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Nine Months, One Virus: How Infection in Pregnancy Shapes Child Development

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Explore how infections such as influenza during pregnancy can shape early brain development and affect long‑term health.

A brief illness during pregnancy may have longer-term effects on development…

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Minding the Gap: How AI Reveals Who Is Missing from Mental Health Care

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Examine how artificial intelligence helps researchers identify overlooked communities and challenge assumptions about mental health care.

Millions of Americans living with mental health conditions…

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Superbugs Don’t Follow Orders: How Antimicrobial Resistance Spreads from Animals to Humans

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Confront the rise of drug‑resistant infections by learning how antimicrobial resistance moves between animals and humans.

What happens when antibiotics stop working? Drug-resistant infections are…

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Heart of America Grazing Conference

Explore how regenerative grazing can grow livestock operations.

Producers can stay in the loop on what’s moving in the world of regenerative grazing by attending the 2026 Heart of America Grazing…

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4-H Alumni Round-Up

Hosted by DuPage County Fair
County: DuPage
4-H Alumni Day at DuPage County Fair

Calling all 4-H Alumni! Join us at the DuPage County Fair to reconnect with your roots and celebrate multiple generations shaped by 4-H. What better place to…

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The Real Steps to Maintaining a Lawn

Four Seasons Gardening Webinar Series
Discover the steps not to skip when caring for a lawn. 

Does a lawn really need to be fertilized four times a year? Is watering every day helping or hurting the lawn? And how much of that…

Grasses at a Glance

Identification of Common Prairie Grasses

Which Grass is Which Workshops

Grasses play a big role in natural ecosystems — from controlling soil erosion to supporting pollinators to providing food for livestock — but telling one from…

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Woodland Landowner Considerations for Forest Carbon Programs

Forestry Stewardship Webinar Series 2026

The 2026 Forestry Stewardship Webinar Series features a series of five presentations from Forestry Experts each Wednesday at 2:00 pm Central on July 29 and August 5, 12, 19, and 26.  You can…

Grasses at a Glance

Identification of Common Nuisance Grasses

Which Grass is Which Workshops

Grasses play a big role in natural ecosystems — from controlling soil erosion to supporting pollinators to providing food for livestock — but telling one from…

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2026 Youth Crop Scouting Competition

A competition that prepares youth for life beyond the field.

There is no better way to check in on a crop field than to take a walk down a row. Crop scouting gives farmers a heads-up about…