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PUBLICATIONS
Inside Illinois
Vol. 20, No.18, April 19, 2001
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Michigan provost
to be UI chancellor
Nancy E. Cantor, a distinguished scholar and experienced academic
official, will be the next chancellor of the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Pending approval by the UI Board of Trustees,
Cantor is expected to begin work in August.
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Sequential disinfection process
provides safer drinking water
Fresh from the faucet, a killer may be lurking in your glass.
Cryptosporidium parvum is a parasitic protozoan that can infiltrate
a city’s water supply. Researchers at the UI are developing
a cost-effective treatment strategy for providing drinking water
free of this harmful contaminant. Full
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Scholar says Indian
reformers’ outspokenness saved native cultures
Historian
Frederick Hoxie introduces his new volume of writings from early
American Indian reformers with a startling statement: "Of all
the myths that distort our understanding of the Native American
experience, none is more powerful than the belief that the rise
of the modern United States caused the destruction of the Indians’
culture." Full story
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Company-run chain restaurants
more consistent than franchises
As anyone who travels the Interstate knows, consistency is the
selling point of a chain restaurant. Do the chains deliver? It
largely depends on the type of corporate ownership, according
to a UI business professor. Steven C. Michael reports that restaurants
under franchise ownership lack the consistency of restaurants
that are corporate-owned and -managed. Full
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Code needed to prohibit Internet
stalking
Harassment through the Internet, or "cyberstalking,"
is bringing new challenges for law-enforcement and legislative
bodies. Full story …
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Study to focus on diet, nutrition
and weight loss in cats with cancer
A cat with cancer is losing weight. What’s an owner –
or even a veterinarian – to do?
A study begun this month at the UI College of Veterinary Medicine
seeks to answer that question. Researchers hope they can establish,
for the first time, why cats with cancer lose weight during treatment.
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Shoppers who canŐ' read prices
make unwise buying decisions
They are one of the largest groups of American consumers, yet
research on them is "almost non-existent," says a UI business
professor. They are adults who can't read or do math. They may
have gone to school, yet they are unable to understand everyday
signs or labels and cannot add or subtract. Full
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Virtual reality environment
to give feedback to student conductors
To date, students of conducting can only practice their craft
during class time or in front of a mirror. But a team of multidisciplinary
researchers at the UI are attempting to change that. Full
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Ballistic phonons reveal strange
attenuation in lead superconductor
By measuring how long it takes phonons (lattice vibrations) to
travel through a thin crystal, UI researchers have found experimental
evidence of an unusual spin-density-wave ground state in lead
superconductors. Full
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| HONORS |
Three UI faculty
members to receive Sloan fellowships
Three UI faculty members have been selected to receive the 2001
Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The UI winners are Wilfred van der Donk, chemistry; Jared C. Bronski,
mathematics; and Karin A.S. Dahmen, physics. Full
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New research center to build
on campus’s pioneering efforts for people with disabilities
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On April 26, a new national Disability Research Institute (DRI)
officially will open at the UI, funded by a grant from the U.S.
Social Security Administration (SSA). High-level research partners
from across and beyond the campus already are in place, and more
are being sought. Full story …
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Whiteley to return
to campus as dean of College of Veterinary Medicine
Herbert E. Whiteley, the head of the department of pathobiology
and veterinary science at the University of Connecticut, will return
to the UI as the dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, pending
approval of the UI Board of Trustees at its meeting May 23-24 in
Springfield. Full story
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Chief Illiniwek:
Temporary restraining order extended
A temporary restraining order by a federal judge regarding the Chief
Illiniwek issue has been extended until June 11. More
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New program to
help already talented writers perfect their craft
An advanced creative writing program has been established in the
American heartland. The new UI program will offer, its planners
say, a first-rate opportunity for the nation’s most promising
writers. The UI’s MFA (master’s degree in fine arts) program
in creative writing will begin in the fall of 2002. Only students
who already are talented creative writers will be eligible for admission.
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New FAA minor offered
in international arts
Beginning this fall, UI students may elect to pursue a minor concentration
of studies in international arts.
Developed and administered by the UI’s College of Fine and
Applied Arts, the international arts minor will be an option for
all UI students, regardless of their college enrollment. Full
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Quantum
computer center established at UI
Researchers at
the UI’s Urbana campus have received a $2.3 million grant to
explore a method for harnessing the extraordinary computational
potential inherent within the quantum behavior of atoms. Under the
direction of John Tucker, professor of electrical and computer engineering,
the Center for Silicon Quantum Computers expects to hasten the advent
of practical quantum computers by refining well-established processes
used in the manufacture of today’s silicon computer chips.
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Screening of ‘2001’
to kick off Ebert’s ‘Overlooked Festival’
Roger Ebert will kick off his 2001 film festival, fittingly, with
a special screening of "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the
U.S. premiere of "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures."
The third annual Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival will
run April 25-29. The festival draws film fans from across the
country and dozens of film-industry professionals, including actors,
directors, distributors, producers and writers. More
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Ryan
picks Champaign woman for board appointment
Gov. George H.
Ryan announced April 11 his appointment of Marjorie E. Sodemann
to the UI Board of Trustees for a term ending Jan. 8, 2007.
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achieve
ments
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report on honors, awards, offices and other outstanding achievements
of faculty and staff members. More
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brief
notes
Events scheduled for Disability Awareness Week … People, politics
and ecology … Nominations sought for SAC … 'Program of
Study' catalog notes … IMPE offers free week … Campus
holidays announced … Former Champaign mayor to speak …
Celebrate graduation at Levis … Moms Day Buffet is April 22
… Amateur ice show is April 27 … Donate records, CDs ,
equipment … Music, dance featured April 21 … UI German
Choir to perform … Ford partnership offers car discounts …
Free public dance performances … Workshop offers help for addicts
… Technology, development in Africa … more
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On
the Job: Janet Rudicil
Rudicil started at the university in July 1997 on the construction
crew in the temperature control shop in the Division of Operation
and Maintenance. She was promoted to become the shop’s first
female foreman Jan. 22 of this year. Full
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| job
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Academic
Human Resources maintains listings for academic
professional and
faculty
positions. Prospective employees also may subscribe to the academic
jobs listserve (look under Career Information) and receive e-mail
notification of open positions.
Personnel Services maintains listings for staff
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deaths
Hazel
Jean Crawford,
79, died. Crawford was secretary for the head of the UI department
of electrical engineering for 34 years. Memorials: Provena Covenant
Hospice Care Program.
William J. Flynn, 87, died April 10 at
Carle Arbours, Savoy. Flynn was a building service foreman for the
Housing Division. He worked at the UI from 1969 until he retired in
1980
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Robert Heifetz, 68, died April 7. Heifetz
was a professor of urban planning at the UI from 1968 until 1971 .
Thurman Hornbuckle II, 48, died March
30 at his St. Joseph home. Hornbuckle was a professor of veterinary
clinical medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine from 1988
to 1994. Memorials: to the family.
David Lee Peak, 47, died April 11 at his home in Fisher. Peak
was a building service worker in the Division of Operation and Maintenance
from 1991 through 2000.
Stephen S. Prokopoff, 71, died March
28 in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. Prokopoff was
with the Krannert Art Museum for 10 years. It was here, in 1984, that
he organized the first exhibition in the United States of the Swiss
psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn’s collection of art of the insane.
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