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Engineering Open House showcases student talent
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Wild and wacky Rube Goldberg machines, robots fighting for possession of helium balloons, and more than 130 fun-filled exhibits are among the attractions awaiting visitors to the 83rd annual Engineering Open House at the University of Illinois. The event, organized by students in the Engineering Council at Illinois, will be from 9 […]
Illinois professor awarded the 2002/3 Wolf Prize in Physics
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Anthony J. Leggett, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as a recipient of the 2002/3 Wolf Prize in physics. He shares the prize with Bertrand I. Halperin of Harvard University. Leggett, 64, who holds the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair of Physics […]
Holonyak to receive institute’s highest honor
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 the 2003 recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honor. The award, which recognizes Holonyak “for a career of pioneering contributions to semiconductors, […]
Two Illinois scientists among 291 AAAS fellows
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Scientists Nick Holonyak Jr. and Susan E. Fahrbach of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are among 291 people selected as 2002 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The new fellows will be formally recognized Feb. 15 for their contributions that advance science or foster its applications at […]
Biologist one of five winners of 2003 Damon Runyon Scholar Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Phillip A. Newmark, a researcher in the department of cell and structural biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is one of five recipients nationwide of a 2003 Damon Runyon Scholar Award. The three-year $300,000 award from the New York-based Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation supports the development of outstanding scientists […]
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 […]
Consortium to design next-generation nuclear research reactors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – With a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has teamed with other Big Ten Universities to enhance existing university research reactor facilities and to design the next generation of nuclear reactors for research and education. The Consortium of Big Ten University Research and Training Reactors […]
Illinois professor named 2002 Packard Fellow
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Neil L. Kelleher, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is among 20 U.S. researchers named 2002 Packard Fellows in natural sciences by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Kelleher, 32, joined the Illinois faculty in July 1999. He received his fellowship in recognition of his work on […]
Distinguished Berkeley astronomer to present public talk
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — William J. Welch, a professor of electrical engineering and of astronomy at the University of California at Berkeley, will present the fifth talk in the department of astronomy’s Icko Iben Jr. Distinguished Lectureship at 4 p.m. Oct. 28 in Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana. The talk, “The Search for Extraterrestrial […]
Emeritus professor wins top honor from Materials Research Society
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Howard K. Birnbaum, a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as the 2002 recipient of the Von Hippel Award from the Materials Research Society. The award will be presented Dec. 4 at the MRS meeting in Boston. Birnbaum is being recognized for the development of a […]
Grainger gifts fund programs to explore promising new technologies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Revolutionary research into the fundamentals of electrical power and other promising areas of engineering will be emerging from the laboratories of the University of Illinois College of Engineering, thanks to three new major gifts from The Grainger Foundation of Lake Forest, Ill. One gift will establish and provide funding for the Grainger Program […]
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, […]