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Participants needed for course on balancing work, life
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Work and home: Two worlds that most parents juggle daily. How to balance the two so the pressure of one doesn’t overwhelm the other is the focus of a five-part program under development by University of Illinois Extension. Beginning next month, the program’s first segment, “Intentional Harmony: Balancing Work and Children,” will […]
Robert Easter named dean of College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Robert A. Easter today was named the dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has served as interim dean since August 2001. His appointment was approved by the board of trustees at its meeting in Springfield. Easter, an expert in swine nutrition, […]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute to fund science education, outreach programs
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. An ongoing, multi-faceted science education and outreach program, which benefits undergraduates as well as elementary through high school teachers and students across Illinois, is among 44 proposals nationwide that will receive funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Maryland-based HHMI announced today (Tuesday) that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will receive $1.7 […]
Three researchers to take part in mapping the honeybee genome
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A buzz being heard around the entomology department these days is a genomic celebration. Three departmental researchers will have key roles in a recently announced federal project to map the some 15,000 genes of a honeybee (Apis mellifera). The work, to be done at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, is the […]
Beckman researchers to study motorist safety with GM grant
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is teaming with General Motors Research & Development and Planning of Warren, Mich., to study driver distractions and how well humans interact with in-vehicle technologies. GM will spend more than $1.6 million on an aggressive three-year research project […]
Four-day symposium on biodiverstiy part of international initiative
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The complexity and diversity of life, from insects to trees to mollusks to big cats and more, will be the topic of a four-day symposium for scientists converging on the University of Illinois campus Feb. 7-10. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 with back-to-back public talks by Geerat J. Vermeij, […]
‘Alien Arthropods!’ invade 19th annual Insect Fear Film Festival on Feb. 9
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Millions of alien invaders live in the United States, and a select bunch of them cause an estimated $20 billion in damage each year. These are not repulsive life-threatening beings from Mars and beyond; rather they are insects and other arthropods, some barely distinguished from homegrown varieties. Some of these aliens will star […]
Sickle cell researcher to talk about finding a cure Jan. 31
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Dr. William A. Eaton, the chief of the Laboratory of Chemical Physics at the National Institutes of Health, will give a public lecture, “Searching for a Cure of Sickle Cell Disease,” Jan. 31 (Thursday) beginning at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 N. Mathews […]
Efficient fertilizer use could benefit river without hurting crop yields
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A computational study on nitrogen inputs to the Mississippi River Basin from the 1950s to the 1990s suggests that better use of the fertilizer such as not over-applying it could substantially reduce the amount of nitrates flowing down river without compromising crop yields. The study, appearing in the Nov. 8 issue of the […]
New UI center to study effects of exposure to toxicants in fish
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine is home to a new federally funded center that will study the effects of exposure to toxicants in fish being eaten in large quantities by Laotian and Hmong refugees in Green Bay and Appleton, Wis. Researchers from five institutions will work in the UI-based consortium, […]
‘i-emerging’ event to showcase new technologies seeking investors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A computer that can recognize users faces, and even their moods. A method of delivering vaccine by a single pill that would eliminate the need for booster shots. An electronic “nose” that could be used by physicians to monitor dialysis patients and diagnose disease and by USDA inspectors to ensure fish is fresh. […]
Microbiologists, other panelists to participate in anthrax forum
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Two University of Illinois microbiologists will be among the five panelists participating in a free, public forum on anthrax and bioterrorism that begins at 8 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 24) in Lincoln Hall Theater, 702 S. Wright St., Urbana. Members of the audience will be able to ask questions of the expert panelists after […]