Nov 5, 2025 | Cancer Center News
The Deborah M. House Fund for Cancer Research empowers University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students with invaluable, real-world experience in the fight against cancer. The fund recently supported Rana Abbed, a third-year Ph.D. student in bioengineering in the lab...
Aug 8, 2025 | Cancer Center News
High school students from all sites of the ResearcHStart program spent a day on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus shortly before wrapping up their summer of learning. ResearcHStart is an intensive cancer research experience and partnership between the...
Jun 23, 2025 | Cancer Center News, Cancer Scholars Program
Each year, Mayo Clinic invites around 180 undergraduates from across the nation to participate in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). The program allows undergraduates to work at the forefront of biomedical research at one of the world’s leading...
Dec 5, 2024 | Cancer Center News, TiMe Program
Read time: 1 minuteKeywords: student spotlight, TiME, honors and awards One of the strategic objectives of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is to train and empower the next generation of cancer researchers. The CCIL does this through numerous student programs,...
Sep 11, 2024 | Cancer Center News
A generous gift from the Groch family will honor Jonathan Groch’s legacy and provide a scholarship to support a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign student with financial need from the Chicago area. The Jonathan P. Groch Cancer Center at Illinois Scholarship will...
Aug 12, 2024 | Cancer Center News
More than 4,000 miles, nearly two dozen states, and 11 weeks later, the 2024 Illini 4000 team has raised over $60,000 and arrived at the end of a long but fulfilling journey: a bike ride across America to fight cancer. The Illini 4000 is a non-profit organization...
Aug 8, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Six high school students have a newfound understanding of cancer research after completing the Cancer Center at Illinois’ (CCIL) ResearcHStart program. ResearcHStart is an intensive cancer research experience and partnership between the University of Chicago,...
Jun 28, 2024 | Cancer Center News
New research led by a Carle Illinois College of Medicine student suggests sampling the genetic makeup of tumors in the liver could help identify the most effective cancer-fighting strategy. The studies focus on identifying genetic markers that could point the way to...
Jun 27, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois’ (CCIL) Tissue Microenvironment (TiME) Training Program published a comprehensive review article outlining important principles and engineering technologies to study the TiME. The recent publication represents a culmination of the hard...
Jun 25, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) recently hosted students visiting from Wilbur Wright College’s Transfer Pathways Program on June 11. The Transfer Pathways Program partners with the Grainger College of Engineering to provide students with guaranteed admission to...
Jun 13, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) welcomed the Illini 4000 to Urbana on June 12. CCIL researchers and staff members, family and friends, cancer advocates, and the Prairie Dragon Paddlers celebrated the riders as they arrived at the Beckman Institute after spending...
May 16, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Students in Champaign participated in hands-on science lessons during the spring semester as part of a collaboration between the Center for Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS) and several university institutes, including the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL). The...