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Eighty-eight undergraduates win awards from School of Chemical Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Eighty-eight University of Illinois students have received School of Chemical Sciences Undergraduate Awards for the 1999-2000 academic year. The students and their awards include (EDITORS: See list.). The award-winners were selected by a committee of faculty members. Most of the awards honor academic achievement, but some are awarded to students in recognition […]
Two graduate students win Doolen Scholarships to study aging
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two University of Illinois graduate students have won 2000-2001 Paul D. Doolen graduate scholarships for the study of aging. They will receive $3,500 each to continue their studies in gerontology. Jonathan Godbout of Champaign is pursuing a doctorate in animal sciences at the Urbana campus. His research focuses on the cellular mechanism […]
Fourteen UI students have been awarded scholarships to study abroad
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Fourteen University of Illinois students have been awarded scholarships to help them study abroad during the summer and the next academic year. The recipients and their scholarships: (EDITIORS: See list.). According to the Institute of International Education, 115,000 students will study abroad during the 2000-01 academic year. In 1998-99, 9.3 percent of […]
Five UI students win FMC Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Each of five University of Illinois graduate students — including four from the Urbana-Champaign campus — has been awarded a $7,500 FMC Graduate Fellowship for the 2000-01 academic year. The fellowship program, established in 1971 by the UI’s FMC Educational Fund, awards the honors annually to outstanding graduate students in business administration, […]
Mothers Association book awards given to honor freshmen scholars
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Mothers Association Book Awards have been given to University of Illinois freshmen who earned a 4.0 grade-point average (on a 4-point scale) 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 UI Moms […]
Allstate Insurance Co. wins Industrial Grand Challenge Award from NCSA
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today (Monday) will present the 2000 Industrial Grand Challenge Award to Allstate Insurance Co. The award will be given at an evening reception for the NCSA Private Sector Program at the Radisson Suite Hotel in Champaign. The Industrial […]
First recipient of Memorial Scholarship in materials science
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois department of material sciences and engineering will award the first Kevin Moore Memorial Scholarship to Lakeisha Hogue, a UI senior from Champaign, at its annual MatSe Awards banquet today (April 14). The award was created to honor the memory of Kevin Moore, a UI student who was killed […]
History professor wins Guggenheim Fellowship for work on UI physicist
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – University of Illinois history professor Lillian Hoddeson has been selected to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship, an annual award that recognizes outstanding accomplishments and future potential for achievement. Hoddeson was nominated for her work chronicling the life and science of physicist John Bardeen, a two-time Nobel Prize winner and UI professor of physics […]
Engineering students honored at annual convocation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Six University of Illinois College of Engineering students and a recent graduate were honored Friday (April 7) at the 36th annual Engineering Awards Convocation for their achievements in and out of the classroom. The recipients and their awards: • Daniel Therriault won the Henry Ford II Scholar Award. The Ford Award is […]
Fourteen engineering faculty members honored for excellence
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fourteen faculty members of the University of Illinois College of Engineering were honored Friday (April 7) at the 36th annual Engineering Awards Convocation for their excellence in research and teaching. The winner of the Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award, which recognizes faculty members who have received national or […]
Four alumni honored by College of Engineering
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Four alumni of the University of Illinois College of Engineering were honored Friday (April 7) at the 36th annual Engineering Awards Convocation. Each year the college recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding alumni and former faculty members with the Alumni Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering. The award honors leadership, contributions to […]
Police captain honored with Moms Association’s Medallion
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Mothers Association’s Medallion of Honor will be presented to Capt. Krystal Fitzpatrick of the UI police department at a Moms Day tea scheduled for Saturday (April 8). The tea will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Campbell Hall, 300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. Since 1977, the medallion has been given […]