CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WICS/WRSP)— Jasmine Brown's life had gotten a little more difficult after the gait trainer she used to get around started to fall apart. She has cerebral palsy and has used a gait trainer since she was seven years...

Arielle Rausin is a serious wheelchair racer. She's participated in about 35 marathons including New York, Chicago, Boston, London, and LA marathons. But she wasn't always so athletic. Rausin was in a car accident when she was 10 that...

For almost the past year, we’ve been bringing you stories of different startups on the University of Illinois campus. From a robot arm that serves coffeeto a device that provides more accurate and affordable cancer screenings. Those and many others...

Twenty-seven percent of girls in India are married before their 18th birthday. That’s according to the organization Girls Not Brides. That statistic is especially true for girls who are poor and uneducated. But, education isn’t always a priority for girls...

This project all started as an idea between two friends at a gymnastics meet at the University of Illinois. “We spent about a month brainstorming all the different ideas that we could work on in the medical industry and all...

Having an impressive shoe collection can be expensive, but University of Illinois students Cedric Vargas and Benoit Ortalo-Magn can help. “They were like, there’s no way you’re going to make any money off this, this is crazy,” said Vargas. “But...

It’s found in almost everything - mattresses, furniture, insulation, gym shoes and even some scratch-resistant glass, like in cell phones and eyeglasses. “Yeah, it’s found everywhere,” said University of Illinois chemistry professor Steven Zimmerman. They’re called polyurethanes and they’re everywhere...