October 1, 2024 | Sharita Forrest, University of Illinois News Bureau In March 1951, Andrew Ivy—at the time, one of the most renowned scientists and medical ethicists in the U.S.—held a press conference in Chicago to announce Krebiozen, a recently discovered wonder drug that Ivy said could dramatically help cancer patients. The announcement created a […]
While the topic of premarital sex among college students may seem blasé today, openly expressing an opinion on it in a student newspaper in 1960 was so offensive that it abruptly ended one university professor’s career. Although biology professor Leo Koch would never work in higher education again, his legacy was a reevaluation of First Amendment […]