Mar 2, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Ronald Filler, LAS’ 70. Urbana, Ill. – When Ron Filler (LAS ’70) learned about the groundbreaking research conducted at the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), he knew he needed to bring his “Filler Effect” – the spirit of giving and mentorship – to support...
Feb 16, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Wawrzyniec Dobrucki (left) and Michael Oelze (right). Urbana, Ill. – Eight faculty from The Grainger College of Engineering have joined Carle Illinois College of Medicine with Health Innovation Professor appointments. The new faculty deliver on Carle Illinois’...
Oct 5, 2020 | Cancer Scholars Program, CCIL Ambassadors
As a large research institution, the University of Illinois offers its students the opportunity to work within faculty labs as well as spread awareness for the research happening blocks away from their dorms. The Cancer Center at Illinois Ambassador program enables...
Nov 13, 2019 | Cancer Center News
Animal Sciences Department Head Rod Johnson, Keith W. and Sara M. Kelley Endowed Professor of Immunophysiology H. Rex Gaskins, Dean of the College of ACES Kim Kidwell, and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs William Bernhard. H. Rex Gaskins, CCIL’s Associate...
Oct 23, 2019 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Tarun NagarajanCancer Scholars Program How did you get involved in the Cancer Scholars Program? I have immediate family members who have been affected by cancer which helped fuel my interest in cancer research. As an incoming freshman, I had the opportunity to be a...
Apr 14, 2019 | Cancer Center News
Joy Chen, Robert Forsyth, Ngozi Amadikwu, Jarron Roy, and Hailan Shanbhag Several alumni from the researcHStart program met with Paloma Pearson, program manager for the Illinois campus, on Friday, April 12 at Caffé Bene in Champaign. Joy Chen, Robert Forsyth, Ngozi...
Mar 20, 2019 | Cancer Center News
TiMe students at Beckman Open House Students from the Tissue Microenvironment (TiMe) program participated in the Beckman Institute’s biannual open house. Visitors had the opportunity to explore the research occurring at Beckman in conjunction with the annual...
Jun 4, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of professor Taher Saif. MechSE professor Taher Saif has been named the 2018 recipient of the Warner T. Koiter Medal from ASME. He is the first winner of this award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “The Executive Committee of the ASME...
Apr 19, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Emily Chen. Emily Chen was selected as one of the Mavis Future Faculty Fellows (MF3) for the 2018-2019 academic year. This program is designed to facilitate the training for the next generation of great engineering professors. Engineering at Illinois is...
Apr 13, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of TiMe Symposium Participants. The TiMe Cohort hosted the second-annual Tissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Day Symposium and Poster Session on April 13, 2018 at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. There were over seventy attendees from 14...
Mar 15, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Assistant Professor Roy Dar. Bioengineering Assistant Professor Roy Dar received the Illinois Student Senate Teaching Excellence Award at the end of the spring 2018 semester. This award, which is run entirely by students, is presented each year to about 5...
Jan 30, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Rohit Bhargava Cancer. The word can evoke fear in anyone, and its diagnosis can come like a thief in the night. The American Cancer Society reports that nearly 1 out of 3 people in the United States will develop some form of cancer in their lifetimes. While...