http://illinois.edu/pc/imageList/1004 The latest news and announcements from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. http://www.las.uiuc.edu/news/2009/studyabroad/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/26972 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:45:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News Emily Pinheiro, a junior majoring in economics at the University of Illinois, has been awarded a Boren Undergraduate Scholarship to study in Ecuador, and John P. Kim, who graduated with a degree in political science and international studies in 2009, has been awarded a Language Flagship Fellowship to study Korean in the National Security Education Program competition. http://www.las.illinois.edu/news/2009/hysteria/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/25592 Thu, 14 May 2009 11:45:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News An LAS history professor reveals how doctors in the past suppressed the fact that men also suffered so-called "hysteria," a broad diagnosis for psychological illness that hasn't been used in half a century. http://www.las.uiuc.edu/news/2009/tornado/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/25588 Thu, 14 May 2009 11:30:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News The next six weeks will be better than a journey to Oz for storm chaser Glen Romine. From May 10 through June 13, Romine is among the nearly 100 scientists who are being deployed across a 900-mile, kidney-bean-shaped swath of the U.S. Great Plains in the largest field experiment in history to learn just what gives tornadoes their deadly twist. http://www.las.uiuc.edu/news/2009/hillary/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/25584 Thu, 14 May 2009 11:15:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News Growing up in Finland with Russian ancestry, Veronica Shenshin felt the effects of old tensions between the two countries even though her family had lived in Helsinki for three generations. When she arrived at U of I to study, she says, for the first time in her life she felt equal. It's fitting, then, that her experience here ended in a graduation ceremony attended not only by good friends but also Hillary Clinton. http://www.las.uiuc.edu/news/2009/johnlynn/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/25585 Thu, 14 May 2009 11:00:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News After 25 years of leading LAS graduation convocation processions, John Lynn is accustomed to playing bagpipes in the spotlight. He rather likes it; he can't count how many graduates have taken their picture with him, and with at least a dozen songs committed to memory (and upwards of 60 when he plays more often) it's safe to say he loves the music. http://www.las.uiuc.edu/news/2009/nanoneedle/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/25589 Thu, 14 May 2009 10:30:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a membrane-penetrating nanoneedle for the targeted delivery of one or more molecules into the cytoplasm or the nucleus of living cells. In addition to ferrying tiny amounts of cargo, the nanoneedle can also be used as an electrochemical probe and as an optical biosensor. http://www.las.uiuc.edu/news/2009/poorcountries/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/25590 Thu, 14 May 2009 10:15:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News Hernando de Soto, the Peruvian economist, did an experiment in the 1980s in which he tried to find out how much time it would take to start a new business in Peru. He discovered that it took 256 working days just to obtain the 11 necessary permits?and two of the permits could only be obtained with bribes. http://www.las.illinois.edu/news/2009/antibiotics/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/25591 Thu, 14 May 2009 10:00:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News For every star in the universe, there are 1 billion bacteria here on earth. In the human body alone, you can find 10 times more bacterial cells than there are total cells in the body. http://www.las.illinois.edu/news/2009/buglife/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/25593 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:15:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News It's a bug's world?at least if you go strictly by the numbers. In 1758, scientists had counted 4,203 species of animals and more than half were insects. Today, that number keeps rising by leaps and bounds, with roughly 950,000 species of insects described. http://www.las.uiuc.edu/news/2009/facebook/ News http://illinois.edu/pc/article/1004/25595 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:00 CDT College of LAS: Latest News May graduates take note. In addition to spiraling stocks and mass layoffs there's one other hurdle to landing a job after college: Facebook.