Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

Panelists to discuss future of Yugoslavia

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Panelists at the University of Illinois will meet in a public forum Nov. 15 to discuss the future of Yugoslavia in the wake of Slobodan Milosevic’s recent fall from power.

The forum, “The End of Milosevic: Political Transition in Yugoslavia,” is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on the third floor of the Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana.

Panelists and their topics:

orange dot Robin Remington, professor of political science, University of Missouri at Columbia, who recently was in Eastern Europe, will assess the political situation in Serbia and Yugoslavia.

orange dot Carol S. Leff, UI professor of political science and acting director of the UI Russian and East European Center (REEC), will focus on how the political transition in Yugoslavia compares with similar transitions that have taken place in other areas of Eastern Europe.

orange dot Jonathan Davidson, chief political officer, Washington delegation of the European commission, will discuss Western and European-Union perspectives on economic assistance to the region, as it pertains to the rebuilding process.

The forum is sponsored by the UI’s REEC, the UI European Union Center, and the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.

Read Next

Engineering Tilted image of used batteries.

Study shows new hope for commercially attractive lithium extraction from spent batteries

A new study shows that lithium — a critical element used in rechargeable batteries and susceptible to supply chain disruption — can be recovered from battery waste using an electrochemically driven recovery process. The method has been tested on commonly used types of lithium-containing batteries and demonstrates economic viability with the potential to simplify operations, minimize costs and increase the sustainability and attractiveness of the recovery process for commercial use.

Health and Medicine Research team in the lab.

Study: A cellular protein, FGD3, boosts breast cancer chemotherapy, immunotherapy

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A naturally occurring protein that tends to be expressed at higher levels in breast cancer cells boosts the effectiveness of some anticancer agents, including doxorubicin, one of the most widely used chemotherapies, and a preclinical drug known as ErSO, researchers report. The protein, FGD3, contributes to the rupture of cancer cells disrupted […]

Arts Photo from "Anastasia: The Musical" showing the Romanov family in period costumes.

Lyric Theatre’s production of “Anastasia: The Musical” tells story of loss, survival and reinvention

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Lyric Theatre’s production of “Anastasia: The Musical” is a story with romance and mystery, an appealing score and several big dance numbers. It also is a story of loss, survival and reinvention. The musical opened on Nov. 11 and will be performed Nov. 13-15 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. […]

Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

507 E. Green St
MC-426
Champaign, IL 61820

Email: stratcom@illinois.edu

Phone (217) 333-5010