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Former Cook County circuit judge named to preside over Chief dialogue April 14
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Board of Trustees today announced that Louis B. Garippo, a former circuit court judge in Cook County, has been retained to assist the board in conducting the dialogue on Chief Illiniwek. The board also announced the time and location of its Special Intake Session on Chief Illiniwek. The […]
UI to join group dedicated to ending substandard labor conditions
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois announced today that it is provisionally joining the Worker’s Rights Consortium, an organization dedicated to putting an end to substandard labor conditions for workers who make collegiate apparel. Twenty-eight schools, including Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, are affiliated with the WRC. The UI’s decision to join was based […]
Ninth bienniel women’s conference moves to Assembly Hall
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton will be the first keynote speaker at the University of Illinois’ ninth Biennial Conference for Working Women, to be held at Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., Champaign, April 13-14. The event, billed as “Two days to totally change your life,” will bring thousands of working […]
Recruiters to come to campus March 30 for Teacher Placement Day
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – New and veteran teachers, from both the University of Illinois and the community, will be shopping for jobs at schools from around the country Thursday (March 30) at the UI’s annual Teacher Placement Day. More than 300 recruiters representing about 180 school districts from more than two dozen states are expected at […]
Educational conference on campus gambling to be held April 3
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois’ Office of the Dean of Students and the Chicago Crime Commission are co-sponsoring an in-depth educational conference on campus gambling. The April 3 event will bring together experts from law enforcement, the university and the private sector to discuss the impact of gambling on college campuses. The conference […]
NAACP chairman Julian Bond to give lecture March 28
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Julian Bond, the chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will present the 10th Annual Daniel S. Sanders Peace and Social Justice Lecture on March 28 at the University of Illinois. The lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Music Building, 1114 W. […]
New Taiwanese vice president is UI law school graduate
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Annette Lu, who was elected vice president of Taiwan Saturday, making her the highest-ranking female government official in the island’s history, was a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. Lu, 55, came to the Urbana-Champaign campus in 1969 and received a masters of comparative law (MCL) at the UI […]
Open house for Japan House set for April 8
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The art of obimusubi – otherwise known as Japanese sash tying – will be among the highlights of the spring open house April 8 at the University of Illinois’ Japan House. The public is invited to tour the house, located at 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]
UI to honor student employees April 7 as part of national recognition
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – An award ceremony to honor student employees of the year is scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. April 7 in the General Lounge of the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. The ceremony is being held by the student employment unit of the Office of Student Financial Aid to celebrate National […]
On the Job: Angella Anderson
JOB: Staff secretary in the office of text conversion with the Division of Rehabilitation-Education Services. She helps students with vision disabilities access the books they need after they have registered for classes. The UI is the only university in the state that has a separate text-conversion office. And it’s the only university in Illinois to […]
National women’s wheelchair basketball tournament March 16-18
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – March Madness will come to the University of Illinois this week in the form of women on wheels. The 26th National Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Tournament will be held Thursday through Saturday (March 16-18) on the campus where women’s wheelchair basketball began 30 years ago. Ten teams from the United States and Canada […]
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 […]