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December
Web site lets you 'know when to say when'
First-look' results with spectro-radiometer: All systems 'Go'
Illinois scientists' discovery helps explain protein-synthesis machinery in cells
Students awarded scholarships for academic excellence in honor of first Illinois student
Super-big superconducting magnet to be moved into laboratory Dec. 13
Strange quark contribution to proton structure yeilds surprsing result
Univerity files written argument with Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board
Flash Index of Economic Growth continues gradual slowing
November
Planning for a 'Top 10' community topic of conference
Ten faculty members named University Scholars
Author to share story of little-known haven for Hitler's refugees
Nina Baym to present CAS annual professors' lecture
Five finalists selected for technology entrepreneurial competition
Architecture to be featured in I space exhibits
History professor wins prestigious award for contributions to Slavic studies
European Union Center honors three essay winners
Applications for Doolen Scholarships on Aging available
Disabilities symposium to look at future
Harvard economics professor to deliver annual Kinley Lecture
CNN commentator to join UI professors in discussion of election
Board to hear report on Chief Illiniwek Nov. 8
KAM exhibition challenges convention
First U.S. International Education Week announced
Microbial transport at Yellowstone: by land, sea or air?
Unified theory relates microbial metabolism to lab and field
Microbiologist Carl R. Woese named winner of National Medal of Science
Panelists to discuss future of Yugoslavia
Asian American Studies Committee House to be moved
Flash Index of Economic Growth indicates gradual slowing
October
Avery Brundage Scholarships available student athletes
James Jones exhibit to be on view through Dec. 31
Three-day symposium takes in-depth look at Tennessee Williams
Twenty seniors named to Homecoming court
First-round winners of business-plan competition announced
The Road to the White House: Election experts
Alcohol Awareness Week to be observed on campus through Oct. 31
I space features three new shows
Ambassador of France to present the second annual address on the state of the European Union
Composer George Enescu to be celebrated with symposium Oct. 20-22
'Defining Values for Research and Technology' to be topic of yearlong annalysis
Law School Day offers opportunities for students to talk to 86 law schools
Symposium to look at impact of electronic publishing
Inaugural lecture of The Pampered Chef Family Resiliency Lecture Series to be Oct. 19
The dean of Asian-American journalists to speak Oct. 23
On 20th anniversary, WID takes new name to better reflect purpose
Illinois economy expands sharply in September
Family Fall Festival set for Oct. 7 at the Arboretum
Garden talks among highlights at Japan House open house
September
90th Homecoming to be celebrated Oct. 8-15
Journalism department recieves $1.5 million grant to fund investigative chair
Chicago Academy of Sciences showcases UI exhibits, activities
Violent crimes on, near campus declined last year
First campus recipients honored for public service, outreach
Economist Hans Brems dies at 84
Wohlers Hall to be dedicated Sept. 21
Continuing Education offers wide range of personal and professional enrichment programs
Hassan Aref honored for 'pioneering contributions' by American Physical Society
'Are We Alone?' to be topic of astronomy's Icko Iben Distinguished Lecture
Wildlife Society honors author of 'Waterfowl of Illinois: Status and Management'
Town meeting to discuss national security challenges
Researchers produce most detailed map of cattle genome
Advertising historians gather for Sandage Symposium
Modest slowdown' revealed in latest Flash Economic Index
IPRH to focus on 'cities' during year
I space gallery features stone sculptures
August
Beschloss Family Media Design Center to be dedicated Sept. 22
First Computer Fear Film Festival aims to dispel terror of technology
UI's first South Asian film series begins Sept. 6
English professor wins Hubbel Award for lifetime achievements in American literature
Choldin wins prestigious Pushkin Medal
MillerComm lecture series to bring an array of speakers to campus
Contest to give student teams chance to launch a business
Chancellor Aiken to retire Aug. 20, 2001
Graduate student wins Amelia Earheart Fellowship
First day of class to be treated like a Monday
VIPs to help students move into residence halls
Architecture students take top honors in competition
Illinois Flash Economic Index declines slightly last month
Simple and inexpensive, an artificial nose senses smell by seeing colors
JULY
Illinois State Fair visitors to be treated to Creamsicles, tatoos, WWW
Veteran UI professor named interim dean of business school
Citizen's Police Academy is looking for applicants
Head of Iowa State's research park picked to head UI's
Drugs, alcohol play significant role in campus area crime
Twenty students awarded scholarships for study at the UI
Flash Economic Index fell in June, raising issue of whether state economy is slowing
JUNE
Architecture students honored for scholastic excellence
Eighty-eight undergraduates win awards from School of Chemical Sciences
Bronze Tablet to honor 195 graduates
School of Architetcture honors 97 students for excellence
10,000th enrolled in UI Motorcycle Rider Program to be recognized
Friendly folks sought to host visiting Japanese students
K-12 teachers, administrators build computer skills June 12-16
Summer Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe reconvenes on UI campus
Bt corn variety study shows no adverse effect on black swallowtail caterpillars
Illinois Flash Economic Index remained constant at 103.2
MAY
Career, volunteer firefighters gather for 76th annual fire college
Chief of Illinois State Water Survey to discuss drought assessment
Iowa State University official named new chief information officer
UI to be site of new national disability research institute
Fourteen UI students have been awarded scholarships to study abroad
Two graduate students win Doolen Scholarships to study aging
Two promising German scholars win fellowships to study at UI
Six student leaders receive scholarships to support studies
Several students recognized for leadership
First group of K-12 teachers to receive master's degrees online to graduate May 14
Physicist Gordon Baym elected to American Philosophical Society
Three graduate students win Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowships
Executive MBA Program marks 25th anniversary with e-commerce symposium
Fifteen students travel to China for new four-week program
Five UI students win FMC Fellowships
Survey Research expert Seymour Sudman dies
Flash Economic Index registers highest monthly level in a year
APRIL
Black women in Africa and African diaspora topic of conference
Sullivan receives Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from American Physical Society
Physicist Phillips receives Bouchet Award from American Physical Society
NCSA founder Larry Smarr to leave UI for San Diego campus
Moms Association elects officers, directors during Moms Weekend
Mothers Association book awards given to honor freshmen scholars
Works of contemporary artists on view at I space through May 27
English professor Richard Wheeler named dean of Graduate College
Allstate Insurance Co. wins Industrial Grand Challenge Award from NCSA
Annual instructional awards honor teaching, advising
Paul Simon to speak at 129th Commencement at Assembly Hall
UI Classics Library receives NEH grant to microfilm works
Two professors given campus's highest honor
First recipient of Memorial Scholarship in materials science named
State finals of Science Olympiad to be held April 29 on campus
Professor of special education named next dean of education
History professor wins Guggenheim Fellowship for work on UI physicist
Engineering students honored at annual convocation
Fourteen engineering faculty members honored for excellence
Four alumni honored by College of Engineering
Mom from Sterling to "reign" over Moms Weekend festivities
Work of dance student to be performed at national gala
Five hundred years of books that changed the course of chemistry on view
Siebel Systems gives $2.6 Million to endow Siebel Scholars
I space presents graphic design works of UI students
Anti-discrimination exhibit, 'Boxes and Walls,' comes to UI
Roger Ebert returns to the UI with second 'Overlooked Film Fest'
Nurturing new teachers focus of two-day conference
Phi Eta Sigma initiates 981 freshmen
Police captain honored with Moms Association's Medallion
Four UI students to receive Goldwater Scholarships
UI Flash Economic Index jumped to its highest level since August
MARCH
30th anniversary of Afro-American Studies and Research Program set for April 7, 8
Former Cook County circuit judge named to preside over Chief dialogue April 14
Authority on fellow Swiss artist Paul Klee named director of Krannert Art Museum
UI to join group dedicated to ending substandard labor conditions
Ninth bienniel women's conference moves to Assembly Hall
Recruiters to come to campus March 30 for Teacher Placement Day
Educational conference on campus gambling to be held April 3
Library school to offer clinic on electronic commerce
MFA student to assemble 2,000 people info flag formation on Quad April 2
New Taiwanese vice president is UI law school graduate
NAACP chairman Julian Bond to give lecture March 28
Newseum director to give lecture in distinguished speaker series
Open house for Japan House set for April 8
UI to honor student employees April 7 as part of national recognition
Northwestern University economicst to give David Kinley Lecture
UI freshman released from hospital After treatment for Type B meningococcal infection
National women's wheelchair basketball tournament March 16-18
Nobel Laureate in economics to deliver Edmund James Lecture March 30
Historian Orville Vernon Burton named Carnegie Scholar
Obesity researcher to give public lecture March 30
UI submits bids for three high school championships
Conference explores "The Visual" across epochs and cultures
UI Flash Index of Economic Growth rose modestly in February
National Computational Alliance and NCSA announce leadership transition
FEBRUARY
Four Engineerig Professors Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Tony Waldrop Named Vice Chancellor for Research After Serving as Interim
Governor, Trustees To Break Ground for Research Park March 2
Two New Exhibitions To Go On View at I space March 3
Thomas M. Siebel Endows World-Class Computer Science Facility at Illinois
Fourteen Awarded Fellowships to Study Cities
Citizen's Police Academy Looking for Applicants
Three Professors Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Living-Learning Communities Being Expanded at UI
World Affairs Conference in Peoria to Look at Cuban-U.S. Relations
Ag Open House to Give Visitors Hands-on Contact With DNA
Library Features 'The Young and the Restless' Soap Scripts
Architecture Students Receive Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards
Scholars to Discuss 'Russia After Yeltsin' in Symposium March 4
Balkan Relief Benefit Concert Set for Feb. 22
Black History Month Activities Promote 'We Are One' Theme
CNN Political Commentator Robert Novak to Join Three UI Political Science Professors in Discussion
Flash Economic Index for January Rose Slightly
Engineering Open House Set for March 3, 4
Former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon to Speak at UI Commencement
Fewer Crimes Against People Reported During Fall '99 Semester
JANUARY
Four Architecture Students Honored for Design Work
Chemist Herbert S. Gutowsky, Pioneer of MRI, Dies at 80
Associate Chancellor Changes to Take Place Later This Spring
CAS/Millercomm Lecture Series to Look at Gender, Genetics, Aging Among Other Topics
ACDIS Asks You to Answer the Question: Will Mankind Survive the Millenium?
Noncredit Courses Offer Noncompetitive Setting for Learning
Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium Expands Into Weeklong Commemoration
College of Engineering to Receive $2 Million Gift for Fellowships
Illinois Flash Economic Index Fell Last Month, Ends '99 at 103.1 Average
Workshop on Jan. 22 Seeks to Guide Parents to Connect With Their Kids
