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Register for statewide in-person pesticide applicator 2027 training clinics, testing

URBANA, Ill. — Build trust and lead with experience, safety, awareness, and knowledge to help ensure safer pesticide application with training from the Pesticide Safety Education Program at University of Illinois Extension. Sign up for an in-person training and testing clinic offered across…
Policy program creates unexpected path to community and career impact

CHICAGO — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumna Elizabeth Gutierrez calls her immersive Illini Science Policy Program experience both exciting and atypical. 

In 2022, the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation in Chicago had just hired its first executive director…
Illinois Extension expands environmental outreach to meet growing need

URBANA, Ill. — A handful of University of Illinois Extension staffing changes mean four more educators in the northern part of the state are sharing their energy, environment, and natural resources expertise with local communities. While the geographical…
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Assessing the prospects for 2017 corn production
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu   URBANA, Ill. –...
Climate change may confuse plant dormancy cycles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE URBANA, Ill. – Perennial plants in the Midwest are well attuned to their surroundings. They hunker down all winter in a dormant state, just waiting for a sign that it’s safe to unfurl their first tender leaves or flower buds. For many plants, the cue is a...
Old-crop soybean consumption and weather
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Todd Hubbs, 217-300-4688, jhubbs3@illinois.edu News writer: Debra Levey Larson, 217-244-2880, dlarson@illinois.edu   URBANA, Ill. –...
DOE funds major bioenergy research center at Illinois
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News source/writer: Tony Mancuso, 217-300-3546, tmancuso@illinois.edu   URBANA, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is doubling down on energy research at the University of Illinois at...

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