Gable Home, the UI’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2009 Solar Decathlon, is delivered to its temporary site south of the ACES Library on June 15. Over the summer, students are finishing the home prior to the home’s being moved to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the competition in October.
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Extreme weather, drought, heavy rainfall and increasing temperatures are a fact of life in many parts of the U.S. as a result of human-induced climate change, researchers report today in a new assessment. These and other changes will continue and likely increase in intensity into the future, the scientists found.
Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed by researchers at the UI.
When a zebra finch hears a new song from a member of its own species, the experience changes gene expression in its brain in unexpected ways, researchers report. The sequential switching on and off of thousands of genes after a bird hears a new tune offers a new picture of memory in the songbird brain.
Painful but inevitable Social Security and Medicare reforms will be difficult to sell because years of partisan wrangling have clouded the public’s grasp of the programs’ dire financial problems, a former government economic adviser warns.
A team of researchers at the UI has created the world’s first acoustic “superlens,” an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, non-destructive structural testing of buildings and bridges, and novel underwater stealth technology.
Congress should ban employer stock from company-sponsored retirement plans to spare workers the risk of putting too much of their nest eggs in one basket, a new study by a UI legal expert says.
A new nonprofit organization will help people in the community use sustainable practices in their businesses and their homes, and may offer opportunities for UI students to gain hands-on experience working on environmental issues.
Universities in two of the world’s largest agricultural regions will collaborate on research and teaching. The UI’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and Jilin University’s Heping Campus, located in northeastern China, signed a memorandum of understanding to develop research collaborations.
Expressing reluctance to add to the financial burdens of students and their families in tough economic times, university trustees approved a 2.6 percent tuition increase for new Illinois resident undergraduate students – less than the 4 percent increase originally proposed.
Two UI employees have been elected to the new board of the State Universities Retirement System of Illinois, which manages pension funds for about 70 state universities, community colleges and state agencies.
The incidence of aggravated assaults and batteries increased while the number of robberies and criminal sexual assaults declined from Sept. 1, 2008, to May 17, 2009, in the UI district, according to the latest crime statistics released by the Division of Public Safety.
University of Illinois musicologist William Kinderman has been selected to receive the prestigious Humboldt Research Award.
