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UI Flash Economic Index continues its descent
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index dropped again in January to 101.3 from its 101.8 reading in December. “This confirms that the Illinois economy is in a definite slowdown,” said J. Fred Giertz, a UI economist who released the Flash Index today (Feb. 2). The Index indicates that the state economy […]
Amtrak official to speak on future of high-speed rail initiative
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Michael Franke, assistant vice president and program director of AmtrakÕs Midwest Regional Rail Initiative, will discuss the initiative at a talk at noon Feb. 8 in Room 3269 of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana. The talk is being sponsored by the U of I […]
New York University vice dean named dean of UI College of Commerce and Business Administration
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Avijit Ghosh, vice dean of the Stern School of Business at New York University, will become dean of the University of Illinois College of Commerce and Business Administration, pending approval of the UI Board of Trustees at its March 7-8 meeting in Urbana. Ghosh will assume his duties Aug. 21. “Professor Ghosh […]
MIT professor to give David Kinley Lecture in economics
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — James Poterba, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the David Kinley Lecture in Economics at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at 141 Wohlers Hall, 1206 S. Sixth St., Champaign. His lecture is titled “Annuity Markets and Retirement Security.” Poterba will describe the current workings of self-directed retirement […]
2000 Illinois Statistical Abstract is available
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The 2000 Illinois Statistical Abstract has been completed by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Illinois. With 830 pages of charts, tables and graphs, the book is a comprehensive compilation of economic and demographic information on Illinois. Data in 28 categories — ranging from crimes rates and […]
Symbols, signs, icons and artifacts come together in new exhibition at I space
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Symbols, signs and other icons and artifacts of popular culture are being combined and reconfigured in a new exhibition on view Jan. 26 through Feb. 24 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “Remix,” organized by UIUC alumni artists Kevin Kaempf and Lora Lode, features the […]
TransAfrica leader to give keynote speech at weeklong Martin Luther King Jr. symposium
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Randall Robinson, an internationally known advocate for human rights, executive director of TransAfrica and TransAfrica Forum, and author of last year’s “The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks,” will be speaking at the University of Illinois this Thursday (Jan. 18). Robinson’s presentation, “A Case for Reparations,” will begin at 4 p.m. in […]
Pioneer in magnetic resonance imaging to receive National Academy of Sciences Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Paul C. Lauterbur, a pioneer in the development of magnetic resonance imaging and director of the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory at the University of Illinois, will receive the 2001 National Academy of Sciences Award for Chemistry in Service to Society. Lauterbur is being recognized “for his research on nuclear magnetic resonance and […]
UI Flash Economic Index indicates a continued slowdown
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A continued slow down — but not precipitous decline — in the state economy was indicated by the December University of Illinois Flash Economic Index. The Illinois economy ended the year with a monthly reading of 101.8, off marginally from the November figure of 101.9. A year ago in December, the Index […]
Web site lets you ‘know when to say when’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — ‘Tis the season for holiday parties, and drinkers are urged to “know when to say when” before getting behind the wheel . But for many, “when” is only a guess. They’ve never learned specifically how factors such as their gender and weight, combined with what they’ve eaten, what they drink, and how […]
‘First-look’ results with spectro-radiometer: All systems ‘Go’
‘First-look’ results with spectro-radiometer: All systems ‘Go’ James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor (217) 244-1073; kloeppel@illinois.edu 12/19/2000 SAN FRANCISCO — Demonstrations of the unique, three-dimensional, cloud-imaging capabilities of the Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer — one of the instruments on the satellite Terra — will be among highlights presented at a special session devoted to the satellite […]
Illinois scientists’ discovery helps explain protein-synthesis machinery in cells
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois biologists have discovered that a protein that lives in the cytoplasmic world between a mammalian cell’s membrane and nucleus undergoes a “nuclear experience” that is necessary for regulating cell growth and division. Coupled with a similar finding involving a different protein in yeast cells, announced in the journal Cell […]