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Carl Woese receives the Crafoord Prize
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Microbiologist Carl R. Woese formally accepted the $500,000 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Sweden. The king of Sweden presented the prize to Woese on Sept. 24. The annual prize marks accomplishments in scientific fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes in science, which the academy […]
Researchers join federal center to study infectious disease
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Nine scientists of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are part of a newly created, federally funded Midwestern Regional Center of Excellence to be based at the University of Chicago. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the selection of eight regional centers, which will be funded through the […]
Emerald ash borer poses threat to trees in Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A half-inch-long beetle known as the emerald ash borer, which is devastating ash trees in Michigan, poses a serious threat to Illinois, says an entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Officials fear that beetle-infested firewood could be accidentally transported into the state. “This is a very, very dangerous pest of […]
Supersweet Sweet Corn: 50 Years in the Making
Fifty years ago, sweet corn wasn’t all that sweet and had a short shelf-life, which made it difficult for grocery stores to stock it. As a result of the persistence of some UI corn researchers, today’s sweet corn not only lives up to its name in taste, it maintains its high quality for more than […]
West Nile virus focus during ornithologists’ meeting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The West Nile virus is the focus of a dozen research papers to be presented Aug. 9 (Saturday) during the 121st Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Aug. 5-9, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Another topic to be covered by some of the 475 scientists attending the conference is […]
‘Brains in Action’ set for May 24 at Children’s Museum
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Faculty members and students of the neuroscience program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign want children and their families to join them to learn about “Brains in Action” from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., May 24, at the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, 356 N. Neil St., Champaign. Admission to the entire […]
Illinois scholar elected fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – James Economy, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Election to the American Academy is an honor that acknowledges the best of all scholarly fields and professions. Among the academy’s 186 other […]
Harris Lewin named director of Post Genomic Institute
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Animal geneticist Harris A. Lewin today was named the first director of the Post Genomic Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pending approval by the Board of Trustees at its May 15 meeting in Urbana. The institute will be a facility that officials say will put Illinois at the forefront […]
Three Illinois professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Three University of Illinois faculty members are among the 72 scientists elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished research and continuing achievements, the academy announced today. The Illinois faculty members chosen are Peter Beak, the Roger Adams Professor of Chemistry; Karl Hess, a Swanlund Professor of […]
Illinois professor to receive global energy prize
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Nick Holonyak Jr., a John Bardeen Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as a 2003 recipient of the Global Energy Prize from Russia. He shares the $900,000 prize with Gennady Mesiats of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Yan Douglas […]
Engineering professor named Carnegie Scholar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Michael Loui, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Loui was one of 26 university faculty members from across the country selected for the award. During the next […]
New book entertainingly tells ‘What Good Are Bugs’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Insects are vital to every ecosystem and essential to our existence, Gilbert Waldbauer says, answering a common question posed by the title of his new book, “What Good Are Bugs?” “The majority of green plants are pollinated by insects,” says Waldbauer, professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. […]