U of I College of LAS

ALT Graphic that reads "Time is running out!" and "College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Merch Store"

ALT Graphic that reads "Time is running out!" and "College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Merch Store"

ALT A group of attentive viewers listens to an Astronomy on Tap presentation at 25 O'Clock Brewing

ALT A presenter at Astronomy on Tap stands in front of his presentation

ALT Professor Charles Gammie holds the microphone and gestures during his Astronomy on Tap presentation

ALT Wide view of a group of attentive viewers listening to an Astronomy on Tap presentation at 25 O'Clock Brewing

ALT Cathy Li holding bottles of the Stranger Things-themed Gatorade she helped bring to life in her role at PepsiCo

ALT Graphic that reads: "College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Merch Store, now open!" and features images of limited-time merch, including a bucket hat, a backpack, a water bottle, and more.

ALT Graphic that features images of LAS students with their moms and reads "Celebrating our LAS moms"

ALT Photo of graduates that reads "94% secured a first destination after graduation"

ALT Photo of a graduate taking a selfie with Dean Patton that reads "52% employed, 42% continuing education"

ALT Photo of a smiling graduate that reads "$73,000: average salary after graduation"

ALT Image of the mammoth statue outside the Natural History Building that reads "Orange & Blue Days, March 4-6"

ALT The structural characteristics of a grasshopper hindwings (pictured) inspired the design of a small glider. The research is focused on designing energy efficient gliding robots.

ALT Headshot of entomology professor Marianne Alleyne

ALT An image of the tiny robot designed by Professor Alleyne's lab taking flight.

ALT Plant biology professor Ya Min holding several wildflowers up to the camera

ALT The left shows how a Mimulus parishii (monkeyflower) mature flower looks like, and on the right it's a confocal microscopy image of Mimulus parishii flower at the earliest developmental stage with the CYC genes in blue and hormone auxin in red.

ALT Group photo of the Illini Swim Club at the 2025 Regionals at Ohio State University.

ALT photo of a young Fancy Cheng, author of this blog, in the pool

ALT CliMAS professor and former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Kevin Droegemeier

ALT Dr. Shannan Mason, historian of early America and LAS lecturer.

ALT Artistic rendering of the Battle of Monmouth.

ALT Miguel Ángel Galindo and Nerea Muguerza, resident directors of the Illinois in Granada program, pose on the Quad during a recent visit to Illinois.

ALT The Albaicín neighborhood of Granada, nestled against the Spanish Sierra Nevada, which has distinctive medieval Muslim architecture.

ALT Amelia Kolany, a past student of the program, hikes in the mountains near Granada in the spring.

ALT The Patio de la Acequia, a garden around an irrigation ditch in Generalife, a summer palace in Granada.

ALT Cutout image of Alison Dupre, with a quote from her News Gazette feature that reads: "Rule No. 1 of the workplace? Be kind, always. You never know what someone else is going through."

ALT Thumbnail for new YouTube video featuring Elise Pollak and the title of the video, "Get Connected at the LAS Lisnek Hub."

ALT Professor Hưng Nguyễn demonstrating the tree-core sampling process to his students.

ALT Tree Rings and Climate students in front of an eastern white pine tree.

ALT Two students take a core sample from a white oak at Homer Lake Forest Preserve.

ALT Tree ring cores like this one can help reconstruct the climate history of the location where the tree grew.