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Faculty members, staff, teaching assistants honored with Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Faculty and staff members and graduate teaching assistants at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign this week were honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring and advising, collectively known as the Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction. The Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognizes sustained excellence and innovative approaches in undergraduate teaching […]
Six honored with Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Six academic professionals at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were honored this week with the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence award for 2022. The CAPE award was established to recognize academic professionals for their work, personal and professional contributions. Individuals are nominated, reviewed by a committee and approved by Chancellor Robert Jones. […]
Illinois labor scholar awarded ACLS fellowship
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois labor scholar Stephanie Fortado is the recipient of a 2022 fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. The ACLS Fellowship program supports exceptional scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences that has the potential to make significant contributions within and beyond their fields, according to the organizers. […]
Computer science professor named 2022 Sloan Research Fellow
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Computer science professor Bo Li is among 118 recipients of the 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. According to the foundation, the awards “honor extraordinary U.S. and Canadian researchers whose creativity, innovation and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders.” Awardees receive a […]
Three Illinois faculty members elected to National Academy of Engineering
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Three University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. The new members are William Hammack, the William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering; Youssef Hashash, the William J. and Elaine F. Hall Endowed Professor and John Burkitt Webb Endowed Faculty […]
Two classes of University Scholars honored, including five new Urbana-Champaign honorees
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Five University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Since an in-person celebration was not possible a year ago in consideration of COVID-19 precautions, a gathering in honor of two years of University Scholars from the Urbana campus is taking […]
Illinois urban planning professor awarded NEA research grant
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Jennifer Novak-Leonard, an urban and regional planning professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts research grant. The NEA announced nearly 1,500 awards in the amount of $33.2 million. Novak-Leonard’s award is one of 18 in the NEA’s Research Grants in the Arts category. […]
Illinois senior named Schwarzman Scholar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior Boming Yang, of Beijing, was named a Schwarzman Scholar, one of 151 recipients selected from an international pool of 3,000 applicants. The program annually fully funds a class consisting of 40% U.S. students, 20% from China and Taiwan, and 40% from the rest of the world. Schwarzman […]
Awards recognize campus excellence in public engagement
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Outstanding individual and group outreach efforts were recognized with the 2021 Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement. The awards spotlight individuals at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who have consistently applied their knowledge and expertise to issues for the public good. Christopher Ackerman-Avila, a graduate student in urban planning, was honored […]
Illinois a 20-year top producer of Gilman Scholars
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is among the top producers of a scholarship program that enables students from lower income backgrounds to study or intern abroad. The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs this week recognized Illinois for the 242 students who have received awards from the Benjamin […]
Dance professor Cynthia Oliver receives Doris Duke Artist Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Dance professor Cynthia Oliver has been named a 2021 Doris Duke Artist. Designed to invest in the creative potential of dedicated artists, the honor comes with an award of $275,000 that is both an investment in and a recognition of the contributions of artists in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz and […]
Wu earns NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Nicholas Wu, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received a National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award, part of the Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. Wu, who also is affiliated with the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, is among 64 new innovators, recognized for unusually […]