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Vladimir Tolstoy, left, greets Rajmohan Gandhi at the kickoff event for a series of local initiatives connected with the Big Read, a nationwide campaign sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts aimed at promoting the reading of classic literature. See photo |
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Military action to influence oil-producing nations ineffective, expert says
There is another inconvenient truth about finite resources and human behavior on Planet Earth, an expert on international security and energy says. Trying to influence oil supply with military force in the Middle East is not only ineffective, it also is counterproductive. Full story
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Obama campaign will change election strategy, UI political expert says
The 2008 election will carve a spot in history, whether a yet-to-be-settled Democratic primary yields the first woman presidential nominee or the first African-American. But a UI professor predicts the tradition-busting race will also leave another legacy, cementing the social networking power of the Internet into the pavement of future campaign trails. Full story
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Femtogram-level chemical measurements now possible, UI team reports
Finding a simple and convenient technique that combines nanoscale structural measurements and chemical identification has been an elusive goal. Now, researchers at the UI have demonstrated a method for simultaneous structural and chemical characterization of samples at the femtogram level (a femtogram is one quadrillionth of a gram) and below. Full story
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Flash Index of Illinois economy dips slightly
A key indicator of the Illinois economy has dropped to its lowest level in more than three years. The UI Flash Index for March fell to 103.4 after rising the previous two months. Full story |
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Research fails to support current rapid growth of charter schools
The case for charter schools, by all appearances, has been made with politicians and the public. Forty states now have them, their numbers are rapidly increasing, and they now serve more than a million students. Full story |
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Insects take a bigger bite out of plants in a higher CO2 atmophere
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising at an alarming rate, and new research indicates that soybean plant defenses go down as CO2 goes up. Elevated CO2 impairs a key component of the plant’s defenses against leaf-eating insects, according to the report. The UI study appeared online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Full story
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'Superdense' coding gets denser
The record for the most amount of information sent by a single photon has been broken by researchers at the UI. Using the direction of “wiggling” and “twisting” of a pair of hyper-entangled photons, they have beaten a fundamental limit on the channel capacity for dense coding with linear optics. Full story |
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Trustees vote to increase tuition, support health initiative
Faced with budgetary deficits for energy costs and concerns about retaining faculty members, maintaining educational quality and a looming shortage of health-care professionals, the UI Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition and fees for the 2008-09 academic year and to endorse a resolution that called for establishing a dedicated stream of funding for educating doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. Full story |
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Senate discusses reorganization of units, establishment of new center
Two academic programs may soon become departments within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Urbana-Champaign Senate approved separate proposals from the Senate Committee on Educational Policy to reorganize the African American Studies and Research Program to the department of African American studies, and to reorganize the Program for the Study of Religion as the department of religion. Full story
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U.S. News graduate school rankings released
The UI fares well in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of America’s best graduate schools. The 2009 edition of the magazine’s ratings of graduate programs is scheduled for publication April 7-14. Full story
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Intel, Microsoft to invest $10 million in new center
Intel and Microsoft corporations will invest $10 million over five years in a new research center at the UI to develop ways to take maximum advantage of today’s multi-core computer chips. The UI will invest another $8 million – generally services such as staff and computing time – in the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center, which will involve 22 UI researchers in computer science and engineering. Full story
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Events feature Latino-American films, Latino art and culture
A variety of campus arts-related activities planned this month will focus attention on the culture and cultural identities of Latinos as well as on people living in various Latin American countries. Full story
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College of Media is different in more than just name
On March 26, the UI Board of Trustees approved renaming the College of Communications. The new name is College of Media. Full story
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James C. Schroeder named vice chancellor for institutional advancement
James C. Schroeder has been named vice chancellor for institutional advancement at the Urbana campus of the UI. He also becomes senior vice president of the UI Foundation. The appointment, which the UI Board of Trustees approved at its March 26 meeting, was effective March 27. Full story |
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Scholar of Native American writing to lead American Indian Studies Program
Robert Warrior, a scholar of Native American writing and intellectual history, will become the next director of the American Indian Studies Program and the Native American House at the UI. Full story |
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UI recognized as CFA Program Partner institution
The University of Illinois Master of Science in Finance Program has been named a CFA Program Partner, joining 54 other degree programs worldwide that meet the prestigious financial institute’s professional and ethical standards. Full story |
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Six academic professionals honored with CAPE award
Six academic professionals will receive the 2008 Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence award at an April 3 reception. Now in its 20th year, the program aims to honor contributions made by academic professionals on campus. Those to be honored: Carol Buss, Keith Erickson, Brian Jewett, Robin Neal Kaler, Karen Pruiett and Tracey Wszalek. Full story |
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Conference looks at racial violence
… Japan House open house features art of incense … Conference looks at 'A Debtor World' … Kieser presents free tornado safety show
… Marketing symposium is April 17-19 …
Event teaches women how to live 'well' … Workshop shows how to design exhibits …Taste of Campus Rec is April 11
… 'Agents of Change' opens April 7 …
Feminist theologist to lecture April 10 … EU Day activities are April 14-15 …More
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On the Job: Tim Prunkard
Tim Prunkard is a technical service supervisor in the department of civil and environmental engineering. More |
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Careers and Employment at the UI
Academic Human Resources
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Listings of academic professional and faculty member positions can be reviewed during regular business hours or online.
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Information about staff employment is online.
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deaths
Raymond Brewer, 79, died March 26 at his Champaign home. He worked in the department of aeronautical and astronautical engineering as an instrument maker, retiring in 1980 after more than 30 years of service. Memorials: Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2001 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131-3597
Fred Hancock, 65, died March 28 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. He was a graphic designer and worked in the Office for Planning and Budgeting for 30 years, retiring in 1998. Memorials: Fairmount and Jamaica Historical Society in care of Robison Chapel.
Gene Christian, 77, died March 17 at his home in Philo. He retired in 1997 after 16 years as a sheet metal worker in Facilities and Services. Memorials: St. Thomas Catholic Church, Philo.
Dorothy Marie Holloway, 95, died March 19 in Champaign. She worked as a kitchen helper in the Housing Division for 20 years, retiring in 1978. Memorials: Carle Hospice.
Keneth Kinnamon, 75, died March 18 at Fayetteville Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fayetteville, Ark. He was head of the UI English department from 1965-1982.
Charles R. McMullen, 75, died March 15 at Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana. He worked as a lab assistant for natural sciences from 1963-1972.
Ryszard S. Michalski, 70, died Sept. 20 at his home in Fairfax County in Virginia. From 1970 to 1987, Michalski was a member of the faculty in the computer science department, initially as a research professor and then as full professor of computer science and medical information science and director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Memorials: Kosciuszko Foundation, 15 East 65th St., New York, NY 10021. For more information, see the foundation’s Web site, www.kosciuszkofoundation.org.
Glen C. Sanderson, 85, died March 22 in Champaign. He joined the Illinois Natural History Survey in 1955 and was professor of zoology. Prior to his 1991 retirement, he served as director of the Center for Wildlife Ecology. He returned to the university from 1992-1997 as a principal scientist. Memorials: UI/INHS Waterfowl Research Station. Mail to Illinois Natural History Survey, P.O. Box 590, Havana, IL 62644.
Myra Carlson Williams, 61, died Feb. 13 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She worked in the newspaper library at the UI in the 1970s and also supervised operators of the university’s mainframe computers. Memorials: Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund in care of Dr. Carlos Fernandez, Massachusetts General Hospital, Wang Ambulatory Care Center, Room 460, 15 Parkman St., Boston, MA 02114.
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