All Rise for Alumni Mock Trial Coaches
When Natalie Murray ’22, biological sciences, Thomas Azari ’22, political… Continue Reading All Rise for Alumni Mock Trial Coaches
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Family stories, told honestly, reach people in ways that reams… Continue Reading Writing your way through your own history—and sharing the narrative Eli Eisenberg came into the world of Retriever sports not… Continue Reading Broadcasting Retriever Success Society’s understanding of technology and cybersecurity often is based on simple stereotypes and sensational portrayals in the entertainment media. But sometimes Hollywood gets it right by depicting reality in ways that both entertain and educate. Richard Forno, a former cybersecurity industry practitioner and current cybersecurity researcher, believes the final season of “Star Trek: Picard” is the latest example of entertainment media providing useful lessons about cybersecurity and the nature of the modern world. Continue Reading Lessons from ‘Star Trek: Picard’ – a cybersecurity expert explains how a sci-fi series illuminates today’s threats “Our research team sought to understand how stress from structural violence affects the body, specifically the immune system,” explain Loren Henderson, associate professor of public policy, and Ruby Mendell, associate professor in sociology, African American studies, urban and regional planning, and Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “We talked to 68 low-income single Black mothers living on the South Side of Chicago about how they deal with gun violence in their communities and how it affects their health.” Continue Reading Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S. The yeast Candida auris has recently emerged as a potentially dangerous fungal infection. How does it evade resistance to common antifungal treatments? And what new treatments might circumvent the yeast’s defenses? Continue Reading How do Candida auris and other fungi develop drug resistance? A microbiologist explains Meet Rev. Bob Hall ’74, philosophy, president of the Christian Council… Continue Reading Meet a Retriever — Rev. Bob Hall ’74, philosophy Meet Rachel Brubaker, M.A. ’00, historical studies, assistant director for… Continue Reading Meet a Retriever—Rachel Brubaker, M.A. ’00, faculty funding connector Ramana Vinjamuri explores how to improve robot-human communication to advance robots’ ability to cooperate with and assist people. Continue Reading Robots are everywhere – improving how they communicate with people could advance human-robot collaboration Why do we have belly buttons? Do our pets have them, too? And does anything collect inside them besides lint? Sarah Leupen answers all your questions about the strange and storied belly button. Continue Reading Innies, outies and omphalophobia: 7 navel-gazing questions about belly buttons answered Meet Xavier Smith, a senior computer engineering student who is heading… Continue Reading Meet a Retriever—Xavier Smith ’23, M31, computer engineering, scholar and mentor Manil Suri believes that the troubled relationship many Americans have with math is ultimately related to the general invisibility of mathematics in popular culture, and has a few ideas for helping to fix that through improving math awareness. Continue Reading Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness
Writing your way through your own history—and sharing the narrative
Broadcasting Retriever Success
Lessons from ‘Star Trek: Picard’ – a cybersecurity expert explains how a sci-fi series illuminates today’s threats
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S.
How do Candida auris and other fungi develop drug resistance? A microbiologist explains
Meet a Retriever — Rev. Bob Hall ’74, philosophy
Meet a Retriever—Rachel Brubaker, M.A. ’00, faculty funding connector
Robots are everywhere – improving how they communicate with people could advance human-robot collaboration
Innies, outies and omphalophobia: 7 navel-gazing questions about belly buttons answered
Meet a Retriever—Xavier Smith ’23, M31, computer engineering, scholar and mentor
Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness