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Two promising German scholars win fellowships to study at UI
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two promising young German scholars have won prestigious fellowships from a German foundation to work at the University of Illinois on the correspondence of two of the most brilliant German humanists of the 19th century. The scholars, Stephan Heilen and Markus Dubischar, are recipients of the Feodor Lynen Fellowships of the Alexander […]
Several students recognized for leadership
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Several University of Illinois students have been recognized for outstanding leadership during the 1999-2000 academic year. The recipients and their awards: (EDITORS: See List.). The award winners were selected through a campuswide nomination process organized by the UI Office of Student Affairs and were honored at a campus awards luncheon. All awards […]
Six student leaders receive scholarships to support studies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Six University of Illinois student leaders have received scholarships to support their studies during the 2000-01 academic year. Each student will receive a $1,000 award. The scholarships, which are awarded to juniors and seniors with a minimum 2.5 grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale), are funded by UI friends and alumni. The […]
First group of K-12 teachers to receive master’s degrees online to graduate May 14
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. –The first group of K-12 educators to earn master’s degrees online from the University of Illinois’ College of Education will receive their diplomas May 14 at the UI’s spring commencement. Twenty-six educators, mostly a mix of classroom teachers and school technology coordinators, enrolled in the new program two years ago and came to […]
Physicist Gordon Baym elected to American Philosophical Society
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Gordon A. Baym, the Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society. Baym was among 47 scholars and researchers elected April 29 to the learned society based in Philadelphia. Baym joined the UI faculty in 1963. He earned his bachelor’s […]
Three graduate students in Fine Arts win Kate Neal Kinley Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Three graduate students in the fine arts, including two from the University of Illinois, have won the 69th annual Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship competition. They each will receive $7,000 to help defray the cost of advanced study in their fields in the United States or abroad. Three other graduate students, all […]
Fifteen students travel to China for new four-week program
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For many Americans, learning to manipulate a pair of chopsticks at the local Chinese restaurant is often their first and last lesson in Chinese culture. That won’t be the case for 15 University of Illinois students, who will receive an intensive introduction to the country, its customs and culture this summer as […]
Executive MBA Program marks 25th anniversary with e-commerce symposium
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The impact and possibilities of e-commerce in everyday business are among the themes of the 25th anniversary symposium of the University of Illinois Executive MBA Program. The symposium, which will be held Friday (May 5), is titled “E-Magic on Main Street” and will feature a keynote speech by Richard Frank, former chairman […]
Survey research expert Seymour Sudman dies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Seymour Sudman, a dynamic teacher of University of Illinois undergraduates and a world-renown expert in the field of survey research, died Tuesday (May 2) in Chicago from complications following a stroke he suffered last month in Washington, D.C. He was 71. A professor of marketing, sociology and survey research, Sudman had postponed […]
Flash Economic Index registers highest monthly level in a year
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Continuing its slow rise since the last quarter of 1999, the University of Illinois Flash Economic Index registered its highest monthly level in a year. The April reading of 103.2 — up from 102.9 in March and 101.8 last October, its recent low point — suggests that the state economy is on […]
Black women in Africa and African diaspora topic of conference
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – An upcoming conference at the University of Illinois will focus on a variety of topics pertaining to black women in Africa and the African diaspora. “Black Women in Africa & the African Diaspora: Identity, Culture and Politics” is the theme of the conference, scheduled to take place June 1-4 at the Illini […]
Physicist Phillips receives Bouchet Award from American Physical Society
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Philip W. Phillips, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois, has been selected as the 2000 recipient of the Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Physical Society. The award, which recognizes Phillips for “opening new vistas in the study of disordered and strongly correlated condensed matter physics, including the […]