Feb. 6, 2024 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker encouraged University of Illinois students to live and work in his home state If there is one thing Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker knows about, it’s hospitality. A member of the family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain, Pritzker on Jan. 25 gave the opening remarks […]
Category: College of Applied Health Sciences
Yogi, OT, teacher, researcher: Kinesiology Ph.D. candidate explores yoga for pain management
April 01, 2024 | Ethan Simmons Stephanie Voss’s research at the College of Applied Health Sciences looks at how might yoga be used to manage lasting pain To doctoral candidate Stephanie Voss, chronic pain treatment and yoga have more in common than we think. Voss, now in her third year of a kinesiology Ph.D program […]
RST Ph.D. student helps student-athletes find belonging, in and out of his research
Dec. 10, 2024 | Ethan Simmons Solomon Siskind is investigating what it’s like to be a Black student-athlete at a predominantly white institution and how being part of a racial affinity group affects their life on campush Solomon Siskind is living a double life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—two lives that are finely intertwined. […]
AHS program trains—and pays for—skilled speech-language pathologists
Sept. 25, 2024 | Ethan Simmons A team of Applied Health Sciences professors obtained a five-year, $1.1 million grant from the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education to educate 10 speech-language pathologists Between stuttering, language delays and articulation problems, Marjorie Campbell saw the gamut of communication disorders while shadowing a […]
First-generation student week was about honoring the trailblazers
Nov. 11, 2024 | Ethan Simmons For First-Generation Student Week in 2024, we highlighted stories from students at the College of Applied Health Sciences RIHANNA SHEGOG Kinesiology first-year student Rihanna Shegog grew up between Bradley and Shawneetown, Illinois—essentially, at both ends of the state. It wasn’t until a college fair her senior year of high […]
Message from the SHS Department Head
April 25, 2025 | Pamela Hadley, Charles and Kay Stenberg Professor and SHS Department Head Dear Students, Faculty, Alumni and Friends of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, As we step into the energy of spring 2025, I’m excited to share the latest updates from our department. It’s been a remarkable year, and we […]
Believing the Impossible: Illinois wheelchair athlete Hoda Elshorbagy overcame the odds
April 17, 2025 | Jonathan King Hoda Elshorbagy’s journey from rural Egypt to central Illinois was an unlikely story, a path littered with numerous obstacles. By JONATHAN KING In her home in southern Egypt, Hoda Elshorbagy glanced at the TV, then turned to her father with clear-eyed conviction and said, “One day, I’m going to […]
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SHS student Carbajal speaks her goals into existence
June 03, 2024 | Darina Lubenov Alexandra Carbajal discovered her passion for her major, Speech and Hearing Science, during her freshman year at the University of Illinois. After that, everything else she found was through drive and dedication. “I had a speech therapist when I was a kindergartener,” Carbajal said. “So, I know what a […]
My Summer Internship at the McKechnie Family LIFE Home
June 03, 2024 | Praachi Mudar, University High School Before this summer, whenever I thought of robots, I thought of the clunky Disney robot WALL-E and his mission to save mankind. I didn’t have any direct experience interacting with robots or the components involved, so my only point of reference was a kid’s movie. This […]