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Ruby Mendenhall Named Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ruby Mendenhall Named Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Aug 13, 2024 | Cancer Center News

The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is further reinforcing its commitment to progress for all with an expanded leadership. Professor Ruby Mendenhall, a leading scholar of the University of Illinois and a CCIL JumpStart awardee, has been named Associate Director for...
Patient-First Cancer Research: Building a Bridge Between Survivors and Investigators

Patient-First Cancer Research: Building a Bridge Between Survivors and Investigators

Jun 14, 2024 | Cancer Center News

June is National Cancer Survivors Month, a time to celebrate survivors and recognize their unique hardships during and after battling the disease. The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) appreciates a survivor’s journey and the value these perspectives give researchers....
CCIL Member Receives Campus Award for Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research

CCIL Member Receives Campus Award for Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research

Apr 17, 2024 | Cancer Center News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisors campuswide. This year’s recipients are being honored at a...
Summer program brings high school students to the CCIL

Summer program brings high school students to the CCIL

Jul 13, 2023 | Cancer Center News

High schoolers from across the country toured the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) this week and got a glimpse into some of the projects developed by CCIL members and their research teams. Associate Vice Chancellor for Native Affairs Jacki Thompson Rand and Native...
Krush Cancer: Cancer Center at Illinois Fighting Inequities in Research, Healthcare

Krush Cancer: Cancer Center at Illinois Fighting Inequities in Research, Healthcare

Jan 25, 2022 | Cancer Center News

Image of Rohit Bhargava. Urbana, Ill. – The Fighting Illini are also fighting cancer by supporting and promoting awareness of the Cancer Center at Illinois, a research unit and a community of experts in cancer biology and technology that seeks to address gaps in...
CCIL Member Appointed First Female Head in Chemistry Department History

CCIL Member Appointed First Female Head in Chemistry Department History

Jul 7, 2020 | Cancer Center News

Cathy Murphy, Cancer Center at Illinois member, professor, and Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry, is making history as the first female Head of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Murphy has been an Illini since the 1980’s, during...

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