Atallah, Margenot named 2024-25 Emerging Research Leaders
ACES professors Shadi Atallah and Andrew Margenot are among 15 Illinois faculty selected for the 2024-25 Emerging Research Leaders Academy by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute. Designed for mid-career faculty to achieve research success, the program provides vital leadership and team science training to pursue large, multi-PI
UIAA honors dedicated couple for Distinguished Service Award
The University of Illinois Alumni Association has named Jim and Marlene Evans the 2024 recipients of the
ACES student takes home ASPB hackaton award
Jack Mason, an undergraduate student in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, won a hackathon competition at Plant Biology 2024, a yearly conference held by the American Society of Plant Biologists.
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan recognized as University Scholar
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan is one of five University of Illinois professors at the Urbana-Champaign campus to be named University Scholar. The program recognizes faculty excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.
iFAB awarded $51 million EDA Tech Hubs grant to propel Central Illinois as a biomanufacturing leader
The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing (iFAB) Tech Hub has been awarded approximately $51 million from the
Centenarian entrepreneur, philanthropist Evelyn Brandt Thomas awarded prestigious Order of Lincoln
Evelyn Brandt Thomas turned 100 on her last birthday, and just over 100 days into this year, she was awarded the prestigious Order of Lincoln by the
ACE professor receives funding to study impacts of wildfire smoke
The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment has awarded $30,000 in seed funding to Andrew Hultgren, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, and others for an interdisciplinary proposal examining the economic and human health effects of exposure to wildfire smoke on a broad scale. The project aims to inform policy related to climate change.
University of Illinois takes first in team judging at national soil judging competition
This April, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students were among 25 teams participating in the National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest hosted by Iowa State University near Ames, Iowa. The Illinois team earned first place in the team-judging category and 13th in the competition overall.
ACES bird migration expert recognized with Biota Award
Today, the Walder Foundation of Chicago announced the recipients of its 2024 Biota Awards, recognizing early-career researchers working to understand, protect, and restore the unique and diverse ecosystems in Chicago and around the world.