What Makes a Good Engineer?

What Makes a Good Engineer?

by | Aug 28, 2024 | At Illinois

By Vivian LaOn Tuesday afternoons, a group of engineering students gather for a weekly lab meeting at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. A man held the door open for me the day I made a visit to one of these meetings. After I thanked him, he asked if I was a med...
Slaughter and Survival on the Ice

Slaughter and Survival on the Ice

by | Aug 28, 2024 | Born to be Wild

By Ren Lashley Content advisory: the following article contains graphic descriptions and images of animal cruelty.  It is April 8, 2022, the first day of the Canadian seal hunt, and the ice teems with death. Hundreds of men scatter along the snowbanks with weapons in...
Waste Not, Want Not

Waste Not, Want Not

by | Feb 6, 2024 | At Illinois

By Sakshi VayaHave you ever been to a landfill? I’m not talking seeing one from 300 meters away sitting in a car. I’m talking up close, face to face with it, standing in the middle of endless hills of everything that humans deem garbage.I recently had the dubious...
Let the Sun Shine In

Let the Sun Shine In

by | Nov 8, 2023 | Illinois Research

By Gabe LareauOn paper, Esther Ngumbi is a multiple award-winning Professor of Entomology and African American Studies at the University of Illinois, a food security advocate, and a science communicator featured in venues such as NPR, Scientific American, Al Jazeera,...