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Law school dean to leave post in one year
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Thomas M. Mengler has announced he will step down from his position as the dean of the University of Illinois College of Law. Mengler, who informed the faculty of the college of his decision last Thursday, plans to serve as dean until the start of the 2002-2003 academic year. A national search will […]
Exhibition at Krannert Art Museum showcases African art
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. African masks, woodcarvings, beadwork, and bronze and terra cotta pieces are among the art and artifacts on view through Nov. 4 in a new exhibition at the University of Illinois Krannert Art Museum. “African Art: The Gift From the Faletti Family Collection” showcases more than 20 pieces donated to the museum over several […]
UI Computer Fear Film Festival to be held Sept. 8
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. This years Computer Fear Film Festival at the University of Illinois not only promises to be bigger than last years inaugural event, its guaranteed, thanks to the marquee lineup. The annual festival kicks off at 6 p.m. Sept. 8 (Saturday) with a showing of “Iron Giant” (rated PG), followed at 8 p.m. by […]
Easter named acting dean of ACES
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Robert A. Easter was named today to be acting dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois. He will become interim dean, pending approval of the Board of Trustees at its meeting Sept. 13 in Chicago. Easter, an expert in swine nutrition, has served as the […]
UI Flash Economic Index fell slightly in last month in a continued no-growth pattern
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index fell slightly in July to 98.3 from its 98.4 reading in June, indicating a continuation in Illinois of a no-growth situation. This is the third month in a row with a sub-100 reading and the fourth in the last five months. For the UI Flash Index, […]
UI student named congressional fellow
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Margaret Brooks LaRaviere of Chicago, a doctoral student at the University of Illinois, will be working on Capitol Hill this academic year instead of on campus. LaRaviere, a student in the UIs School of Social Work, was recently named one of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations Congressional Fellows. As a fellow, she will […]
Scholars and dignitaries to explore many facets of Colombia Aug. 1-4
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Scholars and dignitaries will explore wide-ranging topics dealing with Colombia from guerilla warfare and the war on drugs to Colombian identity and poetry Wednesday through Saturday (Aug. 1-4) at the University of Illinois. The conference is titled “La Colombia internacional.” Discussions, lectures, roundtables and plenary sessions, all to be conducted in Spanish, will […]
UI students stick it to the competition with their award-winning thumbtack
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Stick this somewhere prominent on your bulletin board: Five University of Illinois industrial design students won a first-place award in a competition co-sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America and BusinessWeek magazine for their redesign of the thumbtack. Gold Award winners in the student category of the Industrial Design Excellence Award competition […]
Pulitzer Prize-winner Bill Gaines named to Knight Chair in Journalism
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Bill Gaines, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner during 27 years as an investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune, has been named to the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of Illinois. Gaines, who has taught courses for more than two decades on investigative reporting and is the author of a widely used textbook […]
Soil suggests early humans lived in forests instead of grasslands
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Carbon isotope evidence in almost 6-million-year-old soils suggests that the earliest humans already were evolving in and likely preferred humid forests rather than grasslands, report a team of scientists working in Ethiopia. The discovery challenges long-held beliefs, beginning with Darwin, that humans did not evolve into upright beings and thrive until expanding tropical […]
UI Flash Economic Index records continued sluggishness
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The Illinois economy continued it sluggish performance in June. The University of Illinois Flash Index again was below the 100 mark, indicating that the Illinois economy is stagnant. The Flash Index fell to 98.4 in June, down from 98.9 in May and 99.7 in March, the first sub-100 reading in nearly a decade. […]
School of Architecture honors 109 students
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois School of Architecture honored 109 undergraduate and graduate students for scholastic excellence during the 2001 spring semester. A total of $235,900 in prizes was awarded. The winners and their awards include (EDITORS: See list). ARCHITECTURE AWARD WINNERS FOR 2001 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS T. Donovan Eckhardt, Edward C. Earl Prize in […]