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New book entertainingly tells ‘What Good Are Bugs’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Insects are vital to every ecosystem and essential to our existence, Gilbert Waldbauer says, answering a common question posed by the title of his new book, “What Good Are Bugs?” “The majority of green plants are pollinated by insects,” says Waldbauer, professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. […]
Chancellor to give Derber Lecture on building an integrated workplace
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Nancy Cantor, the chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will deliver the Annual Milton Derber Lecture about the role of the university in building an integrated workplace. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. April 8 (Tuesday) at the Wagner Education Center at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, 504 […]
Illinois Flash Economic Index increased marginally in March
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index increased marginally in March to 95.8 from 95.6 in February. Still the Illinois economy remains stalled in a no-growth pattern, much like its position during the past 15 months. Since January 2002, the monthly Index readings have ranged from 97 to 94.2 – consistently below […]
Japanese arts and culture to be featured in three events
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Japanese arts and culture will be alive and thriving on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this spring. The first of three events planned in April and May to showcase traditional Japanese art forms is the annual spring open house at Japan House, 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana, on […]
Current state of European union to be examined April 10-13
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The current state of the European Union will be examined in-depth at a series of events planned April 10-13 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Georges Savvaides, the ambassador of Greece to the United States, will present the “State of the European Union Address” at 11 a.m. on April 10 at […]
International conference, other events focus on Beethoven
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Throughout April and early May, scholars and musicians from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and elsewhere will assemble at various venues on campus to compare and share notes by and about composer Ludwig van Beethoven. All the activity is planned in conjunction with an international conference, “Beethoven and the Creative Process,” […]
‘Terror and Torture: Ethics and Law in Extremis’ to be annual philosophy lecture April 4
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Michael S. Moore, professor of law and of philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will give the 2002-2003 Annual Philosophy Public Lecture at 4 p.m. April 4 (Friday) in 141 Loomis Laboratory of Physics, 1110 W. Green St., Urbana. In his inaugural lecture as a professor of philosophy, Moore will […]
20th Century French Studies Colloquium to begin Thursday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – More than 200 scholars from Europe and North America will meet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to take part in the 2003 Twentieth-Century French Studies Colloquium March 27-29 (Thursday to Saturday) in the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. All academic events are free and open to members of […]
Symposium April 4-5 to examine cultural interchange in the medieval Mediterranean
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Centuries of encounter and cultural interchange in the Mediterranean may reveal lessons that remain relevant for today’s observers of that region, according to organizers of a symposium planned for April 4-5 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “Encounters with Islam: The Medieval Mediterranean Experience – Art, Material Culture and Cultural Interchange” […]
Media invited to view, experience training at Fire Service Institute
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Members of the news media will have an opportunity on March 26 to view and experience aspects of the training given to thousands of firefighters and emergency personnel every year at the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute. The institute’s first Media Day, starting at 10 a.m., will give reporters the chance […]
IBM’s high-tech gift helps provide access to rare, fragile library materials
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The problem has vexed librarians for centuries: How do you give patrons free reign to use precious and rare materials without taking the chance that they will damage them through normal use or carelessness? Thanks to an equipment gift from IBM, some of the 21st century librarians at the University of Illinois […]
Senior wins one of 11 Churchill Scholarships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – David Smyth, a senior majoring in mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is among 11 students nationwide to receive a Churchill Scholarship for study at Cambridge University, in Cambridge, England. The prestigious scholarship is awarded for outstanding academic and extracurricular accomplishments by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States […]