4-H, FFA, school plays, band and anything else that expanded their world.
Dakoda Maguire named 2025 Robert M. Harrison Leadership Award recipient
Dakoda Maguire, a senior in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
When robots meet horseradish: A Ph.D. student’s mission toward sustainable solutions for small-scale farming
Illinois may be famous for being the Land of Lincoln and home of “Da Bears,” but few are familiar with one of its lesser claims to fame, which lies underground.
The commercial cultivation of horseradish in Southern Illinois took root in the 1850s, when German immigrant farmers discovered that the region’s sandy, nutrient-rich soil created an ideal environment for the unassuming crop to thrive.
Modeling a better future: How Luis Rodríguez bridges biosystems research and community science
Life on Mars may sound like science fiction for some, but for Luis Rodríguez, it marked the beginning stages of his career in biosystems research. He laughs, remembering his first major project after completing his Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering and bioresource engineering at Rutgers University: designing reliable zero-waste ecosystems capable of supporting crop production on Mars at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.