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Illinois, out-of-state and international students sorted alphabetically by town. Note departmental and university honors conferred are included. Editor’s notes: This information is available on this site for approximately one year. Inquiries regarding Dean’s List and Bronze Tablet honorees from prior years should be directed to the student’s college or school of enrollment. Students may request degree verifications from the Office of the Registrar degree verification website. Employers and background-screening firms may request degree verifications from the National Student Clearinghous...

Veterans in the group therapy intervention focused on skills such as goal-setting, problem-solving or time management. The intervention also offered psychotherapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy. U. of I. psychology professor Howard Berenbaum and doctoral student Christian Williams designed and implemented this program. Group sizes ranged from four to eight participants. Participants in the emotion-regulation training engaged with researchers one-on-one and learned two techniques: cognitive reappraisal, which involves finding more positive ways to think about stressful or ...

Photo courtesy Mundoo blog posts CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —Many climate models focus on scenarios decades into the future, making their outcomes seem unreliable and problematic for decision-making in the immediate future. In a proactive move, researchers are using short-term forecasts to stress the urgency of drought risk in the United States and inform policymakers’ actions now. A new study led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign civil and environmental engineering professor Ximing Cai examines how drought propagates through climate, hydrological, ecological and social systems throughout d...

The theater performance takes place March 5 at 2 p.m. with an Out of Chaos Theatre interactive production of “The Suppliants,” by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. The tragedy tells the story of the Danaids, who fled Egypt to escape forced marriage, seeking refuge and a new home in Greece. Following the performance will be a panel discussion on current-day refugees in Greece and the Mediterranean, federal approaches to U.S. immigration and the work of local immigration activists. Links to register for each event are available on the EU Day webpage. EU Day is an annual event held to ...

However, patients in the group that focused only on physical health information maintained their improvements on just two risk factors – BMI and systolic blood pressure. Data collected at the conclusion of the 12-month intervention indicated that patients in the program with the mental health component improved on eight of nine health measures, while their peers in the traditional program improved on just three. “The gains achieved by patients in the integrated program were greater than those of their counterparts in the other group and had greater lasting effects,” said University of I...