Alum provides life-saving blood as a medical lab scientist and frequent donor

Eddie Gordon, seated, giving blood while giving a thumbs up

When Eddie Gordon ’12, ’17 isn’t on the job as a medical lab scientist for Carle Foundation Hospital’s blood bank in Urbana, he’s often either organizing a local blood drive, promoting the importance of blood donations, or donating blood himself. For Gordon, giving blood—a liquid essential to life—is personal.

Dr. Hendricks receives small external grant for IDEA research

headshot of Dr. Hendricks

On January 19, Dr. Michael Hendricks, the Department of Psychology’s Dr. Jordan Arellanes, and Chang Su-Russell, received $2,600 in research funds from The Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research Grant program.