The Future Has Arrived

It is no surprise that in his first few months as the director of operations at the Chez Veterans Center (CVC), Andrew Bender's primary goal has been to build onto the existing purpose for his new professional home.

Pedro Hallal has set an ambitious agenda for his first year as director of the Master of Public Health program within the College of Applied Health Sciences at Illinois. Find about more about Hallal in this Q&A.

“At the end of our careers, we won’t be remembered by the number of papers or the books that we’ve written but by the impact we’ve had on people and whether we’ve used this privilege of professorship to leave the world a slightly better place,” RST Professor Monika Stodolska said.

As one of the few Deaf people working in physics, University of Illinois doctoral candidate Colin Lualdi understands the importance of being willing to blaze a trail by going first—something DRES does every day.

Most researchers have an inspiration for their research line. It might be an experience, something they read, or even a TV show or movie. For Fatima Husain, it was more personal.

For his work and dedication to the profession, Travis Threats earned Honors of Association from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2022. He understands its significance.

The space will be used to investigate the lived experiences of individuals with disabilities to better understand the impact of assistive technology on their lives.

The Janus Conference 2.0 that was held on the campus of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign was long overdue, and not just because the previous one was held more than two decades ago.

RST alum and former instructor Joe DeLuce retired in December 2022 after 43 years in the park management industry. DeLuce is not someone who likes the spotlight, so we sought out a couple of longtime colleagues and alumni who were more than happy to talk about working with him.

For Tizoc Rubio, the prospect of college seemed far-fetched. Then he happened upon the Warrior-Scholar Project. In 2022, the program was held for the first time at the University of Illinois, with the Chez Veterans Center facilitating programming for the week-long training.

The three University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduates who received this year’s alumni awards from the College of Applied Health Sciences have amassed impressive accomplishments.

The College of Applied Health Sciences welcome a dozen new faculty members in the past year. Find out about their research and why they picked Illinois.