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Pollen from one Bt corn variety reduced growth rates among black swallowtail caterpillars
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Pollen from a Bt corn variety carrying a now-phased-out genetically inserted pesticide known as event 176 dramatically reduced growth rates among black swallowtail caterpillars in University of Illinois field tests, researchers report. Because rainfall repeatedly reduced pollen concentrations during the summer 2000 test period, the results “must be considered conservative,” the scientists said. […]
Lectures launch yearlong exploration of new biology
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. What are the implications now that the human genome has been sequenced? How will that scientific breakthrough, along with others in the field of biology, affect various areas of human life, from health and medicine to food production? Exploring those questions is the goal of a yearlong initiative at the University of Illinois, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sloan Foundation funds online continuing education program for veterinarians
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A $100,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has paved the way for the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine to develop a comprehensive online continuing education program for veterinarians. Veterinarians soon can study at home or the office, on their own time any time, instead of traveling or adjusting their […]
Former faculty member to return as dean of veterinary medicine
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Herbert E. Whiteley, the head of the department of pathobiology and veterinary science at the University of Connecticut, will return to the University of Illinois as the dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, pending approval of the UI Board of Trustees at its meeting May 23-24 in Springfield. Whiteley, 49, was a […]
Community Medical School to offer four lectures for the layperson
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Area residents can enhance their knowledge of medicine and science by attending the Community Medical School, a new program of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. The free, four-evening course begins March 20 at the Carle Forum, located one block north of Carle Foundation Hospital, 611 W. Park St., […]
‘Secret Agent Worms’ to debut at Ag Open House
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — “Secret Agent Worms,” corn as a vitamin and fuel, and kenaf as an alternative cash crop are among the exhibits to be displayed March 2-3 at the 12th Annual College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Open House at the University of Illinois. This yearÕs theme is “Science All Around Us.” […]
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 […]
Microbiologist Carl R. Woese named winner of National Medal of Science
Microbiologist Carl R. Woese named winner of National Medal of Science Jim Barlow, Life Sciences Editor (217) 333-5802; b-james3@illinois.edu 11/13/2000 Carl R. Woese, a University of Illinois microbiologist whose identification of the archaea changed the way life is classified on Earth, is among 12 U.S. scientists and engineers named today (Nov. 13) by President Clinton […]
Feng Sheng Hu named Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering
Feng Sheng Hu named Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering Jim Barlow, Life Sciences Editor (217) 333-5802; b-james3@illinois.edu 11/3/2000 Feng Sheng Hu, a professor of plant biology and of geology at the University of Illinois, is among 24 U.S. researchers named as 2000 Packard Fellows in science and engineering by the David and Lucile Packard […]
Inaugural lecture of The Pampered Chef Family Resiliency Lecture Series to be Oct. 19
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The seemingly lost tradition of shared family meals will be the focus of the inaugural lecture of The Pampered Chef Family Resiliency Lecture Series to be held Oct. 19 (Thursday) at the Illini Center, 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago. Doris Kelley Christopher, the founder and president of The Pampered Chef Ltd., and […]