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Two graduate students win Doolen Scholarships for research on aging
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate students have won the 2004-2005 Paul D. Doolen graduate scholarships for the study of aging. Each will receive $4,000 to continue research in the field of gerontology. Brian Berg of Champaign, winner of the Doolen award in biological-biomedical sciences, is pursing a doctorate in nutritional […]
Officers, directors elected by Mothers Association
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Paula Zelanik of Lansing, Ill. has been elected president of the Mothers Association at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Zelanik is the mother of Melissa, a sophomore in the university’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Other newly elected Mothers Association officers include (EDITORS: See list). The election was held during […]
Mothers Association honors freshman excellence
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Mothers Association Book Awards have been given to freshmen at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who earned all A’s (a 4.0 grade-point average) during the fall semester, while taking at least 14 hours of credit. Among those receiving book awards are (EDITORS: see list.). The association honored the winners at a […]
FMC Fellowships support six graduate students universitywide
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Each of six University of Illinois graduate students – including two from the Urbana campus – has been awarded a $9,000 FMC Technologies Inc. Fellowship for the 2004-2005 academic year. The annual fellowship program, established in 1971, honors outstanding graduate students in business administration, economics, engineering, finance or related fields. FMC is […]
Five students at Illinois win Boren Scholarships for study abroad
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Five students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have earned National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Undergraduate Scholarships for study abroad during the 2004-05 academic year. “This represents our best showing ever in this competition, and it speaks to the quality of the international education at Illinois,” said David Schug, who […]
Achievements
IN THIS ISSUE: Communications | Education | Engineering | FAA | LAS | NCSA | Public Safety | Social Work |Library | communications Cliff G. Christians, professor in the Institute of Communications Research, was recently honored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Christians won the 2004 Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence […]
Illinois professor to receive presidential early career award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Robert W. Ghrist, a professor of mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is among 57 young researchers named today as recipients of the 2002 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the government on young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers. […]
NCSA honors Boeing with 2004 Grand Challenge Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will present the 2004 Grand Challenge Award to Chicago-based Boeing Co. at noon Tuesday (April 27). The award recognizes the innovative work Boeing has done as a partner in NCSA’s Private Sector Program (PSP), which gives partner companies access […]
Annual Instructional Awards banquet set for Monday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fourteen faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, three academic professionals and five teaching assistants will be honored for excellence in teaching and advising Monday (April 26) at the annual Instructional Awards banquet in the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. Faculty winners of the Campus Award for Excellence […]
U.S.News rankings announced
UI graduate programs across a wide range of disciplines fared well in the 2004 rankings released April 1 by U.S.News & World Report. UI units ranked in the top 10 nationally include accounting (4), civil engineering (2), clinical psychology (8), computer engineering (5), elementary education (5), environmental engineering (2), materials science (3) and speech pathology […]
Eight honored with CDSA
Eight staff employees will be honored with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award at a banquet beginning at 5:30 p.m. April 22 at Peabody Private Dining Room. The award recognizes exceptional performance and service to the UI. At the honors banquet, each recipient will be awarded $2,000 and a plaque. Recipients’ names also are inscribed on […]
Six academic professionals honored with CAPE award
Six academic professionals honored with CAPE award By John Loos, Student Intern By Sharita Forrest, Assistant Editor 217-244-1072; slforres@illinois.edu <strong>Photo by L. Brian Stauffer</strong><hr /><br /> Adele Proctor, professor, speech & hearing science, with graduate students Mary Ratliff (at left, seated) and Mary Newman (at right, seated). With some fo the testing equipment used to […]