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April 2024, Robbie Ingram, Catherine Christian-Hinman lab
April 2024, Allison Louie, in Andrew Steelman's lab.
April 2024, Dajin Cho, in Patrick Sweeney's lab
May 2023, Robbie Ingram, in Catherine Christian-Hinman's lab
May 2023, Catie Cutia, in Catherine Christian-Hinman's lab.
Faculty Spotlight: Benjamin D Auerbach, Assistant Professor
Benjamin D. Auerbach, Assistant Professor by Virginia Wright Benjamin D. Auerbach is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and he studies how experience-dependent plasticity influences perception and behavior. Auerbach comes from what he describes as “a family of scientists”. “Both my mom and my dad were academic researchers in biology, so I got exposed to science and research in a lab setting at an early age,” he shared. While he now jokes that he is “just continuing the family business,” he initially pursued an undergraduate degree in history. “...
Alumni Spotlight: Stephanie Matt
Stephanie Matt, Class of 2018 by Virginia Wright As of July 2023, Stephanie Matt is a Research Assistant Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After five years of working as a postdoctoral researcher for Drexel, she recently won an NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) to investigate the role of antidepressants in HIV infection and inflammation in myeloid cells such as macrophages and microglia. Receiving this grant provided not only mentored support for her research career but also a place within Drexel University faculty. “It...
Recently Published: Looking for transfer in all the wrong places: How intellectual abilities can be enhanced through diverse experience among older adults
Elizabeth A.L. Stine-Morrow, Ilber E. Manavbasi, Shukhan Ng, Giavanna S. McCall, Aron K. Barbey, Daniel G. Morrow, "Looking for transfer in all the wrong places: How intellectual abilities can be enhanced through diverse experience among older adults," Intelligence, Volume 104, 2024, 101829, ISSN 0160-2896, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2024.101829. Abstract: Research with cognitive...
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Land Acknowledgement
As a land-grant institution, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a responsibility to acknowledge the historical context in which it exists. We are currently on the lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Peankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Mesquaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations. It is necessary for us to acknowledge these Native Nations and for us to work with them as we move forward as an institution with Native peoples at the core of our efforts.
More about the practice of land acknowledgements at the University of Illinois.