News Bureau

A Minute With™... College of Media Dean Ron Yates

A Minute With™... economist J. Fred Giertz

A Minute With™... law professor Richard L. Kaplan

A Minute With™... Leigh Estabrook, the director of the Library Research Center

A Minute With™... Philip Graham, a professor of English

A Minute With™... James B. Kaler, a professor emeritus of astronomy

A Minute With™... Rob Olshansky, a professor and the associate head of the department of urban and regional planning.

A Minute With™... David Ikenberry, a professor of finance and the chair of the finance department in the College of Business

A Minute With™... Ed Kieser, the chief meteorologist at WILL AM-FM-TV

A Minute With™... D. Fairchild Ruggles, a professor of landscape architecture

A Minute With™... Yvette J. Johnson, a professor of veterinary clinical medicine

A Minute With™... Brandon J. Bute, assistant director of the campus Career Center

 A Minute With™... John A. Herrmann, a professor of veterinary clinical medicine

A Minute With™... UI theater professor Daniel Sullivan

 A Minute With™... Midwest volcanologist and geology professor Susan W. Kieffer

A Minute With™... Carolyn Shields, the head of the department of educational organization and leadership

A Minute With™... Hadi Salehi Esfahani, a professor of economics

A Minute With™... George Gross, a professor of electrical and computer engineering

A Minute With™... Dottie Squire,  the Resource Development Coordinator at the Child Care Resource Service

A Minute With™... Wendy Haight, a professor of social work

A Minute With™... Noreen M. Sugrue, coordinator of Health Policy Initiatives

A Minute With™... John Sudlow, project coordinator for the free Motorcycle Rider Program at Illinois

A Minute With™... U. of I. Extension entomologist Phil Nixon

A Minute With™... Christine Jenkins teaches in the areas of youth services librarianship, children's and young adult literature and literacy studies

The political campaigns are heating up and health care is once again a major issue for the candidates to debate. Nationally, the director of Medicare and Medicaid is resigning and in Illinois, debate rages over the advisability of importing prescription drugs from Canada and the cost of a new program that guarantees health insurance for all children.

A Minute With™... Noshir Contractor, a professor of speech communication and of psychology

A Minute With™... Julian Palmore, the director of the UI's Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security

A Minute With™... Jorge Chapa, the director of the UI's Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society

A Minute With™... Suzanne Bissonnette, an Integrated Pest Management Extension Educator

A Minute With™... Amr Elnashai, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom

A Minute With™... Brian J. Gaines, a professor of political science

A Minute With™... Joseph Finnerty, who teaches at the College of Business

A Minute With™... James D. Nowlan, a senior fellow at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs

A Minute With™... Manabu "Mani" Nakamura, a professor of biochemical and molecular nutrition

A Minute With™... Dan Cook, a professor of advertising

A Minute With™... Robert M. Lawless, an Illinois professor of law

George Gross is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs. He discusses the higher electric rates that went into effect on January 1, 2007. He was interviewed by the News Bureau's business and law editor Mark Reutter.

A Minute With™... Stephen P. Long, Illinois' lead investigator on a new Energy Biosciences Institute

A Minute With™... Christopher Span, a professor of educational policy studies

A Minute With™... Thomas K. Graves, a professor of veterinary clinical medicine

A Minute With™... J. Fred Giertz, a professor of economics

A Minute With™... Lynne Dearborn, a professor of architecture and urban planning

A Minute With™... entomology professor and department head May Berenbaum

A Minute With™... Alan Nathan is a professor of physics whose specialties

A Minute With™... Bill Gaines, the Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting

A Minute With™... Krystal Fitzpatrick, the interim chief of police

A Minute With™... Scott Hays, a research scientist at the Center for Prevention Research and Development

A Minute With™... Robert F. Rich, the director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs

A Minute With™... Gale Summerfield is the director of the U. of I.'s Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program

A Minute With™... Robin Hall, a visiting professor in the department of recreation, sport and tourism and the director of the department's Office of Recreation and Park Resources.