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The URL was missing from a Feb. 15 article describing a new Web site that honors the excellence of faculty members and alumni. National and international award categories are featured at www.publicaffairs.uiuc.edu/AwardWinners/. |
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sNOw school: Campus closes, but services continue despite blizzard
The UI’s Urbana campus made headlines around the U.S. and the world when a winter storm that dumped about a foot of snow on Central Illinois prompted Chancellor Richard Herman to cancel classes for two days, Feb. 13-14. Full story |
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Biologically inspired sensors
can augment sonar, vision system in submarines
To find prey and avoid being preyed upon, fish rely on a row of specialized
sensory organs along the sides of their bodies, called the lateral line.
Now, a research team led by Chang Liu at the UI has built an artificial lateral line that can provide
the same functions in underwater vehicles. Full story |
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Disposable sensor uses DNA to
detect hazardous uranium ions
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have
developed a simple, disposable sensor for detecting hazardous uranium
ions, with sensitivity that rivals the performance of much more
sophisticated laboratory instruments. Full story |
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E. coli bacteria migrating between
humans, chimps in Ugandan park
UI scientists have
found that people employed in chimpanzee-focused research and tourism
in a park in western Uganda are exchanging gastrointestinal bacteria – specifically Escherichia coli – with local chimpanzee
populations. Full story |
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UI scholars collecting,
analyzing constitutions from around world
The U.S. Constitution
is the oldest constitution
in the world. Many other constitutions do not last very long. Two Illinois professors are working
on a project to collect and analyze some 760 constitutions used worldwide
since the U.S. Constitution took effect. Full story |
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Chief Illiniwek performs last dance amid continued controversy
Eighty years of tradition and 17 years of controversy came to an end, or at least to a major milepost, on Feb. 21, when Chief Illiniwek danced for the final time at a UI sporting event. Full story |
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Global Campus Task Force offers recommendations, cites concerns
Establish the Global Campus Partnership online degree program only if the UI can deliver high-quality programs taught by qualified instructors – and provide better compensation and benefits to those instructors than previously envisioned by the program’s business plan. That is the advice of the Urbana-Champaign Senate to President B. Joseph White. Full story
Task force formed to advise on racism, free speech and hate crimes policy
Jorge Chapa, the director of the Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, will chair a task force that will advise the Urbana-Champaign Senate and Chancellor Richard Herman on issues related to racism and free speech and help define policy about hate speech and hate crimes. O. Vernon Burton, chair of the Senate Executive Committee, announced plans to form the task force at the Feb. 19 senate meeting. Full story
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Campus, cities ready for ‘Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day’ on March 2
University officials are joining forces with Champaign Police and Champaign city officials to help keep a lid on this year’s Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Full story |
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Seven decades later, Tennessee
Williams' play to get re-staging
After
70 years, Tennessee Williams’ first full-length
play – “Candles to the Sun” – is returning
to St. Louis for a March 16 homecoming performance at the theater where
it premiered on March 18, 1937. Full story |
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Campus leaders envision a Center for One Medicine
When she arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Urbana Champaign campus, Stacy Kostiuk had no intention of also getting a master’s degree in public health.
She is among a forward-thinking group of about 500 students nationwide pursuing the dual degree at one of the 15 schools in the U.S. that now offer it. Full story |
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UI joins group creating
digital book archive accessible to public
The UI has joined an alliance of educational institutions,
Internet companies and other groups in the U.S. and abroad that is building
a massive digital archive of public domain books for universal and free
public access. Full story |
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The Vivaldi Project
The perfect antidote to winter’s recent furies might just be a musical jolt of all four seasons – Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” that is. Full story |
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David H. Baker to be honored
for work in animal and nutritional science
This spring David H. Baker, professor emeritus of animal sciences and nutritional sciences at the UI, will
receive the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology’s
Charles A. Black Award. Full story
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Illinois biofuels expert meets with President Bush
On Feb. 23, Illinois plant biology and crops sciences professor Stephen P. Long was one of eight experts to brief President George W. Bush on the science of biofuels and battery technologies. Full story |
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a minute with … Thomas Graves
Thomas K. Graves is a professor of veterinary clinical medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine. His work in endocrinology and pharmacology led him to be a consultant on a new obesity drug for dogs, a prescription drug called Slentrol, manufactured by Pfizer. He was interviewed by Diana Yates, the News Bureau’s life sciences editor. Full interview
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- “The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in History”
(Smithsonian Books/Collins) by J.M. Adovasio, Jake Page and Olga Soffer. More
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notes Filmmaker hosts free film screening … Potpourri of Gardening' is March 24
… Lecture to focus on organ shortage … Applications for IPRH reading groups sought … Historian to visit campus in March
… Program will host Russian singers …
Scholarship application deadline is April 2 … Engineering Open House is March 9 and 10 …Lamneck concert is March 1
… Family Fun Day is March 3 …
Activities planned for March-April … International Dinner is March 11
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On the Job: Jenny German
Jenny German is assistant director of the ticket office at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. More |
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| deaths
Mary Veronica Albright, 87, died Feb. 24 at ManorCare Health Services in Champaign. Albright was a typing clerk for two years, retiring in 1981. Memorials: Champaign Public Library, 505 S. Randolph, Champaign, IL 61820; or the Provena auxiliary, 1400 W. Park St., Urbana, IL 61801.
Richard Lee Arrasmith, 77, died Feb. 11 at his Savoy home. He worked for the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics as a maintenance employee at Memorial Stadium from 1980 to 1989. Memorials: Carle Hospice or the University Place Christian Church.
Elouise Anna Bruhn-Wilson, died Nov. 28 at her Magnolia, Texas, home. She worked as a maid for 24 years, retiring in 1990.
LaVerne M. Caroline, 68, died Feb. 13 at ManorCare Health Services in Champaign. She worked at the UI library from 1955 to 1977. Memorials: HollyRod Foundation, www.hollyrod.com.
George Hursey, 76, died Feb. 21 at his Urbana home. He worked for the Operation and Maintenance Division for 21 years, retiring in 1996.
Robert Whitney Jacobson, 85, died Feb. 17 at his home in Champaign. He was a building inspector/project engineer for 29 years, retiring in 1992. Memorials: Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018.
Mildred Loggan, 83, died Feb. 14 at Martin Health Center, Bloomington, Ill. She worked in the accounting department in the College of Education for six years, retiring in 1983. Memorials: First United Methodist Church, 210 W. Church St., Champaign, IL 61820.
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