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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.

Finding creative methods for engaging students in learning with the help of technology is a goal shared by faculty members Gail Hawisher, a professor of English and director of the Center for Writing Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Cleo D’Arcy, a professor of crop sciences and assistant dean of academic programs in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

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

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Fifteen undergraduate and graduate students in the University of Illinois School of Architecture were honored for scholastic excellence during the 2005 fall semester. A total of $1,750 in prizes was awarded.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Six faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been chosen to be 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 will be recognized during a reception and dinner tonight in the lobby of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Four people have been chosen to receive honorary degrees at the 135th commencement of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on May 14 at Assembly Hall. The speaker for the ceremony is yet to be named.

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

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Richard Herman, the chancellor of the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois, was named Monday to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Two alumni, a law professor and an undergraduate student are recipients of awards given for international achievement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Fellows announced for CDMS

In its latest rankings of America's best graduate schools, U.S.News & World Report ranked a number of UI units best in the nation, including the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the department of accountancy and the department of civil engineering. The issue hit newstands April 3. The magazine does not evaluate all disciplines every year. How other UI colleges, departments and specialties fared:

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Fourteen faculty members, four academic professionals and three teaching assistants at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be honored today (April 18) for excellence in teaching and advising. The award winners will be recognized during the annual Instructional Awards banquet in the Illini Union,1401 W. Green St., Urbana.

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

Nine staff employees were honored with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award at a banquet April 17.

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

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Four students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have earned National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Undergraduate Scholarships for study abroad during the 2006-07 academic year.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate student has won a 2006-2007 Paul D. Doolen graduate scholarship for the study of aging. She will receive $4,000 to continue research in the field of gerontology.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Twenty-two University of Illinois students from the Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield campuses have won Avery Brundage Scholarships for excellence in academics and athletics. Each student will receive $2,000 for the 2006-2007 academic year.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Each of nine University of Illinois graduate students - including four from the Urbana campus - has been awarded a $9,000 FMC Technologies Inc. Fellowship for the 2006-2007 academic year.

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. - Three students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named Goldwater Scholars for the 2006-2007 academic year.

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

Critical research initiatives receive recognition, funding

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

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign honored its students in April at its annual awards banquet.

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

Faculty, staff members noted for public service, outreach

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.

The Teaching Advancement Board recently selected Bertram C. “Chip” Bruce and Kim C. Graber as its Distinguished Teacher/Scholars for the 2006-2007 academic year.

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

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Benjamin McCall, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is among 20 U.S. researchers named 2006 Packard Fellows for science and engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. He will receive $625,000 during the next five years to enhance his research efforts.

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

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A University of Illinois novelist and writer-in-residence has won the 2006 National Book Award for fiction.

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 student, faculty member, staff member and a registered student organization at the university.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A group of students from the University of Illinois at

Four physics faculty members named APS Fellows

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. - Two people have been chosen to receive honorary degrees during the 136th commencement of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on May 13 at the Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., Champaign.

Thirteen faculty members receive entrepreneurial honors

UI doctoral programs ranked on scholarly productivity Twenty-six doctoral programs at the UI were ranked in the top of their fields based on the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. The entomology program received the highest honors with a No. 1 ranking. The 2005 index compiles overall institutional rankings on 166 large research universities, which offer 15 or more doctoral programs, as well as 61 smaller research universities, which offer between one and 14 doctoral programs. Each institution was ranked using the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, which provides an overall measure of faculty performance. The primary criteria for the rankings included journal publications, citations of journal articles, and federal grant dollars awarded. The survey was compiled by Academic Analytics, a company owned partially by the State University of New York at Stony Brook. More information is available online at http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i19/19a00801.htm. UI programs and their rank are grouped by college: College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences agronomy and crop science (3), animal science (2), food science (2) College of Business finance (3) College of Education educational leadership (4) College of Engineering aeronautical and aerospace engineering (8), chemical engineering (9), computer engineering (6), industrial engineering (3), materials science and engineering (9), mechanical engineering (9), physics (9) College of Fine and Applied Arts architecture (8), art history (3) College of Liberal Arts and Sciences astronomy and astrophysics (9), atmospheric sciences (7), biophysics (7), botany and plant biology (9), chemistry (9), classics (8), East Asian languages and cultures (6), ecology and evolutionary biology (6), English (7), entomology (1), geography (9), political science (5)

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

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Fourteen undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were honored for scholastic excellence during the 2006 fall semester. A total of $1,750 in prizes was awarded.

2007 ACES Academy for Global Engagement Scholars Selected Eight scientists from the UI College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences have been selected to form the ACES Academy for Global Engagement class of 2007. The yearlong program encourages global awakening in areas of education, research and outreach. One member of each of the seven departments in the college and one UI Extension educator will represent the 2007 class. The academy involves a one-year commitment that focuses on global activities at the college, campus and national levels, and culminates in an international immersion trip. Each member of the academy is encouraged through the program by senior faculty mentors (called fellows) who have had scholarly experience on an international level. The scholars selected for the 2007 ACES Academy for Global Engagement:

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

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Four students at the University of Illinois were among 50 finalists announced last month as honorees in the annual American Advertising Federation's Most Promising Minority Students Program.