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Rohit Bhargava Honored with 2025 Campus Award for Excellence in Faculty Leadership
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign presents the Campus Awards for Excellence in Faculty Leadership each year to distinguished faculty who enrich the intellectual vitality of campus and the broader community. The awards were presented in three categories —...
Coding a Healthier Future: Teaching Health Literacy Through Robotics
As a community health intern at the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), Fiona found herself stepping far outside her comfort zone—and into the world of robots and 3D printing. “I was not specifically interested in computer science before interning with CCIL,” she...
Researchers Discover a New Type of Biomaterial for Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small particles secreted by cells, which inherit molecules from the parent cell. They have shown promise for the treatment of different diseases including cancer. The most common way to create a hydrogel with EV content is to make a...
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