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Moms Association to honor assistant dean in Liberal Arts and Sciences
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Penelope Soskin, senior assistant dean and director of honors, scholarships and experiential learning initiatives in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of the 2009 Medallion of Honor, the most prestigious annual award given by the Moms Association at the University of Illinois. Soskin will be recognized for her […]
Historian to speak Feb. 11 on change of Lincoln’s political views
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Historian James Oakes will speak on the topic “Becoming Lincoln: From Conservative to Radical,” in a lecture Feb. 11 on the University of Illinois campus. The lecture, a day before the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, will begin at 3:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. […]
Center for Children’s Books announces 2009 Gryphon winners
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – “Frogs,” written and illustrated by Nic Bishop, has won the 2009 Gryphon Award for Children’s Literature. The Gryphon Award, which includes a $1,000 prize, is given annually by the Center for Children’s Books at the University of Illinois. The center is a unit of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. […]
‘Sunset Boulevard’ kicks off humanities program’s spring film series
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Spring Film series will begin Feb. 5 with a screening of the classic “Sunset Boulevard.” “Sunset Boulevard,” which stars William Holden, Gloria Swanson and Erich von Stroheim, is director Billy Wilder’s masterpiece about faded silent film star Norma Desmond, played by Swanson, and her […]
Engineering professor now leading U. of I. Graduate College
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Debasish (Deba) Dutta joined the University of Illinois Urbana campus as dean of the Graduate College and associate provost, effective Jan. 16. (His name is pronounced duh-BAH-sheesh (DEB-uh) DUT-uh.) Dutta also holds an appointment as the Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor in the department of mechanical science and engineering. A […]
Future of public education in state of Illinois subject of seminar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Judy Erwin, the executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, will speak about the future of public education in Illinois as part of the Forum on the Future of Public Education, a seminar created by the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to address controversial and […]
Entomology department marks centennial with insect calendar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois entomology department is 100 years old this year, and to celebrate, has produced a calendar of insects sporting orange and blue, the school colors. There are beetles and butterflies, leaf-hoppers and grasshoppers, a moth, an ant and even a cicada in orange and blue. There is also blue-and-orange-striped […]
Two professors receive grants in support of projects in performing arts
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two professors in the University of Illinois’ College of Fine and Applied Arts are among a select group of artists receiving 2009 grants from Creative Capital, the nation’s premier national artists support organization. Tere O’Connor, a professor of dance, and Deke Weaver, a professor in the School of Art and Design‘s New […]
Highest achieving students’ names appear on Bronze Tablet
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Two hundred forty-six names appear on the newest Bronze Tablet being placed in the Library last fall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They are the University Honors students, the top 3 percent from each college’s 2008 graduating class, selected for their outstanding academic performance during their undergraduate study. Among the […]
Physics conference to focus on experience of undergraduate women
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The second annual Midwest conference for undergraduate women in physics, sponsored by the physics department at the University of Illinois, will be held on the Urbana campus from Friday (Jan. 16) through Sunday (Jan. 18) at Loomis Laboratory, 1110 W. Green St., Urbana. Sheila Tobias, a feminist activist and advocate for women […]
Vitamin E shows possible promise in easing chronic inflammation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – With up to half of a person’s body mass consisting of skeletal muscle, chronic inflammation of those muscles – which include those found in the limbs – can result in significant physical impairment. According to University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Kimberly Huey, past research has demonstrated that the antioxidant […]
Dads Association at Illinois elects 2008-2009 executive board
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Lalo Ponce of St. Charles, Ill., has been elected president of the Dads Association at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 2008-2009. The election was held during the annual meeting of the association Nov. 1 during Dads Weekend on campus. The other executive board members and their offices: (EDITORS: See list). […]