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Likewise, her husband, a Chicago native, majored in Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He continued his studies as a Marshall Scholar at Cambridge University, receiving a B.A. in History and Philosophy of Science and a Ph.D. in molecular biology...
...Foundation also recognizes student inventors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and California Institute of Technology...
...evolving mainland genre that has seen filmmakers incorporating more nuanced, entertaining storytelling into patriotic plots. "China is anxious to be part of the global community. There's a lot of concern over soft power right now," says Poshek Fu, professor of cinema studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Movies are a strong projection of that desire...
...slicer-dicer infomercial. But others point to video-game research that suggests digital diversions have many advantages over similar analog training tools. "Video games are very integrative in nature. You have to multitask a lot," says Chandramallika Basak, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. In the PC-based game Rise of Nations, on which Basak published a paper last year in Psychology and Aging, multitasking involves managing an empire with multiple cities and simultaneously defending one locale from attack while reviving the sinking economy of another. But the question is whether learning how to play...
Melonie Griffiths-Evans, a CityLife/Vida Urbana organizer, recounted her personal experience with foreclosure. Before receiving help from CityLife/Vida Urbana, Griffiths-Evans said that she felt that she had no other option but to enter a homeless shelter. But CityLife/Vida Urbana barricaded her home to prevent the bank from evicting her and her family. Ultimately the bank entered into negotiations with Griffiths-Evans...