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Ethan Simmons

Champaign
As seen in: Wiley Online Library, Yahoo News, U.S. News and World Report, ACS Publications, Boston Business Journal, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, The Denver Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Sacramento Bee and
Covers:  I cover a variety of news and business topics, including manufacturing, youth employment, and recently, the industry impacts of COVID-19. On campus, I've lasered on the U of I's pandemic response.
Writer and interviewer; excitable person. Working at @AHSIllinois. Formerly @news_gazette, @PittsburghPG, @TheDailyIllini. NBA fan + Smash Bros. Melee player.

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Journalism found me in 2019, when I joined my campus newspaper The Daily Illini on a whim. Two months later, I had switched into my school's journalism program.

I joined The News-Gazette the following summer, covering lives in the East Central Illinois community I'd grown up in, for the paper that had arrived on my doorstep for my entire life.

I continued at the DI, becoming news editor for the publication in March. My education as an editor and educator of journalism began as the pandemic st…

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Health study involves adults with Down syndrome ‘every step of the way’

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By Ethan Simmons
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Oct. 15, 2025 | Ethan Simmons NIH-funded study will develop community resources to support well-being of adults with Down syndrome The transition to adulthood can be a challenging phase for people with Down syndrome, as resources built to support them in their youth and in school begin to dry up.
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At 10 years, Chez Veterans Center honors its family and friends

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By Ethan Simmons
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chez Veterans Center Chez Veterans Center Andrew Bender Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell By ETHAN SIMMONS After long journeys to Urbana-Champaign, the Chez family joined each other at the campus center bearing their name, beaming with pride. Thirteen years ago, Ron Chez—a 1962 University of Illinois graduate and Army veteran turned investor and philanthropist—provided a lead gift to build the Chez Veterans Center.
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Can a special diet promote children’s focus?

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By Ethan Simmons
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Health and Kinesiology Shelby Keye Naiman Khan Department of Health and Kinesiology College of Applied Health Sciences HK Newsletter Spring 2025 By ETHAN SIMMONS A diet rich in fiber and antioxidants, low in fat and full of colorful berries and vegetables has shown a strong connection to slowed cognitive decline in older adults. This same Mediterranean-influenced diet shows promise for children’s mental abilities, too.
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