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U of I System transfers Research Park oversight to Urbana campus
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Board of Trustees today transferred oversight of the University of Illinois Research Park from the U. of I. System to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Trustees approved the Research Park in 1999 and authorized the University of Illinois Research Park LLC in 2000 as the formal entity […]
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Janice Lynn Allen, 64, of Fairland, Illinois, died April 28. She was a retiree from the university. Donald Chien-Tao Chiang, 91, of River Forest, Illinois, formerly of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Champaign, died May 3. He worked in the electrical engineering department at the university. Doris M. Downs, 89, of Urbana, died at Brookdale Senior Living […]
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Tom Battershell, 63, of Tuscola, Illinois, died at home April 26. He worked for the university’s grounds crew. Memorials: Tuscola Lions Club, c/o James Harbaugh, 501 N. Ohio St., Tuscola, IL 61953. Jeannine W. Corlas, 53, of St. Joseph, Illinois, died at home April 26. She worked at the university. Memorials: Carle Cancer Center. Keith […]
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Louis H. “Bud” Mesker, 81, of Urbana, died April 12 at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana. He was a firefighter with the university’s Fire Department for 28 years, until his retirement as acting fire chief. Visitation will be Friday, April 26, from noon to 2 p.m. at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo […]
Study: Drugs reprogram genes in breast tumors to prevent endocrine resistance
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Treating breast tumors with two cancer drugs simultaneously may prevent endocrine resistance by attacking the disease along two separate gene pathways, scientists at the University of Illinois found in a new study. The two drugs used in the study, selinexor and 4-OHT, caused the cancer cells to die and tumors to regress […]
Deaths
Ronald L. Miner, 64, of Champaign, died April 14 in Schaumburg, Illinois. He was the director of accounting consulting in the Office of Business and Financial Services, University Accounting and Financial Reporting for the University of Illinois System for 32 years. He helped with the accounting transition when Sangamon State University became the University of […]
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Janet Lynn “Jaelyn” Jefferson, 55, died April 3 at her home in Champaign. She was employed at the university library in acquisitions for 34 years before her retirement in 2014. Sharon Jo Shiu, 73, of Tuscola, died April 6. She retired from her job as a mail messenger at the university. Visitation will be from […]
Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction honor faculty members, staff and teaching assistants
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Faculty and staff members and graduate teaching assistants at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring and advising at an April 11 reception at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. The Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognizes sustained excellence and innovative approaches in undergraduate […]
Six academic professionals honored with CAPE awards
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Six academic professionals will be honored with 2019 Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence awards at a reception April 10. The CAPE award was established to recognize academic professionals for their work, personal and professional contributions. Individuals are nominated, reviewed by a committee and approved by Chancellor Robert Jones. Each of the honorees receives […]
Campus Instructional Facility Project incorporates green design, public-private partnership
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Campus Instructional Facility Project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will add 122,000 square feet of instructional space at the southeast corner of Springfield Avenue and Wright Street in Urbana. The project is an example of a new public-private partnership model available to the university that allows for tax-exempt financing. […]
Tax incentives target poor neighborhoods but leave communities behind
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Lawmakers often tout pro-gentrification tax incentives such as the new federal “opportunity zone” tax incentive – the tax break offered to developers in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 – as tools to promote capital investment in poor neighborhoods. While they traditionally enjoy significant bipartisan support, place-based tax incentives are […]
Deaths
Manfred Raether, 92, of Urbana, died March 26 at his home. In 1959, he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois as an assistant professor of physics to start a program in experimental plasma physics. His research centered around beam plasma instabilities, ion-acoustic instabilities, nonlinear effects and turbulence. He was promoted to associate professor […]