Last week, scientists from around the world congregated at the 14th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) in Kecskemét, Hungary, where a new journal Global Challenges and Regional Science
As she opened her email in class, Jacqueline Springer started shaking as emotions overwhelmed her. With tears in her eyes, she rushed outside of the classroom to call her dad. He was just as shocked as she was.
The phone line was silent as Jacqueline’s news sank in. Only her dad could understand how meaningful it was to receive the Jay Haning Scholarship.
Global food and agriculture strategist Doyle Karr will serve as the May 2024 Convocation Ceremony
Meet Ashley Equihua, a junior studying Nutrition and Health in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, part of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
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, two of which are from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), are being honored at a ceremony.
Junior year of high school, Lia sat in chemistry class, listening intently to Mr. Ahring describe the building blocks of proteins. A few hours later, she experienced this same lesson in her food science class. The connection between foods and chemistry? Amino acids. This epiphany and a sit-down pep talk with her chemistry teacher ignited a flame that would catalyze her journey to food science.
With the goal of eventually welcoming more University of Illinois students to its campus in Japan, a delegation from Kyushu University visited the Urbana-Champaign campus in late March.
The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Office of International Programs hosted three faculty from Kyushu and organized a robust schedule for the delegates to tour campus facilities and meet with colleagues who share their research interests.
In the quest to optimize crop productivity across environments, soybean breeders test new cultivars in multiple locations each year. The best-performing cultivars across these locations are selected for further breeding and eventual commercialization.
Since we were young, my sister and I have embraced our differences, but found joy and passion in similar things.