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Illinois Team to Lead up to $28M Initiative to Build a Precision Phage Platform for Promoting Public Health

November 18, 2025 / General News

Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will partner with investigators from industrial and academic institutions, including Ginkgo Bioworks, Baylor University, University of Minnesota, Oregon State University, and Oregon Health & Science University, on a…
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[Hajera Afreen presents at Undergraduate Research Week Symposium]

Undergraduate Research Thrives at Veterinary College

April 23, 2018 / General News

We welcome undergraduate researchers As an R1 university—one that grants doctoral degrees and is engaged in “the highest research activity”—Illinois has always included undergraduate students in research, and the emphasis on undergraduate research is growing….
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[Saniya Rattan explains her work to a listener]

Research Day Celebrates Graduate Student Achievements

April 20, 2018 / General News

Dr. Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, a pediatric neurologist and professor of pediatrics, neurological sciences, and biochemistry at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, delivered the centerpiece address at the college’s annual Research Day celebration, held April 18,…
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[pelican and osprey at wildlife medical clinic]

Pelican, Osprey Arrive at Wildlife Medical Clinic with Gunshot Wounds

April 05, 2018 / General News

Clinic Relies on Donations to Pay for Patient Care [row] [column size=”8″] Two unusual patients arrived at the college’s Wildlife Medical Clinic this week: An American White Pelican found in Newton, Ill. (see more details; see…
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‘One Health’ Emerges as Key to Public Good as Illinois Reaches 150th Anniversary

April 03, 2018 / General News

Solving complex, multidimensional, interdisciplinary problems How should research at a 21st century university advance the public good? That question lies at the center of a three-day conference at the culmination of the University of Illinois…
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