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Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities awards fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Six faculty members and six graduate students at the University of Illinois have been awarded fellowships to the UI’s Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities for 2002-2003. Fellowships will support research over the coming academic year on projects that consider IPRHs new theme: “The South.” Fellows also will take part in the […]
UI physicist on symposium panel in Chicago for “Copenhagen” premiere
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. An emeritus professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who worked on the Manhattan Project will be a panelist at a free symposium for the premiere of the play “Copenhagen” in Chicago. As a young man, Albert Wattenberg worked under Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi, who oversaw the first controlled […]
Works by four students selected for juried ceramics exhibition
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Artwork by four ceramics students in the University of Illinois School of Art and Design has been selected for inclusion in a juried exhibition. The UI students work will be exhibited at the Annual Student Competitive Exhibition, which coincides with the National Council on Education for the Ceramics. The exhibition will be on […]
Ferber honored by Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Marianne Ferber, professor emerita of economics at the University of Illinois, was honored Friday by the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession at the Allied Social Science Association Convention in Atlanta. Ferber was named a co-recipient of the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, which was created in 1998 to honor […]
Dads Association honors outstanding staff member, student
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The Dads Association at the University of Illinois has honored an outstanding staff member and outstanding student with its Certificate of Merit Awards. Dennis May, a clinical counselor for the UI Counseling Center, was named the Outstanding Staff Member. May was honored for his excellent counseling skills and commitment to helping students and […]
Sophomores honored with Dads Association Library Awards
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A group of University of Illinois students has been honored with Dads Association Library Awards. Chosen from among students who have completed their sophomore year, the award winners were among the top three students in their respective colleges or had maintained a 4.0 (out of 4.0) grade-point average. The winners (EDITORS: See list). […]
Nine students win scholarships for Asian studies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Nine University of Illinois students are the first recipients of undergraduate scholarships in Asian studies. Students in any discipline who commit to focusing their academic studies in East or Southeast Asian studies were eligible for the $3,000 awards from the UI Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies. The winners, their majors and […]
Three faculty members receive 2001-2002 Fulbright Scholar grants
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Three University of Illinois faculty members have received 2001-2002 Fulbright Scholar grants. They join about 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who have received the grants in order to lecture or conduct research abroad. The U.S. Department of State is the major sponsor of the Fulbright Scholar Program, with final selections made by the […]
Six faculty members named University Scholars
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Six faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been chosen to be the 2001-2002 University Scholars. The program recognizes excellence while helping to identify and retain the universitys most talented teachers, scholars and researchers. Now in its 17th year, the program provides $10,000 to each scholar to use to enhance […]
UI Flying Team wins regional competition
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The student flight team of the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation placed first in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Region Eight SAFECON competition Nov. 7-15 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (EDITORS: See list.) SAFECON is the Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference. The UI team competed against Lewis University, Middle Tennessee State University, Purdue University […]
UI students receive 2002 Siebel Scholars award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Five University of Illinois students received the 2002 Siebel Scholars award for their outstanding work in the computer science graduate program. Bhaskar Borthakur, Albert Chu, Hui Fang, James Jackson and Ryan Szypowski were honored based on academic merit and leadership excellence. Each received a $25,000 cash award to defray tuition costs and expenses […]
Presidential Award and Medallion presented to Thomas M. Siebel
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Thomas M. Siebel, founder, chairman and CEO of Siebel Systems Inc., was presented with the University of Illinois Presidential Award and Medallion on Oct. 30 by UI President James J. Stukel. Siebel, who founded the $2 billion software giant in 1993, earned three degrees from the Urbana campus: a bachelors in history (1975), […]