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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Ask big questions. Seek bold answers. Shape a brighter tomorrow with LAS.
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Joined April 2012
RT @HRIatIllinois: ✨ Undergraduates and friends of the humanities! ✨.You’re invited to the first-ever Humanities Open House at the Universi….
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That's a wrap! Thanks for an incredible Liftoff, LAS Class of '29. 🚀
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RT @CliMAS_Illinois: 100% chance you’ll love our Gen Eds in CliMAS ☀️. Join us for ATMS 100, 120, and 140, Illini!
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Happy first day of classes, everyone! To celebrate the new semester, we've got a super-special episode of our 940 Feet series for you: an interview with Dean Patton herself 🌟. Watch the full video on YouTube:
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Who's the greatest baseball player of all time? LAS professor David Eck and his team of statisticians spent a decade building a model to uncover the real answer. Learn how they did it: .
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This student-run publication is getting noticed! 'Optical Illusions,' an article in a recent issue of Brain Matters, was recently cited in Newsweek. Learn more about this neuroscience journal produced entirely by Illinois students:
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Where better to learn about history than right where it happened? . Learn more about how one Illinois history graduate student spent her summer using place-based learning to develop lesson plans for a new local middle school:
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August 9 is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples!. Learn how a research trip to Paris reconnected members of the Peoria and Miami Nations with their 300-year-old historic painted robes:
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Yesenia Olvera exemplifies the impact of an LAS degree every day! Learn more about how this alumna's experience at Illinois prepared her for her career:.
LLS and history alumna Yesenia Olvera is a first generation @LASillinois graduate who has dedicated her career to helping students and their families navigate their career paths after high school. Learn more in our interview:.
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Congratulations from LAS, Paul! Awesome to see our faculty recognized for their impact in their field.
Paul Hergenrother has been named a 2025 @AmerChemSociety Fellow, a prestigious honor celebrating members who have made significant impacts in & contributions to science, the profession, and the Society. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! 🎉.
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Mammoth says: it's hot out there, folks! What're your best tips for staying cool on campus this summer?
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What do you do if you can't find an internship that fits just right? If you're communications student Ella Dame, you build your own. Learn more about her experience as Both&Apparel's first-ever intern:
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Fun fact: State Senator Celina Villanueva, who represents Illinois' 12th district, was a graduate of the Latina/Latino Studies program in the College of LAS before it even existed! . Learn more about the lasting impact of her individual LAS experience:
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“Something that would have taken a grad student a year, you could potentially do in seconds.”. Learn about the possibilities being unlocked by the SkAI Institute, deputy-directed by Professor Narayan of @AstroIllinois, which researches AI in astrophysics:
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The results are in: three of the four Illinois students who have accepted grants from the U.S. Fulbright U.S. Student Program are recent LAS grads! . Learn more about what they're up to next: @HistoryatIL | @MCB_Illinois.
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Looking for something to watch tonight? We suggest the new episode of "Human Footprint," featuring Illinois professor of entomology Alexandra Harmon-Threatt!. "The Honey Trap" premieres tonight at 8 p.m. on PBS. Watch here:
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Explore the global impact of Earth’s most ingenious, destructive, and adaptable species.
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Science is a lot of things: it's collaborative, it's interdisciplinary, and it's art! That's what motivates professor William Barley and artist Julia Pollak's work through @IGBIllinois's Art of Science program. Watch the full video on YouTube:
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Spend your summer by the water, Champaign-Urbana edition: . Which of your favorite campus water elements did we miss?
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Professor and Joaquín Rodríguez-López "never says no" to science -- which might be why he's such a prolific contributor to the field of electrochemistry! . Learn more about his work:
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The AI trend is a rapidly progressing phenomenon that's sweeping across academic life and the labor force — and the Illinois Department of Philosophy is determined to be ahead of the game. Learn more:
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