http://illinois.edu/lb/imageList/1171 These featured items are of interest to a broad audience and reflect the excellence of the Illinois campus. http://www.news.illinois.edu/news/13/0510lotus_genome_RayMing.html Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/74271 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a symbol of spiritual purity and longevity. Its seeds can survive up to 1,300 years, its petals and leaves repel grime and water, and its flowers generate heat to attract pollinators. Now researchers report in the journal Genome Biology that they have sequenced the lotus genome, and the results offer insight into the heart of some of its mysteries. The sequence reveals that of all the plants sequenced so far and there are dozens sacred lotus bears the closest resemblance to the ancestor of all eudicots, a broad category of flowering plants that includes apple, cabbage, cactus, coffee, cotton, grape, melon, peanut, poplar, soybean, sunflower, tobacco and tomato. http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0506martial_arts_CarlaSantos_ScottTainsky.html Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/74161 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights Once derided as barbaric and tantamount to human cockfighting by many lawmakers, the mixed martial arts industry was on the fringe of the sports landscape during its early years in the U.S. and was banned in 36 states. Over the past decade, however, MMA and its foremost promotional vehicle, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, have made a dramatic turnaround, winning mainstream acceptance and legalization in all but two states Connecticut and New York. http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0429myotonic_dystrophy_StevenZimmerman.html Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/74008 Thu, 02 May 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights Theres hope for patients with myotonic dystrophy. A new small molecule developed by researchers at the University of Illinois has been shown to break up the protein-RNA clusters that cause the disease in living human cells, an important first step toward developing a pharmaceutical treatment for the as-yet untreatable disease. http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0430doris_duke_award_TereO'Connor.html Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/73889 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights Tere OConnor, a professor of dance at the University of Illinois, has been granted a Doris Duke Artist Award. The awards represent a deep investment in the potential of the 20 recipient artists, who each receive an unrestricted $225,000 grant, plus $25,000 to fund an audience-development project and another $25,000 to invest in a retirement account that will allow them to continue their creative work later in life. http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0429ovarian_cancer_SandraRodriguez-Zas.html Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/73865 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified biomarkers that can be used to determine ovarian cancer survival and recurrence, and have shown how these biomarkers interact with each other to affect these outcomes. http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0416microbatteries_WilliamKing.html# Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/73413 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights Though they be but little, they are fierce. The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries to jump-start a dead car battery and then recharge the phone in the blink of an eye. http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0411optogenetics_JohnRogers.html Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/73278 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights A thin plastic ribbon printed with advanced electronics is threaded through the eye of an ordinary sewing needle. The device, containing LEDs, electrodes and sensors, can be injected into the brain or other organs. http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0409social_capital_RussellKorte.html Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/73219 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights New hires success on the job is highly dependent on their knowledge of the formal and informal social systems in the workplace, suggests a new study led by Russell Korte, a professor of human resource development in the College of Education. http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0410goldwater_scholarships.html Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/73248 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights University of Illinois juniors Manan Raval and David Schmid have been awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for the 2013-14 academic year for demonstrating leadership and academic promise in science or engineering. Seth Cazzell, a sophomore in materials science and engineering, and Shyam Saladi, a junior in electrical engineering, earned honorable mentions in the national competition. http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0322ebertfest_sked.html Campus Highlight http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1171/72952 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:00:00 CDT Campus Highlights Tilda Swinton, star of "Julia," will return to the film festival on April 19.