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Read article: Is unintentional bias changeable?
Is unintentional bias changeable?
 In a new paper, psychology professor Benedek Kurdi proposes a fresh approach to confronting implicit, or unintentional, bias in diverse organizations. He spoke with News Bureau life sciences editor Diana Yates about the problems associated with...
Read article: Illinois wind patterns show signs of change, study finds
Illinois wind patterns show signs of change, study finds
 Winds across Illinois are beginning to still. A new study led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers has found that average wind speeds across the state have declined over the past three decades—and that the prevailing wind direction is slowly shifting southward. The findings...
Read article: Exploring how people consumed nature in early America
Exploring how people consumed nature in early America
 This fall, the Department of History welcomes Shannan Mason as a lecturer. Mason is a historian of early American history whose research explores relationships between science, nature, and economics. How people think about nature and how they...
Read article: Illinois chemist named 2025 Packard Fellow
Illinois chemist named 2025 Packard Fellow
 Benjamin Snyder, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been named a 2025 Packard Fellow by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.The foundation cites Snyder’s work “developing new methods to define and...
Read article: Illinois-led initiative will build precision phage platform for promoting health
Illinois-led initiative will build precision phage platform for promoting health
 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scientists, including microbiology professor Asma Hatoum-Aslan, will partner with investigators from several industrial and academic institutions on a five-year, up to $28M initiative...
Read article: Research: Political misinformation/disinformation leads to divorces, breakups
Research: Political misinformation/disinformation leads to divorces, breakups
 Political misinformation or disinformation was the key reason for some U.S. couples’ recent divorces or romantic breakups, a new study found.Emily Van Duyn, a professor of communication, conducted in-depth interviews with 28 people who had...

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