by April Wendling | Nov 8, 2023 | Illinois Research
By Gabe Lareau On 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,...
by April Wendling | Nov 8, 2023 | Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest
By Abby Culloton “Look at me — I’m a chemist!” my teammate enthusiastically declared as she tipped a test tube full of bright blue liquid back and forth. The blue liquid in question was a test for dissolved oxygen in water: an important chemical parameter for...
by April Wendling | Nov 8, 2023 | Memoir
By Levi Beckett On the island of Guam, some 1,600 miles off the coast of Japan, the sky looked clear, the water looked safe, and I had just bought a snorkel. We got lost several times on the road to the beach and ended up not quite where we intended. But the locals...
by April Wendling | Nov 8, 2023 | Memoir
By Helen Anil When my mother was young, the arrival of Onam, a harvest festival, transformed our ancestral home nestled amidst the lush emerald green of Kerala, India. Celebrated in the month of Chingam, it wasn’t just a festival; it was a symphony of local...
by April Wendling | Nov 8, 2023 | In the Classroom
By Matt Troher I don’t remember being taught about climate change. Are today’s teachers working to make sure students learn? Rosie Jurasas, a 22-year-old senior at Loyola University Chicago, sits at the front of her classroom of 20 second-graders. She’s holding a...
