May: For college students, it’s a month of high levels of stress followed by parties celebrating another semester in the books. For others, a start on an internship or summer job. For some LGBTQ students,...
This past year has been tough. It has been unpredictable, heartbreaking, stressful and fearful due to the COVID-19 pandemic that turned everyone’s life upside down. The people that may be able to understand...
With the advent and ongoing distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, public discourse has naturally shifted toward the lifting of restrictions instituted in light of the virus’s spread. However, from the onset...
As a first-generation Mexican American, access to mental health services was a foreign concept when my family and I first came to the United States. Not because the U.S. lacks resources to provide mental...
A central aim of the University of Illinois Strategic Framework (2016) is to “Enhance the diversity and inclusiveness of the University community.” In conflict with this goal, the University disproportionately...
College students, while mostly spared of the more serious health risks of COVID-19, might be most at risk for mental health issues.
It is no secret that getting mental health services at a college or...
As a student coming from a low-income household, going to college was a daunting task. Apart from all of the new experiences I would encounter, I was skeptical as to how I would be able to afford college...
Oftentimes, we do not consider the individuals transitioning from incarceration to their communities when discussing healthcare policy reform.
The American Psychological Association found that “64%...
Historically, someone is always "blamed" for diseases.
Jews were blamed for typhus and smallpox. Haitians were blamed for AIDs. The German blamed the French, who blamed the Italian, for syphilis. The...
The University of Illinois is committed to inclusiveness and diversity among its student population.
While this is great, there also seems to be a lack of support for graduate students. Specifically,...
Imagine the uproar if the Supreme Court decided a case impacting the lives of millions, but did not issue an opinion. Imagine the anger if a family law judge denied custody of a child to a parent, but...
In the first few months of 2021, the students of UI’s Illinois Solar Decathlon will put their engineering and architectural skills to the test as their work culminates in the national Solar Decathlon...
