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Legislative backing needed to enforce standards for power transmission
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – America’s electricity grid is only as strong as its weakest links, and the huge blackout last Thursday exposed some key flaws that threaten the integrity of the system, a power expert at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says. The North American Electric Reliability Council, set up after the 1965 blackout to […]
Two major exhibitions open Krannert Art Museum fall season
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two major exhibitions – one featuring African art, the other photographic images of the American South – will open the fall 2003 season at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Krannert Art Museum in late August and early September. Opening to the public on Aug. 26 is “Remnants of Ritual: Selections From […]
Emerald ash borer poses threat to trees in Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A half-inch-long beetle known as the emerald ash borer, which is devastating ash trees in Michigan, poses a serious threat to Illinois, says an entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Officials fear that beetle-infested firewood could be accidentally transported into the state. “This is a very, very dangerous pest of […]
Supersweet Sweet Corn: 50 Years in the Making
Fifty years ago, sweet corn wasn’t all that sweet and had a short shelf-life, which made it difficult for grocery stores to stock it. As a result of the persistence of some UI corn researchers, today’s sweet corn not only lives up to its name in taste, it maintains its high quality for more than […]
Illinois flash index of economy remains unchanged from last month
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index stood unchanged at 96.7 last month from its June level. While the last three months have shown some improvement, the Illinois economy still seems mired in the same no-growth that has characterized the last 26 months. “July’s results are disappointing given the spate of good […]
West Nile virus focus during ornithologists’ meeting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The West Nile virus is the focus of a dozen research papers to be presented Aug. 9 (Saturday) during the 121st Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Aug. 5-9, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Another topic to be covered by some of the 475 scientists attending the conference is […]
Works by MFA graduates on view at I space beginning Friday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Recent work by six graduates of the master of fine arts program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is on view Friday (July 18) through Aug. 13 at I space, the university’s Chicago gallery. Artists represented in “Tracked and Tracking: Recent MFA Graduates at UIUC” are Anna Callahan, Kyomi Chiba, Kariann […]
June flash index indicates state may be climbing out of economic slump
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index indicates that the state may be climbing out of its prolonged slump. The June reading of 96.7 – combined with May’s reading of 96.8 – represents the highest level of state economic activity since February 2002, but also suggests no burst of business investment or […]
Teachers upgrade tech skills statewide
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – More than 400 Illinois teachers are upgrading their computer and technology skills this summer at eight sites throughout the state. The teachers are taking advantage of a weeklong institute, called “A Moveable Feast.” Now in its sixth year, the program, organized by the College of Education at the University of Illinois at […]
New head of labor education program named
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Edward Hertenstein has been named head of the labor education program at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Hertenstein, 49, will oversee classes and conferences held for labor union leaders and others in the state. “I am extremely pleased to appoint Ed as head […]
Chicago educator named new director of University High School
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Kathleen Moroney Patton, the dean of academic affairs and assistant principal at Hales Franciscan High School in Chicago, has been named the new principal and director of University Laboratory High School, the laboratory school of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Patton is scheduled to begin work at Uni High on Aug. […]
Russian and Eastern European Center hosting 30th annual summer lab
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – When Ralph Fisher organized the first Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1973, communist rule in the region made it difficult for Western scholars to travel there to conduct research and exchange ideas with colleagues. Three decades later, as the university’s Russian […]