Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

U. of I. law professor receives honorary doctorate in Switzerland

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – University of Illinois law professor William J. Davey has received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Berne in recognition of his longtime efforts to promote fair international trade.

Davey was cited by the Swiss university for his “fundamental work in the development and evolution of the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement system, thanks to which numerous trade conflicts were peaceably resolved.”

He also has made outstanding academic contributions to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and later the WTO in the search for fair and balanced rules for international trade, according to the university.

Davey, who received his honorary doctorate Dec. 1 at the Swiss university’s 173rd annual Dies Academicus, served as director of legal affairs for the WTO from 1995 to 1999.

A faculty member at the U. of I. since 1984, Davey teaches international trade law and European Union law. His efforts to promote knowledge of European law in the U.S. have helped advance the trans-Atlantic dialogue, according to the University of Berne.

In 2004, Davey was awarded the distinguished faculty award for international achievement, the highest faculty award at the U. of I. for scholarship and service within the international community.

Davey, who earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Michigan, has been on the faculty of the University of Berne’s master’s program in international law and economics since its founding in 2001.

Read Next

Life sciences Photo of Michael Ward standing in tall grass on a riverbank.

How are migrating wild birds affected by H5N1 infection in the U.S.?

Each spring, roughly 3.5 billion wild birds migrate from their warm winter havens to their breeding grounds across North America, eating insects, distributing plant seeds and providing a variety of other ecosystem services to stopping sites along the way. Some also carry diseases like avian influenza, a worry for agricultural, environmental and public health authorities. […]

Announcements Marcelo Garcia, professor of civil and environmental engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering.

Illinois faculty member elected to National Academy of Engineering

Champaign, Ill. — Marcelo Garcia, a professor of civil and environmental engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Social sciences Male and female student embracing on the quad with flowering redbud tree and the ACES library in the background. Photo by Michelle Hassel

Dating is not broken, but the trajectories of relationships have changed

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — According to some popular culture writers and online posts by discouraged singles lamenting their inability to find romantic partners, dating is “broken,” fractured by the social isolation created by technology, pandemic lockdowns and potential partners’ unrealistic expectations. Yet two studies of college students conducted a decade apart found that their ideas about […]

Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

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

Email: stratcom@illinois.edu

Phone (217) 333-5010