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Adults and
students reap benefits of long-term relationship
Begun in 1994,
the Champaign-Urbana One-to-One Mentoring Program matches adult
volunteers with youth in the Champaign-Urbana schools. Teachers
and counselors recommend students for the program who may be underachieving
academically, have poor attendance or exhibit poor self-esteem.
More …
Interested
in becoming a mentor? |
| RESEARCH |
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Peer
groups influence early adolescent bullying
Researcher Dorothy Espelage found that kids who hang out with
peers who bully, both boys and girls, tend to do more bullying
themselves. Bullying behavior was defined as teasing, harassment,
rumor spreading and social exclusion.
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Changes
in estate tax law of little consequence to most, scholar says
Richard L. Kaplan, a UI law professor, examines the history of
how ending the estate tax in 2001 became a paramount issue in
Washington and "distracted attention from issues that are
far more pressing for older Americans."
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UI
scientists: Climate change will affect carbon sequestration in oceans
The direct injection of unwanted carbon dioxide deep into the ocean
is one suggested strategy to help control rising atmospheric carbon
dioxide levels and mitigate the effects of global warming. But,
like the problems associated with the long-term storage of nuclear
waste, finding a safe place to sequester the carbon may be more
difficult than scientists first anticipated. |
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CAMPUS |
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Project-based service-learning
course LINCs students with nonprofits
A new course
called Learning in Community (LINC) teams students with nonprofit
organizations to develop service projects.
Full
story |
High-tech
tools give designers the ability to create plans in 3-D
For centuries, architects have been designing three-dimensional
spaces based on two-dimensional drawings and plans. From those designs,
models, then buildings, eventually are constructed.
But what if architects were able to design in 3-D right from the
start?
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Preschool curriculum
uses stories and art to build a love of books
Preparing preschoolers to read – and to love reading –
means more than minding their Ps and Qs. Especially for kids who
may later have trouble "unlocking the code" of reading,
it may determine whether they give up or keep trying. |
NY
Times reporter to speak at commencement
Barry Bearak, a New York Times reporter and a winner of a Pulitzer
Prize for international reporting, will speak at commencement
ceremonies May 18 at the Assembly Hall in Champaign.
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Senate defeats resolution
opposing attack on Iraq
A proposed resolution opposing a U.S. military attack on Iraq
sparked vigorous debate among senators at the Dec. 9 meeting
of the Urbana-Champaign Senate. Full story
correction
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Campus
Charitable Fund Drive exceeds goal
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HONORS |
Illinois
professor awarded
2002-03 Wolf Prize in Physics
Anthony J. Leggett, a UI professor of physics, has been selected
as a recipient of the 2002/3 Wolf Prize in physics.
Full
story |
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Two
UI scientists selected
as AAAS fellows
UI scientists Nick Holonyak Jr. and Susan E. Fahrbach
are among 291 people selected as 2002 fellows of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science
More. |
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| DEPARTMENTS |
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book
corner
Books
by faculty and staff members.
- "Ancient
Nasca Settlement and Society," by Helaine Silberman
- "Understanding
Virtual Reality," by William Sherman and Alan Craig
More
info |
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On the Job:
Rick Schoell
Rick
Schoell, executive director for government relations and director
of federal relations, University Office of Governmental Relations,
has spent his 16-year career as a liaison between the university
and state and federal legislators. More |
brief
notes
Faculty
retreat to be Jan. 27… Applications
being accepted for University Primary School … Additional
E-Recruting workshop announced … Women needed for health
study …Free seminars on survey research … Rewards
of caregiving featured … Campus Rec hosts 'Expo' and Health
Fest … Free parking offered with CashKey …English course
offered for nonstudents … Three
new exhibitions at KAM … Art courses offered for adults and
children … Register now for Communiversity … HRD catalog
available … RFPs
due for Brown Jubilee Commemoration … Ally Network to meet
Feb. 7 … Arts survey results released …Credit Union
offers workshops …
More
Events
honoring Martin Luther King Jr continue this week
benefits
brief
Enroll during February for supplemental
disability coverage |
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A report on honors,
awards, offices and other outstanding achievements of faculty and
staff members.
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