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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 […]
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 […]
Sullivan receives Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from American Physical Society
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Jeremiah D. Sullivan, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois and former director of the UI’s Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, has been selected as the 2000 recipient of the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from the American Physical Society. The award recognizes Sullivan for “leadership in addressing […]
Works of contemporary artists on view at I space through May 27
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two new exhibitions by contemporary artists will be on view April 28 through May 27 at I space, UIUC’s Chicago gallery. “Increment of One” features Canadian-born artist Micah Lexier’s most recent explorations of themes such as time, volume and life span. Much of Lexier’s body of work examines the quantification of human […]
UI Classics Library receives NEH grant to microfilm works
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A collection of rare, priceless and perishable 19th century European dissertations and other short scholarly works on Latin and Greek literature, history and civilization, will get a new life – and a wider readership – thanks to a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to the University of Illinois Classics Library. The […]
State finals of Science Olympiad to be held April 29 on campus
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The state finals of the Illinois Science Olympiad will be held April 29 at the University of Illinois. The event, which begins at 9 a.m., is part of a national competition in which middle and high school students compete in 24 events involving science concepts and engineering skills. The public is invited […]
Two professors given campus’s highest honor
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two University of Illinois professors have been recommended by Chancellor Michael Aiken for appointment as professors in the Center for Advanced Study – the highest form of recognition the campus bestows on faculty members for outstanding scholarship. The new CAS professors are Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, molecular and integrative biology, and College of […]