Skip to main content
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Neuroscience Program

14 Million Honeybees Escape After a Truck Rolls Over in Washington State

From The New York Times: In the northwest corner of Washington State on Friday morning, the authorities issued a most unusual all-points bulletin, rather, an A.P.Bee.“250 million bees are now loose,” the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Department...

Kids who eat foods with soy more focused at school

Children who eat foods containing soy are more focused at school, according to a study.American researchers found that school-aged youngsters who consumed more isoflavones from soy foods...

Two LAS professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Two faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. History...

Saif Honored by Grainger Engineering for Career of Prominence

Bioengineering, Mechanical Science and Engineering, and The Grainger College of Engineering community recently celebrated a new named appointment for professor Taher Saif. In an investiture ceremony held in the Beckman Institute...

Wearable technology continuously monitors heart-rate recovery to predict risk

Two articles were recently published highlighting the work of Neuroscience Program faculty, Manuel Hernandez and Neuroscience Graduate student Jonathan Cerna:Wearable...

Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Jake Carpenter-Thompson

Dr. Jake Carpenter-Thompson serves as the director of clinical research at the Kutcher Clinic for Sports Neurology. He recently published research in conjunction with Dr. Jeffery Kutcher regarding...
Read full story

Dr. Jason Climer - Unraveling the Mysteries of the Brain

by Shreya Rana, April 2025Jason Climer, a dynamic researcher at the Beckman Institute, brings a unique blend of engineering and neuroscience to his work. Climer is a Neuroscience faculty member with...
Read full story

Mutation increases enzyme in mouse brains linked to schizophrenia behaviors

Shared from UIUC Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau, 2/18/25   CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct genetic...
Subscribe to
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Neuroscience Program

2355/57 Beckman Institute

405 North Mathews Avenue

Urbana, IL 61801

(217) 300-7978

Email: nsp-admin@illinois.edu

Login