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CIC annual report shows communal benefits
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation continues to promote interuniversity partnerships that lead to better collaboration and lower individual institutional costs. The CIC is a partnership that encompasses the Big Ten’s 14 universities and the University of Chicago. In the organization’s recently released annual report, Executive Director Barbara McFadden Allen said the CIC is promoting collaboration […]
Electric performance
What has become a favorite feature of the annual Engineering Open House is the Tesla Coil Concert, hosted this year on the Bardeen Engineering Quad. Shown is Terry Blake, a UIC alumnus, during the concert on March 11. The giant instrument consists of two 7-foot coils that generate bolts of electricity with recognizable pitch that […]
Classroom assessment is central topic of campus workshops
If you’re making a judgment about the power, punch and panache of the words within this sentence, you are making an assessment. It’s a tool that can be used to measure anything, but according to Jennifer Amos, a professor of bioengineering and this year’s Distinguished Teacher-Scholar, it’s especially useful in the classroom. “It should be […]
Chancellor search committee creating candidate profile, forming list
The heavy-lifting phase is just beginning, but members of the committee leading the search for a permanent chancellor say identifying the best candidate will take the strength of the entire campus. The committee held an information session March 11 on the status of the search and took recommendations from campus members for qualities they’d like […]
Killeen: Strategic plan will emphasize systemic approach
The U. of I system’s long-term strategic plan will leverage the combined academic power of all three campuses to uphold the land-grant principle of “serving the public good,” while continuing to offer students a diversified, world-class liberal arts education. That was the message of President Tim Killeen, who held the last town hall-style meeting March […]
Schook to step down as vice president for research
Urbana, Ill. – University of Illinois Vice President for Research Lawrence B. Schook announced March 16 that he will step down from the universitywide post in August to return to his research and faculty work on the Urbana and Chicago campuses. U. of I. President Tim Killeen said a national search will be conducted to […]
U. of I. approves ‘sheltered market’ contracts for IT services
Urbana, Ill. – The University of Illinois Board of Trustees on March 16 approved the state’s first contracts under a new Illinois purchasing initiative enacted to attract more minority- and female-owned businesses as vendors for state agencies and universities. Under the groundbreaking awards, 28 minority- and female-owned companies will receive three-year contracts to provide information […]
On the Job: Lori Melchi
Pianos are playing. Horns can be heard. And students are practicing opera. It’s just a typical morning for Lori Melchi, an administrative aide at the School of Music. Melchi often hears students practicing music on her floor and the one above her when she arrives at work around 7 a.m. “I walk down the halls […]
Faculty retreat focuses on Universal Design for Learning
Techniques designed to make classroom instruction accessible to students with disabilities can be a rising tide that lifts all boats, according to speakers at the March 4 faculty retreat. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, more than 200 professors participated in this year’s retreat, titled […]
President hosts town hall March 14 at Business Instructional Facility
President Tim Killeen will lead a universitywide strategic planning initiative meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. March 14 in the Deloitte Auditorium of the Business Instructional Facility. The town hall meeting will help set goals for the University of Illinois system for the next five years. The forum will allow faculty and staff members to […]
Former site is new site for campus’s African-American cultural center
The Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center building will be torn down and replaced with a new building at the same Mathews Avenue and Nevada Street location. Campus leaders have promised $4.9 million to fund the construction of a new BNAACC building, expected to open in 2018. The decision to keep the center at […]
Library offers Rosetta Stone service free to campus members
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