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A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. One hundred and forty-four freshmen and sophomores at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been designated Chancellors Scholars in the Campus Honors Program this fall.

 A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Five students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign received the 2003 Siebel Scholars award for their outstanding work in the computer science graduate program.

State Sen. Stanley B. Weaver of Urbana and his late wife, Mary Smith Weaver, were honored Oct. 12 for their lifelong dedication to preserving nature and for Sen. Weaver’s many years of public service

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Dads Association at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently presented its annual Certificate of Merit Awards - one each to an outstanding staff member, faculty member, student and student organization.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A group of students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been honored with Dads Association Library Awards. Chosen from among students who have completed their sophomore year, the award winners were among the top three students in their respective colleges or had maintained a 4.0 (out of 4.0) grade-point average.

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A world leader and a leading expert on Latin America economics are the recipients of international achievement awards presented by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Six faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been chosen to be 2002 University Scholars. The program recognizes excellence while helping to identify and retain the university's most talented teachers, scholars and researchers. The scholars from the Urbana campus were recognized during a reception and dinner Feb. 17 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Microbiologist Carl R. Woese today won the $500,000 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The annual prize marks accomplishments in scientific fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes in science, which the academy also selects. The king of Sweden will present the prize to Woese Sept. 24 in Stockholm.

A report on honors, awards, offices and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members. 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is among the recipients of this year's prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student has received a $25,000 doctoral fellowship from the Deloitte Foundation.

Six academic professionals receive CAPE award

Twenty-three UI faculty members were selected as associates or fellows of the Center for Advanced Study for the 2003-04 academic year. The appointment grants one semester of release time for creative work on self-initiated programs of scholarly research or professional activity. The center's annual competition culminated with 13 professors and associate professors receiving an associate appointment and 10 assistant professors receiving a fellow appointment. Three associates and six fellows also received Beckman appointments. Named for UI alumnus and benefactor Arnold O. Beckman, the additional appointments recognized outstanding younger candidates who have made distinctive scholarly contributions. UI faculty members named associates, including those who received a Beckman appointment, and the research they intend to pursue:

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Michael Loui, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Graduate programs across a wide range of disciplines fared well in the 2004 rankings released April 4 by U.S.News & World Report. UI units ranked in the top 10 nationally in the rankings include engineering (5), accountancy (2) and educational psychology (4). This year, the magazine issued new rankings in business, law, medicine, health disciplines, education and engineering. The publication did not issue new rankings in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. For the first time, the magazine ranked master of fine arts programs. How other UI units (and specialties within units) fared in the rankings:

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Michael Loui, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

Eight staff employees will be honored with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award at a banquet beginning at 5:30 p.m. April 17 at Peabody Private Dining Room. The award recognizes exceptional performance and service to the UI. At the honors banquet, each recipient will be awarded $2,000 and a plaque. Recipients’ names also are inscribed on a plaque displayed in the Personnel Services Office.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Two University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professors are among the 184 artists, scholars and scientists named as 2003 Guggenheim Fellows.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Survey Research Laboratory has announced the winners of the 2003 Robert Ferber Dissertation Award and the 2003 Seymour Sudman Dissertation Award, both for excellence in the use of survey as part of a doctoral dissertation.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Fourteen faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, four academic professionals and five teaching assistants will be honored for excellence in teaching and advising Monday (April 28) at the annual Instructional Awards banquet in the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will present the annual Grand Challenge Award on Tuesday (April 29) to Allstate Insurance Co.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Kal Alston, the director of the women's studies program and professor of educational policy studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been selected for the 2003-04 American Council on Education Fellows Program.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Two seniors in journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have won two of the top three places in the personality/profile writing competition in the prestigious 43rd annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards Program.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Two University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate students have won the 2003-2004 Paul D. Doolen graduate scholarships for the study of aging. Each will receive $4,000 to continue his studies in the field of gerontology.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Several University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students have been recognized for outstanding leadership during the 2002-2003 academic year.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Three students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have received National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Undergraduate Scholarships to study abroad during the 2003-04 academic year.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Each of five University of Illinois graduate students - including four from the Urbana campus - has been awarded a $9,000 FMC Graduate Fellowship for the 2003-2004 academic year.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Ninety-five University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students have received School of Chemical Sciences Undergraduate Awards for the 2002-2003 academic year.

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Patricia Justice, the assistant chancellor for development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is this year's winner of the Medallion of Honor, the most prestigious annual award given by the Mothers Association at Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Mothers Association Book Awards have been given to freshmen at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who earned all A's (a 4.0 grade-point average) during the fall semester, while taking at least 14 hours of credit.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Sena Nelson of Springfield has been elected president of the Mothers Association at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Jiri Jonas, an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society.

Officer of the Year and other awards presented by public safety

A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - For superior scholarship, 234 junior, senior and graduate students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been elected to the Phi Kappa Phi honor society for the spring semester 2003.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - More than 150 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students, most of them in graduate study, were honored at a recent reception for their success in winning various awards, fellowships and scholarships related to international study.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - One hundred twenty-three undergraduate and graduate students in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture were honored for scholastic excellence during the 2003 spring semester. A total of $300,712 in prizes was awarded.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - One hundred ninety-eight names will appear on the newest Bronze Tablet being placed in the Library this fall at the University of Illinois at