April 29, 2025 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Anyone who has been fortunate enough to work with Kim Graber should be thankful she wasn’t a very good cook. Graber, the head of the Department of Health and Kinesiology in the College of Applied Health Sciences, was appointed as the Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor in AHS on April 22. In […]
Month: April 2025
Message from the SHS Department Head
April 25, 2025 | Pamela Hadley, Charles and Kay Stenberg Professor and SHS Department Head Dear Students, Faculty, Alumni and Friends of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, As we step into the energy of spring 2025, I’m excited to share the latest updates from our department. It’s been a remarkable year, and we […]
Words That Bind
April 23, 2025 | Ethan Simmons A new weekly aphasia communication group is helping Illinois speech-language pathologists understand the condition In the days following her stroke, all Mary Moore could remember was two phrases: her name, and Dec. 26, the day she was born. A short five months later, Moore was in the Audiology and […]
Believing the Impossible: Illinois wheelchair athlete Hoda Elshorbagy overcame the odds
April 17, 2025 | Jonathan King Hoda Elshorbagy’s journey from rural Egypt to central Illinois was an unlikely story, a path littered with numerous obstacles. By JONATHAN KING In her home in southern Egypt, Hoda Elshorbagy glanced at the TV, then turned to her father with clear-eyed conviction and said, “One day, I’m going to […]
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Fredericks: How Black American Distance Runners Shaped the Sport From the Shadows
February 29, 2024 | Ethan Simmons The world of competitive long-distance running took off in the 1970s. But stories of the sport’s Black architects and pioneers who laid its foundation have been largely untold for decades. Teaching Assistant Professor Jake Fredericks in the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism at the University of Illinois has […]
SHS student Carbajal speaks her goals into existence
June 03, 2024 | Darina Lubenov Alexandra Carbajal discovered her passion for her major, Speech and Hearing Science, during her freshman year at the University of Illinois. After that, everything else she found was through drive and dedication. “I had a speech therapist when I was a kindergartener,” Carbajal said. “So, I know what a […]
My Summer Internship at the McKechnie Family LIFE Home
June 03, 2024 | Praachi Mudar, University High School Before this summer, whenever I thought of robots, I thought of the clunky Disney robot WALL-E and his mission to save mankind. I didn’t have any direct experience interacting with robots or the components involved, so my only point of reference was a kid’s movie. This […]
Men’s wheelchair basketball wins opener in Paris Games
August 30, 2024 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Illinois alum Steve Serio had a triple-double as the U.S. men’s wheelchair basketball team began its pursuit of a third straight Paralympics gold medal with a 66-56 win over Spain on Thursday in Paris. Serio, who has helped lead Team USA to gold the past two Paralympics, had 12 […]
Pritzker connects tourism, recreation to state’s economic boom
May 03, 2024 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo If there is one thing Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker knows about, it’s hospitality. A member of the family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain, Pritzker on Jan. 25 gave the opening remarks for the Sapora Symposium—organized by the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism at the University of Illinois […]