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WHERE CURIOSITY DRIVES IMPACT

Change begins with curiosity.

From exploring new ideas to solving the world’s biggest issues, LAS empowers thinkers and doers to transform curiosity into measurable impact.

We believe that education is more than lectures and textbooks. It’s about cultivating minds that question, explore, and act with purpose. And we know that when curiosity meets opportunity, innovation follows—and the impossible becomes possible. 

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LAS News
Robin Kar, Sheldon Katz, and Gene Robinson
LAS faculty members honored with 2026 Campus Awards for Excellence in Faculty Leadership
 The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign presents the Campus Awards for Excellence in Faculty Leadership each year to distinguished faculty who enrich the intellectual vitality of the university and the broader community.The awards were presented in three categories — faculty mentoring,...
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Auinash Kalsotra named Phillip A. Sharp Professor of Biochemistry
 The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology is honored to announce that Auinash Kalsotra has been named the Phillip A. Sharp Professor in Biochemistry.Kalsotra is one of the world’s pre-...
Kenneth Suslick
LAS faculty member elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
 A College of LAS faculty member has been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. Kenneth Suslick is among the 252 inductees for 2026.Founded in 1780, the Academy recognizes...
Tigga Kingston
Tigga Kingston named inaugural Shelford-Pitelka-Batzli Professor in Mammalian Ecology
 Family, colleagues, students, and friends gathered to celebrate Tigga Kingston on Tuesday, March 31 at the Illini Union as she became the inaugural Shelford-Pitelka-Batzli Professor in Mammalian Ecology. This endowed position recognizes excellence in research, teaching, and global leadership...
Christopher Kempf
English professor receives Guggenheim Fellowship
 English professor Christopher Kempf has been awarded a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship.Kempf is among 223 individuals working across 55 disciplines chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from nearly 5,000...
Furtado & Haare
A GoPro, a book, and a horse named Tornado
At a calm trot, a horse’s hooves leave divots in the pale, rocky dirt. Under a brilliantly blue Arizona sky, one may wonder where the “tornado” from this artwork's title comes in. Then, the horse picks up speed, kicking up dust and pebbles in a chaotic storm. Some photos are entirely a blur. When...
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RNA barcodes enable high-speed mapping of connections in the brain
By tagging neurons with molecular “barcodes,” researchers mapped connections among thousands of neurons in the mouse brain with unprecedented speed and resolution. The approach could expand understanding not only of the layout of elaborate networks in the brain, but also how the brain...
Mark Lara, Zhuoxuan Xia
Team tracks vegetation recovery from sudden permafrost collapse
 Some Arctic regions regain their “greenness” within a decade of a sudden permafrost collapse, while others can take a century or more to recover, researchers report in a new study. The difference is directly related to each site’s gross primary productivity, a measure of its photosynthetic...

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