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Conference to focus on path-breaking Chinese filmmakers
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A conference focusing on the Shaw Brothers Studio, a path-breaking filmmaking enterprise that was founded in Shanghai, and later based in Singapore and Hong Kong, runs Oct. 2-4 (Thursday through Saturday) on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. According to Poshek Fu, the conference organizer and a professor of […]
Carl Woese receives the Crafoord Prize
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Microbiologist Carl R. Woese formally accepted the $500,000 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Sweden. The king of Sweden presented the prize to Woese on Sept. 24. The annual prize marks accomplishments in scientific fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes in science, which the academy […]
Professor’s research leads to new state law on child support
A 12-year educational effort by a UI professor of family economics paid off earlier this summer when a bill containing new guidelines for child support in Illinois was signed into law. The law increases the percentage a non-custodial parent pays for support of the second child in a two-child family. “For low and moderate-income families, […]
Conference to explore future of budget-challenged UI Library
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A conference to explore the future directions of the budget-challenged Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be held Oct. 30-31 at the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. The conference will feature presentations by international experts in a wide variety of fields, including Deanna Marcum, associate librarian for […]
ACDIS celebrates 25th anniversary with forum on future of conflict
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hosting a forum on Oct. 4 to consider the future of international conflict. The forum, free and open to the public, will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. […]
Yearlong commemoration of Brown v. Board decision to begin
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A commemoration of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision begins this month at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and will continue throughout the school year. The decision that will be 50 years old next May ended legal segregation in public schools and helped ignite the civil rights […]
Artists, critics, curators converge in fall lecture series
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Eight innovative artists, critics and curators whose work defies categorization will visit the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this fall as participants in a lecture series titled “REAL LIFE: Expanding Economies of Cultural Production.” Artist Christine Tarkowski opens the series at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 18 in 62 Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. […]
Veracruzana University librarian to give Mortenson Distinguished Lecture
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Jesus Lau, a prolific author and internationally recognized library and information science scholar, will give the Mortenson Distinguished Lecture for 2003 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His talk on “Information Competencies: A Bridge to Narrow North-South Knowledge Gaps” will begin at 4 p.m. on Sept. 23 (Tuesday) in Room 126 […]
Researchers join federal center to study infectious disease
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Nine scientists of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are part of a newly created, federally funded Midwestern Regional Center of Excellence to be based at the University of Chicago. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the selection of eight regional centers, which will be funded through the […]
Clinical-community psychology doctoral program honored
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The doctoral program in clinical-community psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been honored for its record of creating and sustaining effective programs for recruiting, retaining and training ethnic minority students. The American Psychological Association Suinn Minority Achievement Award was presented Aug. 7 during the 111th annual APA meeting in […]
Interactive art, installation, sculpture on view at I space
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Interactive art, installation work and sculpture are featured in two new exhibitions on view Sept. 5 through Oct. 4 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “Where Life is Better, Pat Badani” is the latest of a series of projects created by the artist, a professor […]
Flash Economic Index holds steady for third straight month
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index remained at 96.7 in August for the third straight month. While the national economy appears to be picking up speed, the Illinois economy remains in neutral as measured by the Flash Index. “There has been a slight improvement compared with a year ago, but the […]