Quantcast

Prairie State Wire

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

U. of I. News Bureau News

Medium 191502

Graphic novel illustrated by Illinois art professor portrays thriving Black community before, after Tulsa massacre

By U. of I. News Bureau | Aug 18, 2021

U.

Medium 191490

Light can trigger key signaling pathway for embryonic development, cancer

By U. of I. News Bureau | Aug 18, 2021

U.Blue light is illuminating new understanding of a key signaling pathway in embryo development, tissue maintenance and cancer genesis.

Medium 191320

U. of I. News: Black hole size revealed by its eating pattern

By U. of I. News Bureau | Aug 13, 2021

The feeding patterns of black holes offer insight into their size, researchers report. A new study revealed that the flickering in the brightness observed in actively feeding supermassive black holes is related to their mass.

Medium 190417

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA -CHAMPAIGN: U. of I. News: University of Illinois receives APLU award for COVID-19 testing program

By U. of I. News Bureau | Jul 2, 2021

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has received the inaugural Research Response to Community Crisis Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities for its COVID-19 testing program.

Medium 189599

U. of I. News: Beneficial arthropods find winter sanctuary in uncultivated field edges, study finds

By U. of I. News Bureau | Jun 9, 2021

Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and parasitic wasps kill and eat pest species that routinely plague farmers, including aphids and corn rootworm larvae and adults.

Medium 189317

U. of I. News: Study examines how pandemic-related changes affect college students’ motivation

By U. of I. News Bureau | May 25, 2021

When the worsening COVID-19 pandemic prompted colleges to shutter their campuses and shift to remote learning in spring 2020, concerns arose that many underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines would be demotivated and drop out in even greater numbers.