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Nobel laureate in economics to deliver Edmund James lecture March 30
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Douglass C. North, a Nobel laureate in economics, will deliver the Edmund James Lecture at the University of Illinois March 30. His lecture, “Why Isn’t the Whole World Developed?,” begins at 4:30 p.m. in Room 141, Commerce West, 1206 S. Sixth St., Champaign. North, a professor of economics and history at Washington […]
Historian Orville Vernon Burton named Carnegie Scholar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Orville Vernon Burton, a history and sociology professor at the University of Illinois, has been selected as a Carnegie Scholar in the Pew National Fellowship Program. Burton was selected not only for his classroom practices, but also for “the character and depth of student learning that results from that practice.” This is […]
Obesity researcher to give public lecture March 30
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Internationally known obesity researcher Richard Lee Atkinson will discuss the prospects for effective treatment in a public lecture at 7:30 p.m. March 20 at the University of Illinois. The lecture is free and will be in Room 150 of the Animal Sciences Laboratory, 1207 W. Gregory, Urbana. Atkinson, a physician and director […]
UI submits bids for three high school championships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois will be submitting a bid to the Illinois High School Association in an effort to bring championship games in three sports to campus. The bid seeks a five-year commitment from the IHSA for the events to be held at the UI. The UI is hoping to retain the […]
On the Job: John Sudlow
JOB: Project Coordinator of the UI’s Motorcycle Rider Program, located on Gerty Drive next to the Fire Service Institute. The UI, through a contract with the Illinois Department of Transportation, offers free novice and experienced rider-education programs on campus and at 13 other sites in a region that extends along the Illinois-Indiana border through Cook […]
National Computational Science Alliance and NCSA announce leadership transition
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The National Computational Science Alliance will enter a new phase today when Larry Smarr, founding director of the Alliance and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, assumes the new role of Alliance Strategic Adviser. This change will free him of his management responsibilities of […]
Tony Waldrop named vice chancellor for research after serving as interim
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Tony Waldrop has agreed to accept the position of vice chancellor for research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pending approval of the board of trustees at its meeting Thursday (March 2) in Urbana. Waldrop will succeed Richard Alkire, who returned to the faculty in August. Waldrop has been holding the […]
Governor, trustees to break ground for research park March 2
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Gov. George Ryan, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and UI administrators and faculty members will celebrate the beginning of the campus’s Research Park with a groundbreaking ceremony beginning at 12:30 p.m. Thursday (March 2) at the corner of First Street and St. Mary’s Road in Champaign. The Research Park is […]
Four engineering professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Four University of Illinois professors were chosen as members of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest honors an engineer can receive. Tamer Basar, the Fredric G. and Elizabeth H. Nearing Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; David Daniel, a professor and head of civil and environmental engineering; Richard DeVor, […]
Two new exhibitions to go on view at I space March 3
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two new exhibitions will be on view March 3 through April 8 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. • “Immanent Light: Architectural Photographs of Henry Plummer” emphasizes the importance of light as a creative tool in architecture. The photographs, which include single images, diptychs and […]
Thomas M. Siebel endows world-class computer science facility at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Siebel Systems Inc. and the University of Illinois today announced that alumnus Thomas M. Siebel agreed to donate $32 million to the university to construct state-of-the-art facilities for the department of computer science at the Urbana campus. The new building, to be called the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, will […]
Swanlund Chairs named
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Five University of Illinois professors have been chosen as Swanlund Chairs, the highest endowed title that can be awarded to a UI professor. The endowed appointments, made possible by a gift from alumna Maybelle Leland Swanlund, are given to people who have made outstanding contributions in their fields. Selected as the newest […]