The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been at the forefront of nutritional science research and education for over 100 years.

State and federal legislators and administrators have joined University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leaders on multiple occasions since the Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing Tech Hub (iFAB) was announced as a finalist — and then a recipient — of $51 million in funding from the U.S.

Once again, the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) is represented on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Homecoming Court — this year by Ashley Equíhua, a senior studying nutrition and health in the Department of Food Scien

CSL Behring, a global biomedical company and industry partner of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, recently donated 750 safety goggles to the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. The Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory organized the donation, which will be kept on-site for staff and student interns engaged in projects requiring protective eyewear. 

Illinois residents who took part in a new couples’ relationship strengthening program reported many improvements in their connections with their spouses or partners and in their individual well-being too, research suggests. 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research that aims to connect the dots between quantitative and molecular genetics and improve crop breeding.