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U. of I. researchers help discover ‘dark galaxy’
Researchers have uncovered the existence of a dwarf “dark galaxy” lurking nearly 4 billion light-years away from Earth. The discovery was made when a team of researchers, including astronomers at the University of Illinois, using the Blue Waters supercomputer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, noticed subtle distortions in the image of gravitational lens […]
IPRH–Andrew W. Mellon Bio-Humanities Fellowships, new research group announced
Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities / ncastro@illinois.edu The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has awarded its inaugural 2016-18 IPRH-Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Bio-Humanities and its 2016–17 IPRH-Andrew W. Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowships in Bio-Humanities. Led by Samantha Frost, the IPRH-Mellon Faculty Fellow in […]
Krannert Art Museum galleries to close during summer renovations
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Krannert Art Museum will act on its multiyear commitment to transform galleries and other public spaces by renovating four main-floor galleries this summer. As a result, the museum will close to the public after the final day of its spring semester exhibition calendar, May 15. The Rosann Gelvin Noel Gallery and Annex, […]
Digitization project finds anthrax samples in collections
Champaign, Ill. – When anthrax became a household name in 2011, even curators of some herbaria were unaware that samples of Bacillus anthracis, the source of anthrax, had been housed in their microfungal collections for more than a hundred years. Recently, a digitization project at the Illinois Natural History Survey at the Prairie Research Institute […]
Events celebrate Illinois’ history as a top producer of Fulbright scholars
The University of Illinois has a history of Fulbright success, ranking as a Top Producer of Fulbright students nationally for the past six years. To capitalize on this momentum, the National and International Scholarships Program is partnering with several campus units to create the first Illinois Fulbright Week, offering a range of programming that both […]
March 2016 the 10th-warmest March on record in Illinois
Champaign, Ill. – March 2016 was the 10th-warmest March on record with an average temperature of 46.5 degrees, 5.2 degrees above normal. Illinois was not alone; essentially the entire U.S. was warmer than normal in March, according to Illinois State climatologist Jim Angel of the Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois. March is […]
Faculty/Staff Emergency Fund seeks donations
Crisis knows no season. And for as little as $5 per month – about the cost of one large gourmet coffee or a deluxe fast-food burger – you can make a difference in the life of a co-worker. Perhaps it will be a staff member who is critically ill but doesn’t have enough benefit time […]
Former U. of I. police chief remembered as great leader
Former University of Illinois police chief Paul Dollins is being remembered as a leader in law enforcement, a community builder and a great friend. Dollins, 81, died March 30 in Urbana. After serving in the U.S. Army, working briefly as a teacher and later as a narcotics investigator downstate, Dollins started at the U. of […]
Edible books
Wendy Mathewson, from left, academic advisor in the history department; Juniper Lawrence, 5; and Dashiel Gaines, 3, view a gingerbread house created by the children’s mother, Brianna Lawrence. The house, which honors the children’s novel “Heidi,” won the People’s Choice Award, and the Best Entry Based on a Book for Children or Teens Award at […]
Campus promotions
BECKMAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Jeff Moore, the Murchison-Mallory Professor of Chemistry and a professor of materials science and engineering, will serve as the interim director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, beginning April 16. He will work with the director, Art Kramer, to transition to this position during the […]
U. of I. creates first MOOC-based master’s degree in data science
Urbana, Ill. — Coursera, a leading online education company known for massive open online courses, announced March 30 a professional data science master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Home to one of the top five computer science graduate programs in the United States, the U. of I. will open access to its […]
Springtime walk
A student walks by two limestone sculptures on the south side of Foellinger Auditorium earlier this week. Part of a four-piece collection purchased in 1937, the figures are titled “Sons and Daughters of Deucalion and Pyrrha,” by Lorado Taft. The other two figures are on the east side of the Library. The two males and […]