Sharita Forrest

Communication professor JungHwan Yang is a member of a research team that explored the biases associated with political polls posted on social

Research by J. David Cisneros, a professor of communication and an affiliate of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, explores political candidates' dichotomous rhetoric about Latinos that alternately courts them for votes while disparaging immigrant communities, and the ways in which U.S. presidents embody ideas about race and national identity.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign social work professor Will Schneider is leading a team of national experts in exploring whether providing short-term financial help prevents repeated child maltreatment in Illinois families involved with the state's child welfare system.

Flexibility and personalization, along with increased consumption of fiber and protein, were key in optimizing dieters’ weight-loss success on the Individualized Diet Improvement Program, created by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign food scientists.

Participants on a self-directed dietary education program who had the greatest success at losing weight across a 25-month period consumed greater amounts of protein and fiber, a study found. Personalization and flexibility also were key in creating plans that dieters could adhere to over time.

In a book club with Death Row inmate Keith LaMar, Rachel McMillian’s high school students explored the complexities and joys of Black life, including mass incarceration and the empowerment of education. McMillian is currently an education professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Participants in a self-directed diet program lost significantly more weight by consuming higher amounts of protein and fiber, along with adhering to a personalized and flexible diet plan. Over a 25-month study, the most successful participants, who made up 41% of the total, lost an average of 12.

In a new book, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sociology professor Ilana Redstone examines the faulty thinking that is sewing political discord in the U.S. and challenges readers to abandon certainty in their rightness to rebuild social trust and preserve democracy.

Couples who participated in a relationship improvement program called Illinois Strong Couples, delivered through Illinois Extension, found that the skills it enhanced their connections with their partners and benefited their individual mental health.

: Journalism professor emeritus Matthew C. Ehrlich's latest book examines the dramatic story of a controversial medicine once touted as a miracle