Jan. 23, 2026 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Study from AHS researchers links stress to gut inflammation via adrenergic oxidative pathways For decades, patients with inflammatory bowel disease have reported a familiar and frustrating pattern: periods of intense stress are often followed by worsening symptoms or full-blown disease flares. Clinicians have observed the same phenomenon, yet the […]
Month: January 2026
Study: Access to parks linked with greater physical activity for some, but not all, residents
Jan. 15, 2026 | Tia King CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new two-year study found that U.S. residents who lived near parks and recreational facilities had small increases in their leisure-time physical activities, but the relationship was stronger in more affluent counties with largely white, non-Hispanic populations. Mikihiro Sato, a professor of recreation, sport and tourism at the […]
Happy Birthday, Huff!
Dec. 19, 2025 | Anna Flanagan AHS celebrates the 100th anniversary of Huff Hall By Anna Flanagan Many people still think of the home of the College of Applied Health Sciences as Huff Gym. The building opened in 1925 as the New Gymnasium, giving the University of Illinois men’s basketball team what was then state-of-the-art […]