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Moms Association bestows honors during Moms Weekend
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Three individuals and one unit were honored by the Moms Association during Moms Weekend at the University of Illinois. Edith Matesic, of Champaign, has received the second annual Amelia Alpiner Stern Mom of the Year award. The announcement was made at the Moms Association’s Moms Weekend kickoff event, “Explore Illinois,” on April […]
Moms Association elects officers, directors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Dixie Huey, of Effingham, Ill., has been elected president of the Moms Association at the University of Illinois for 2009-10. Other newly elected Moms Association officers and directors include (EDITORS: See list.) The election was held during the Moms Association annual meeting April 18 during Moms Weekend. The Moms Association, established in […]
Illinois physicist elected fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Eduardo H. Fradkin, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois, 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 210 other new fellows are U.S. […]
U. of I. to host state finals of Science Olympiad April 25
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The state finals of the Illinois Science Olympiad will be held Saturday (April 25) at the University of Illinois. The event, which begins at 8 a.m., is part of a national competition in which middle and high school students compete in 23 events involving science concepts and engineering skills. The public is […]
Chicago educator named new director of University High School
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Jeffrey Walkington, the vice president of academic affairs at the Latin School of Chicago, has been named the new principal and director of University Laboratory High School, the laboratory school of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pending approval by the Board of Trustees at its meeting May 21 in Chicago. Walkington […]
Two at Illinois win Goldwater Scholarships; third gets honorable mention
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two University of Illinois students have won prestigious Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year, and a third student at Illinois received honorable mention. Anthony Mazzotti, of Taylorville, Ill., and Derek Vardon, of Bolingbrook, Ill., will receive scholarships to help them finish their undergraduate studies at Illinois before attending graduate […]
Religious studies professor Valerie Hoffman named 2009 Carnegie Scholar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Valerie Hoffman, a professor of religious studies at the University of Illinois, has been selected as a 2009 Carnegie Scholar. Hoffman, an authority on Islam, was selected as one of 24 well-established and promising young thinkers, analysts and writers who will receive two-year grants of up to $100,000 from the New York-based […]
Noted scholar’s talk on modern Greek part of campus outreach efforts
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – One of the nation’s leading scholars of modern Greek will be on the University of Illinois campus April 22 to present a free lecture at 7 p.m. in the Levis Faculty Center. Vassilis Lambropoulos, the C.P. Cavafy Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan, will discuss “Greek […]
Students invited to U. of I. campus Oct. 21 to meet with law schools
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – College students in Illinois preparing to apply to law school are invited to attend Law School Day at the University of Illinois on Oct. 21. The event, free and open to the public, will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Rooms A, B and C at the Illini Union, […]
Panel discussions and other events announced as part of 2009 ‘Ebertfest’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Additional events have been announced in connection with the 11th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, or “Ebertfest,” coming April 22-26 to Champaign-Urbana and the University of Illinois. The schedule of 12 film screenings was previously announced and can be found at www.ebertfest.com, along with other information and updates. The schedule of added […]
Three at U. of I. win Guggenheim Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two University of Illinois physics professors, George Gollin and Laura Greene, and visiting scholar Jabari Asim have received 2009 Guggenheim Fellowships. They were among 180 artists, scholars and scientists to be selected in the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s 85th annual competition. Winners are chosen on the basis of their “stellar achievement […]
U. of I. senior from Glenview, Ill., wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is among the recipients of this year’s prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Lucas Edelman, of Glenview, Ill., is one of 37 U.S. students to receive the merit-based scholarship funded by an endowment from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Since the Gates Cambridge Scholarship […]