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  • Illini Summer Academies reveal new wonders for teens

    Jun 28, 2017 1:45 pm

    It's like suddenly seeing the world in a new way.

    That's how teens attending the Illinois 4-H Illini Summer Academies describe their time studying with University of Illinois instructors this week.

  • Football single-game tickets on sale now

    Jun 28, 2017 1:30 pm

    Single-game tickets for Fighting Illini football's 2017 season went on sale to all fans Wednesday, June 28, at 9 a.m.

  • History professor Leslie Reagan on the ethics of medical testing involving pregnant women

    Jun 28, 2017 11:15 am

    WUNC-FM (Audio, Chapel Hill, N.C., June 27) – Illinois history professor Leslie Reagan discusses the ethics of medical testing involving pregnant women, the historical example of rubella and the current state of medical research.

  • Study identifies key player in heart enlargement

    Jun 27, 2017 12:30 pm

    The heart enlarges in response to growing demands from exercise or heart disease. A new study identifies a key molecular player in this process.

  • In 2006, U of I scientists designed a computer that could deliver data without running at all

    Jun 27, 2017 12:30 pm

    Scientific American (June 27) “This is possible only in the realm of quantum computers where the computer can exist in a quantum superposition of ‘running’ and ‘not running’ at the same time.”  

  • Scientists may have found a fix for one of the recurring problems of virtual reality: eye fatigue

    Jun 26, 2017 4:15 pm

    New Atlas (June 26) Scientists at Illinois foudn that ealistic 3-D images can be created by using a series of 2-D subpanel images in a process called optical mapping

  • Pro-Americanism, anti-Americanism, and the complexities between

    Jun 26, 2017 10:00 am

    The book offers a sample of views on America from around the world. It  represents a wide spectrum of opinions and exposes views that are often surprising deviations from popular belief. 

  • Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame Gala video recap

    Jun 26, 2017 9:15 am

    Some of the biggest names in Fighting Illini Athletics gathered at the Field Museum in Chicago on Friday to honor the 28-member inaugural class of the Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame.

  • Gia Lewis-Smallwood wins fourth U.S. discus title

    Jun 23, 2017 9:30 am

    The former Illini won her fourth U.S. Track and Field discus title in five years. The Champaign native marked 205'6" (62.65m) to win the event on Thursday in Sacramento, CA