Ah, summer evenings. 🌆

Meet Aravind “Babs” Baby, this month’s featured student researcher. 👋 Babs studies how to extend lead-acid batteries' lifetimes through refurbishment. He hopes his research will reduce the harmful environmental impacts of battery recycling. 🪫♻️🔋 ▶️bit.ly/3yrNbc0

#ILLINOIS athletes are headed to the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. 🥇 Fans and family gathered at Disability Resources & Educational Services (DRES) for a send-off celebration. We are so proud of them all. 🧡 Please help us in sending them good luck as they prepare to compete!

What if surgeries fixed problems flawlessly, the first time? Beckman researcher Dr. Stephen Boppart leads an ARPA-H-funded project which combines AI and optical imaging tech to ensure that tumor tissue and cells are removed during surgery. bit.ly/4drHha2

It all starts THIS WEEK ‼️ 🔸 #IllinoisMoveIn: Wednesday - Friday 🔹 Sights & Sounds: Thursday evening 🔸 New Student Convocation: Friday morning 🔹 Quad Day: Sunday afternoon And so much more: newstudent.illinois.edu/orientation/we…

The leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. is mental health. Beckman's Karen Tabb Dina, one of the nation’s top researchers in perinatal mental health studies, is co-leading an interdisciplinary #ILLINOIS effort to change that. Learn more: go.illinois.edu/perinatal

In the next week, our serene campus will transform with the vibrant energy of students returning for another year at #ILLINOIS. We can’t wait to welcome everyone back and kick off fall semester! Until then, enjoy these last few days of summer break, Illini. 🌞

A $21 million Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) project led by CCIL researchers will create an automated production platform that quickly manufactures 3D tumor models, which can be used to study cancer and test potential treatments. 🔶 go.illinois.edu/ARPAHTumorMode…

The 2024 Paralympic Games begin in Paris on August 28. Adam Bleakney, a Beckman researcher and the head coach of the U. of I. wheelchair track and road racing team will be there — coaching for Team USA. 🥇

New school year? New Beckman apparel. Order from the online pop-up shop now through Wednesday, Sept. 11. 👕 🔶 🧢 go.beckman.illinois.edu/apparel

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Two interdisciplinary projects were selected to receive 2024 Beckman seed grants. 👩‍🔬🌱 One investigates the genetic basis of behavior and brain function related to autism spectrum disorder. The other explores how collagen dysfunction affects tissue. 📰bit.ly/3AFP9q6

Meet Kristy Arnett, who joined Beckman Facilities and Operations in October 2022. 👋 Beyond managing space, coordinating projects and ensuring safety, Arnett brings her expertise in architecture and interior design to every remodeling project. 👷‍♀️🛠️🪜 ▶️ bit.ly/3Z404nB

Beckman is #hiring for two positions: Research scientist Senior research programmer Applications for both positions must be received by 6 p.m. CST on Sept. 19. Learn more and apply at beckman.illinois.edu/jobs 🔶🤝🔷

Greenhouse gas emissions are changing Earth's climate. Join Steven Chu, former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Nobel Prize winner, for his lecture, "The challenges in getting to net-zero GHG emissions." 📍Beckman Institute Auditorium 🗓️3 p.m. Sept. 17 go.beckman.illinois.edu/BeckmanBrown

📍Beckman's air-handling unit. Here, air is pressurized, conditioned and distributed to five stories of offices, labs and spaces. Four fans supply air and four return it; all are original to the building’s 1986 birth. 🪭 Learn more▶️ bit.ly/3ZhF78C 🤝University of Illinois Facilities & Services

In a study of wheelchair and mobilized scooter users, 96% of participants reported at least one fall in the past year. #ILLINOIS researchers are testing an intervention that uses safety training and self-management strategies to prevent falls. ▶️ bit.ly/46uEhqO

Caterina Gratton, a professor of UIUC Psychology Department, has joined the Beckman Institute. 🤝 "I’m thrilled to be joining the Beckman community. It is the perfect place for the #interdisciplinary research we do in my lab," she said. bit.ly/4efK1rk