Uncategorized
Caffeine may offset some health risks of diets high in fat, sugar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study in rats suggests that caffeine may offset some of the negative effects of an obesogenic diet by reducing the storage of lipids in fat cells and limiting weight gain and the production of triglycerides. Rats that consumed the caffeine extracted from mate tea gained 16% less weight and accumulated […]
Alumna named Schwarzman Scholar
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois alumna Katherine Pollman, of Greenville, Illinois, was named a Schwarzman Scholar, one of 145 recipients selected from an international pool of 4,700 applicants. The program annually fully funds a Schwarzman class consisting of 40% U.S. students, 20% from China and Taiwan, and 40% from the rest of the world. […]
Board to consider extension of Athletic Director Whitman through 2023-24
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Board of Trustees will consider Thursday a contract extension for Athletic Director Josh Whitman through 2023-24, including increased compensation for the latter years initially encompassed by his first contract. The proposed extension was reviewed Wednesday by the board’s Governance, Personnel, and Ethics Committee. “Under Josh’s leadership we have […]
Martinis named vice chancellor for research and innovation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Susan Martinis has been named the vice chancellor for research and innovation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pending approval by the Board of Trustees. Martinis had served in an interim role since September 2017. The appointment was announced today in a message from Chancellor Robert Jones to the university community. […]
Chimesmaster Wood honored in memorial concert
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Members of the Altgeld Ringers will perform a chimes memorial concert Sunday, Nov. 10, in honor of former Altgeld chimesmaster Sue Wood, who died Oct. 6. The memorial concert will take place at Altgeld Hall, 1409 W. Green St., Urbana, from 3-3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. […]
Illinois releases faculty sexual misconduct report
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Committee on Faculty Sexual Misconduct today released its report outlining 65 recommendations to change policies, processes and practices addressing sexual harassment and misconduct. Recommendations include a new sexual harassment policy that would expand the definition of improper behaviors; new procedures to allow the university to respond to sexual misconduct “more expeditiously […]
Chancellor’s Scholars named to Campus Honors Program
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — One hundred sixty-one freshmen and sophomores at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been designated Chancellor’s Scholars in the Campus Honors Program this fall, chosen for their academic excellence and leadership potential. The Campus Honors Program is a four-year general studies program open to undergraduates in any curriculum. It admits approximately […]
Campus to enforce total ban on tobacco products use
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is now a 100% smoke- and tobacco-free campus. The updated policy builds upon the smoke-free policy implemented in 2014 that banned the use of all smoke-producing tobacco products on campus. The policy encompasses all forms of tobacco, including but not limited to chewing tobacco, snuff, snus […]
Campus to announce Yingying Zhang endowment fund
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Yingying’s Fund, an endowment to honor Illinois scholar Yingying Zhang, will be announced by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at 10 a.m. Aug. 19 in the South Lounge of the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. The Zhang family has established the endowment to assist international students in crisis and […]
Deaths
Dolores Jane Byers, 90, of rural Tuscola, Illinois, died July 18 at Tuscola Health Care Center. She worked for the university. Memorials: Tuscola Health Care Centeror Immanuel Lutheran Churchin Tuscola. Martin Joseph Knanishu, 70, died at the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Veterans Medical Center on June 17. His career as a lawyer began in the university’s […]
Deaths
Phyllis Gordon, 89, of Champaign, died July 7. She worked for and retired from the University of Illinois Athletic Association. Memorials: Make-A-Wish Illinois or to the A Friend in Need Animal Care Fund through the College of Veterinary Medicine at Illinois. Richard H. “Dick” Howard, 88, of Champaign, died at Willowbrookassisted living in Savoy, Illinois, […]
Illini Fest event paints Chicago orange and blue
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is strengthening its outreach to Chicago with its first-ever downtown festival. Illini Fest, planned for Thursday, July 18 from 3-6 p.m. in the Park Grill Plaza of Millennium Park, aims to bring the university experience to the more than 150,000 Fighting Illini alumni living in Chicagoland. […]