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College of Business scholarship program to benefit members of military
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is establishing a $250,000 education scholarship fund for military veterans and active members of the military from Illinois. The fund will provide financial assistance to qualified applicants admitted either to the part-time MBA program on the Urbana campus or to the […]
Flash Index of Illinois economy at highest reading in more than six years
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index surged a full point last month to reach 105.2. This was the highest reading since August 1998 when the Flash Index stood at 105.3. “Just when the national economy seems to be slowing, the Illinois economy appears to be accelerating,” said J. Fred Giertz, the […]
Changes in management of finances needed to solve state pension crisis
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The pension crisis roiling Illinois, which has caused Gov. Rod Blagojevich to propose cutting billions of dollars of anticipated retirement benefits to future state employees, has been a long time coming. For at least 20 years and across four governorships, Illinois hasn’t been paying enough into its five pension funds to cover […]
Director of French industrial economic institute to speak at Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Jean Tirole, scientific director of the Institut d’Economie Industrielle in France, will deliver the David Kinley Lecture in Economics at 3:30 p.m. April 15 (Friday) in 134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall Auditorium, 611 E. Lorado Taft Drive, Champaign. “Platform Industries: How Software, Videogames, Credit Cards, Media and Auctions Differ From Other Markets, […]
Students at Illinois devise plan to redevelop abandoned coke oven plant
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The task was to create a range of alternatives for redeveloping a derelict vestige of Chicago’s once booming steel industry. The time frame: four days. That’s how 20 landscape architecture students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign spent their spring break. They trooped around the former Acme Coke Oven Plant in […]
Flash Index of Illinois Economy rises to highest level in six years
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index registered strong growth last month, increasing to 104.2 from its 103.4 level in February. This is the highest level recorded since March 1999, or six years ago, when the Index stood at 104.3. “The March results clearly indicate that the Illinois economy is on the […]
New U. of I. president to deliver lecture on leadership April 11
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – B. Joseph White, the president of the University of Illinois, will deliver the 2005 Leighton Lecture at 4:30 p.m. April 11 (Monday) in 141 Wohlers Hall, 1206 S. Sixth St., Champaign. The title of his talk is “Leadership, Integrity and Credibility: Lost and Found.” White became president and the James Towey Professor […]
If you fill it, they will slurp — and slurp, and slurp and slurp …
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The eye is greater than the gut. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign report dramatic evidence of the importance of visual cues in the control of food intake in the current issue of Obesity Research, a leading nutrition journal. The researchers served a free soup lunch to 54 adults, half […]
Flash Index of Illinois economy indicates moderate expansion taking place
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index rose to 103.4 last month from its 103.1 reading in January. February’s results continue to confirm that the Illinois economy is expanding at a moderate pace after a slow recovery from the 2001 recession. The Flash Index edged above the 100 reading last April and […]
Conference at Illinois focuses on police activities as they relate to terrorism
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois College of Law will sponsor a conference Friday and Saturday (March 11 and 12) on the regulation of police activities aimed at fighting terrorism and other forms of international crime. The conference includes law professors and sociologists from Europe and the United States who will assess the dramatic […]
U. of I. Flash Index rose slightly in January, continuing upward trend
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index continued its recent strong performance by rising slightly to 103.1 last month from 103.0 in December. Since September, Flash readings have been above 100, the dividing line between growth and contraction, indicating that the Illinois economy is expanding at a steady pace. A year ago […]
Rise and fall of steel industry chronicled
Steel was once the prototype and pace-setter of American industry, dwarfing every competitor in the world. “Making Steel” chronicles the rise and decline of the steel industry by focusing on the 115-year history of a steel mill and company town – Sparrows Point, Md. Established on the outer tip of Baltimore Harbor in 1890, Sparrows […]