#University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

[reportwire]

Model calculates energetics of piercing fangs, claws and other biological weapons

Model calculates energetics of piercing fangs, claws and other biological weapons

Newswise — CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers have created a model that can calculate the energetics involved when one organism stabs another with its fangs, thorns, spines or other puncturing parts. Because the model can be applied to a variety of organisms, it will help scientists study and compare many types of biological puncturing tools, researchers said. It also will help engineers develop new…

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

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[thebotanicalarcade]

n616_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants / London :R. Hardwicke,1863-1886. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32608884

[monkeyssalad-blog]

n237_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: A general history of birds /. Winchester [England] :Printed by Jacob and Johnson, for the author : sold in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker ... [and 3 others],1821-1828.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33543053

[glfc2112]

This past Saturday (September 2), the Illinois Illini played host to the Toledo Rockets.  The Marching Illini is the marching band of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During the half-time show, they started off with two Rush classics, "YYZ" and "Spirit of Radio."

[rodspurethoughts]

Demon hunting: Physicists confirm 67-year-old prediction of massless, neutral composite particle

Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignResearchers have discovered Pines’ demon, a collection of electrons in a metal that behaves like a massless wave. Newswise — In 1956, theoretical physicist David Pines predicted that electrons in a solid can do something strange. While they normally have a mass and an electric charge, Pines asserted that…

[mawgumelar]

Companies and Products Founded by UIUC (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) People

YouTube

AMD

PayPal

Tesla Motors

Netscape

Oracle

Safari

Firefox

Delta Air Lines

Lotus

Mortal Kombat

[mauricecherry]

December is a good time to take stock and think about how to approach the new year ahead. And for this week’s guest, Lawrence Humphrey, this year was about striking out on his own and starting Pearl, a peer-based leadership consulting platform where he serves as CEO.

We began by talking about the origin story of Pearl, and Lawrence walked me through the platform and spoke on how collaboration is a big part of how he makes everything work. He also shared how he started out as an engineer, talked about how his tenure at IBM inspired him to found Tech Can [Do] Better, and gave recognition to those who have helped him achieve the success he has today. According to Lawrence, the best outcomes are a result of bringing diverse people together — a great message that we can all take to heart!

For extended show notes, including a full transcript of this interview, visit revisionpath.com.

Revision Path is brought to you by Lunch, a multidisciplinary creative studio in Atlanta, GA.

It is produced by Maurice Cherry and engineered and edited by RJ Basilio. Our intro voiceover is by Music Man Dre, with intro and outro music by Yellow Speaker. Transcripts provided by Brevity & Wit.

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[gamma-xi-delta]

Sorority Rush Vlog **at a Big 10 school**

Published by Connie H

[thebotanicalarcade]

n237_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Neerland's Plantentuin :. Groningen :J. Wolters,1865-1867.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35759475

[monkeyssalad-blog]

n259_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: A general history of birds /. Winchester [England] :Printed by Jacob and Johnson, for the author : sold in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker ... [and 3 others],1821-1828.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33543075

[heaveninawildflower]

'The Rose Tribe' taken from 'Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants' by Elizabeth Twining.

Published 1868 by Sampson Low, Son, and Marston.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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[amtrak-official]

So I am still working on my master post on urban design education in the US but here are the schools with masters programs that I have found so far

University of Kentucky

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Washington

Georgia Tech

UNC Charlotte

University of Cincinnati

New York Institute of Technology

Miami

Colorado Denver

Harvard

Carnegie Mellon

Clemson

University of Virginia

Kent State

University of South Florida

University of Georgia

UC Berkeley

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Michigan

Thomas Jefferson University

UPenn

UT Austin

Ball State

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Iowa State

[mindblowingscience]

Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have achieved a significant breakthrough that could lead to better—and greener—agricultural chemicals and everyday products. Using a process that combines natural enzymes and light, the team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed an eco-friendly way to precisely mix fluorine, an important additive, into chemicals called olefins—hydrocarbons used in a vast array of products, from detergents to fuels to medicines. This groundbreaking method offers an efficient new strategy for creating high-value chemicals with potential applications in agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, renewable fuels, and more.

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[dionysus-complex]

Medieval Christian culture was centered on the collective belief in the possibility of God’s real presence among humans and in several rituals, most prominently the Mass, that were meant to constantly produce and renew such real presence. Presence, in this context, does not exclusively or perhaps even primarily pertain to the dimension of time but contains a claim of spatial proximity. We call “present” whatever at a given moment appears close enough to be in reach of our body and its touch. The Christian God’s real presence, therefore, makes it possible to eat his body and to drink his blood. In modern culture, in contrast, beginning with the Renaissance, representation prevails over the desire for real presence on multiple phenomenal levels. Modern representation is thus not an act that makes “present again” what, after having been present, is now absent. Rather, the word subsumes all those cultural practices and techniques that replace through an often complex signifier (and make thus available) as “reference” what is not present in space or time. If, for all the problematic totalizations that they may imply, these characterizations of the Middle Ages and modernity can appear conventional, my innovative thesis lies in the claim that, ever since the historical moment we call the “crisis of representation,” around 1800, our culture has developed a renewed longing for real presence, a longing to which multiple devices dedicated to the production of presence respond without ever fully satisfying it.

From Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, The Powers of Philology: Dynamics of Textual Scholarship (Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2003), 11

[sueeeeesworld]

Hello,

My name is Xue Yan. I am a Ph.D. student in Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My academic advisor, Dr. Liza Berdychevsky, and I conduct a study titled “Sex Views and Sexual Self-concept”.

If you are currently 18 years old or older and willing to share your opinions about sexual-related topics, please allow me to invite you to participate in this study.

If you agree to participate, you will take part in a survey, taking approximately 20 minutes. All information collected from this survey is anonymous and will be treated as strictly confidential. Your name will not appear on this survey and the information you provided will be grouped with other participants’ information to protect your identity. Please click on the link below or scan the QR code to participate:

Your participation would be much appreciated and extremely important, as it would provide valuable insights to contribute to people’s sexual justice and effective sexual health education.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration!

Xue Yan

Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism Management

College of Applied Health Sciences University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

xueyan3@illinois.edu