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A reel challenge
Joshua Harris, the media preservation coordinator for the university library, says a recent survey initiated by the Center for Multimedia Excellence identified around 400,000 pieces of old media on campus that need to be prioritized and preserved. There are hopes the survey will lead to a wider campus effort to save old audio, video and film.
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A university committee has recommended against adopting the Common Application for admissions on the Urbana and Springfield campuses.
At a May 22 special meeting, the Senate Executive Committee approved a resolution that supports Chancellor Phyllis M. Wise’s stated goal of permanently dropping Chief Illiniwek and adopting a new campus symbol.
Until the U. of I. astronomy department’s 117-year-old telescope is returned to full working order, Mars will just have to sit in mid-retrograde.
Conservator possesses artist’s sensibility, sense of awe
The Summer Reading series returns to Inside Illinois. Franne Davis, the assistant director of general books at the Illini Union Bookstore, takes a look at trends in summer reading and book publishing, and offers a few personal recommendations.
Researchers and physicians in the field could soon run on-the-spot tests for environmental toxins, medical diagnostics, food safety and more with their smartphones.
After climbing by more than a full point in April, the U. of I. Flash Index held relatively steady in May, rising just one-tenth of a point to 105.9. The reading is the highest for the index since August 2007 when it stood at 106.
In a new study described in the journal Oncogene, researchers reveal how a key player in cell growth, immunity and the inflammatory response can be transformed into a primary contributor to tumor growth.
Honey bees don’t start out knowing how to find flowers or even how to get around outside the hive. Before they can forage, they must learn how to navigate a changing landscape and orient themselves in relation to the sun.
Researchers report that they have determined the precise chemical structure of the HIV capsid, a protein shell that protects the virus’s genetic material and is a key to its virulence. The capsid has become an attractive target for the development of new antiretroviral drugs.
U. of I. English professor Ted Underwood recently wrapped up a research project involving more than 4,200 books. Since that work revealed dramatic shifts in the English language between the 18th and 19th centuries, he’s now expanding his research to include more than 470,000 books – almost every English language book written during that era and preserved in a university library.
Technology that’s used in smartphones and other electronic devices also is being used by veterinarians at the University of Illinois to help horses recover safely from anesthesia.
Students in the U. of I. Education Justice Project have received the Arcus Prize for Collaborative Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. The students’ project, Language Partners, was one of three entries honored last week from among 188 submitted by organizations in 23 nations. The $30,000 award will be split with two other social justice organizations.
The Supreme Court Monsanto ruling: The farmer had no real chance of beating goliath.
Shakespeare had it right, of course: The course of true love never has run smooth. But with the publication of “The Developmental Course of Romantic Relationships,” people who are baffled by love and its mysteries have a new source of wisdom.
