💬 ชาวเน็ตแห่แชร์: News Update

Professor Jose Atiles wearing a blue suit and white shirt leaning on a marble post in a stairwell.

Law and Policy

New book examines offshore finance, colonialism in the Caribbean islands

In a new book, sociology professor José Atiles explores the shadowy world of offshore finance and its normalization of secrecy, corporate power and tax injustice.

Law and Policy

New documentary by Illinois law professor skewers US justice system

A new documentary aims to explode myths about the U.S. criminal and civil justice systems.

Announcements

Alma Therapeutics partnership launches to accelerate translational research

Alma Therapeutics, a new public-private partnership, aims to translate U. of I. research to meaningful clinical advances.

Artwork with brilliant blue mountains, a deity with a robe, staff and grey beard standing on a plateau, and a tiny dinosaur standing on a mountain.

Arts

Krannert Art Museum exhibition is culmination of US-Taiwanese arts collaboration

Krannert Art Museum is the sole venue to host an exhibition of contemporary Taiwanese artists reimagining the 1,000-year-old tradition of ink painting.

Health and Medicine Social Sciences Sociology professor and graduate student Sohee Shin co-wrote a study on race-based differences in hypertension and unemployment.

Sociology professor and graduate student Sohee Shin co-wrote a study on race-based differences in hypertension and unemployment.

Study examines racial disparities in unemployment, hypertension risks

Higher hypertension rates among Black workers linked with long-term joblessness, societal issues

Health and Medicine Nien--Pei Tsai in the lab

Neural signaling protein could be therapeutic target for autism-linked gene deletion

A neural signaling protein could be a drug target for disorders related to the autism-linked gene MEF2C.

Life Sciences Photo portrait of Weiqing Qu outdoors.

Study finds plant climate sensitivity varies by region

Climate change affects the same plant species differently in different regions of the U.S., a new study finds.

Expert Viewpoints A portrait of Nidia Trovao

What would it mean to lose measles elimination status?

The U.S. is expected to lose its measles elimination status in November. Epidemiologist Nidia Trovao explains how.

Honors

Photo of Chancellor Charles L. Isbell Jr. placing the Chancellor's Medallion around Kimiko Gunji's neck.

Gunji honored with Chancellor’s Medallion

Professor emerita Kimiko Gunji was awarded the Chancellor’s Medallion for her achievements in promoting Japanese arts and culture.

Business Research News Photo of Ravi Mehta, the Walter H. Stellner Professor of Marketing at Illinois.

Study: Inherited family heirlooms shape heirs’ donation behaviors

Heirs often opt to keep heritage goods together as a set rather than breaking them up and giving them away piecemeal.

Behind the Scenes

Rob Kanter on a rock in the Pleistocene Garden, with a group of people around him listening.

Our so-called campus nature walk

October is not the best month for spotting birds or other creatures, but naturalist Rob Kanter shows there is plenty else to see on a campus nature walk.

Photo of the author standing in the gym and speaking with a tall man.

Bringing wheelchair rugby to Armenia

Health and kinesiology Ph.D. student Kaitlyn Thornton and a team of researchers bring
wheelchair rugby to Armenia.

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