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Annual instructional awards to be given Monday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fourteen faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, four academic professionals and five teaching assistants will be honored for excellence in teaching and advising Monday (April 28) at the annual Instructional Awards banquet in the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. Faculty winners of the Campus Award for Excellence […]
Two professors win Guggenheim Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professors are among the 184 artists, scholars and scientists named as 2003 Guggenheim Fellows. Sheldon H. Jacobson, a professor of industrial engineering, a Willett Faculty Scholar and the director of the Simulation Optimization Laboratory, received the award for his work with aviation security problems and solutions. […]
Survey Research Lab honors two for dissertations
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Survey Research Laboratory has announced the winners of the 2003 Robert Ferber Dissertation Award and the 2003 Seymour Sudman Dissertation Award, both for excellence in the use of survey as part of a doctoral dissertation. Geology graduate student Leo Zulu of Urbana was selected as the winner of the Ferber award. […]
Achievements
IN THIS ISSUE: ACES | APPLIED LIFE STUDIES | ENGINEERING | FAA | IPS | LAS | STUDENT AFFAIRS agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences Four professors in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences were named to endowed chair positions at investiture ceremonies April 8. Sharon M. Donovan, professor of nutrition, was selected as the first […]
U.S.News & World Report releases graduate college rankings
Graduate programs across a wide range of disciplines fared well in the 2004 rankings released April 4 by U.S.News & World Report. UI units ranked in the top 10 nationally in the rankings include engineering (5), accountancy (2) and educational psychology (4). This year, the magazine issued new rankings in business, law, medicine, health disciplines, […]
Eight staff members honored with Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award
Eight staff employees will be honored with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award at a banquet beginning at 5:30 p.m. April 17 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 […]
Engineering professor named Carnegie Scholar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Michael Loui, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Loui was one of 26 university faculty members from across the country selected for the award. During the next […]
Engineering professor named Carnegie Scholar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Michael Loui, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Loui was one of 26 university faculty members from across the country selected for the award. During the next […]
Achievements
IN THIS ISSUE: ARMED FORCES | FAA | IGPA | INTERDISCIPLINARY | IPS | LAS armed forces Michael T. Carson, professor of naval science, was awarded the National Defense Industrial Association’s Col. Leo A. Codd Memorial Award as the Most Outstanding ROTC Instructor for 2002. He was selected from candidates from 400 ROTC attachments from […]
CAS associates and fellows named
Twenty-three UI faculty members were selected as associates or fellows of the Center for Advanced Study for the 2003-04 academic year. The appointment grants one semester of release time for creative work on self-initiated programs of scholarly research or professional activity. The center’s annual competition culminated with 13 professors and associate professors receiving an associate […]
Six academic professionals receive CAPE Award
Six academic professionals receive CAPE award Six people are being honored with the 2003 Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence Award, designed to recognize the importance of contributions made by academic professionals. This year, as in the past 14, the CAPE Award winners were selected based on their outstanding contributions in their professional fields, to their department […]
Graduate student wins $25,000 fellowship from Deloitte Foundation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student has received a $25,000 doctoral fellowship from the Deloitte Foundation. Dave Piercey, a graduate student in the College of Business, was one of 10 doctoral students from across the country selected to receive the award. Piercey, 5543 Walker Woods Lane, Salt Lake City, is studying […]