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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 […]
Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award honorees named for 2021, 2020
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sixteen civil service employees were recognized for exceptional performance by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – eight this year and eight in 2020. For the second consecutive year, concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic precluded a banquet for employees honored with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award. Each recipient receives $1,000 and a plaque. […]
University of Illinois receives APLU award for COVID-19 testing program
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has received the inaugural Research Response to Community Crisis Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities for its COVID-19 testing program. The university’s SHIELD: Target, Test, Tell program combined a campus-developed saliva-based COVID-19 testing protocol with statistical modeling and a mobile app for rapid results […]
Nine Illinois students, recent graduates offered Fulbright grants
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Nine University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences around the globe this coming year. Another three Illinois students were named Fulbright alternates. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program builds international relationships to help solve global challenges. This flagship international educational […]
Illinois architecture professor awarded Graham Foundation grant
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — T.F. Tierney, an architecture professor emerita at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded a research and development grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to examine Ladera, a 1940s interracial housing cooperative in Portola, California, and the role that federal lending practices played in maintaining […]
Illinois students, recent graduates receive foreign language scholarships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates Mary Kate Buchheit, Audrey Dombro, Buyandelger Tsetsengarid, Hannah Wernecke and Priyanka Zylstra were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign languages this summer. A sixth student, Kaya Van Dyke, was offered a Boren Scholarship to further her studies of French. […]