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Learning Commons at Undergrad Library to integrate services
The Undergraduate Library is getting some updates that will make it a state-of-the-art resource called a learning commons to better meet the needs of today’s students.

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Business owners should go 'green' in rebuilding after disasters
When tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters unleash their furies on communities, the losses can be especially devastating for small-business owners with limited budgets and flimsy safety nets. But when the skies clear, and the cleanup and rebuilding begins, savvy owners may actually find a silver – or “green” – lining beneath the rubble and ruin.

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$1.5 billion needed to ensure 12-month stockpile of pediatric vaccines
A six-month stockpile of recommended pediatric vaccines would cost $1 billion and could cover more than 90 percent of U.S. children during a six-month interruption in production, say researchers at two Illinois universities.

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New video-conferencing method cheaper, more sophisticated, developers say
If only Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were around today to take a spin with new technology being developed and tested by a team of computer scientists in Illinois and California.

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Research involving adult stem cells receives state grants
Two of 10 state grants announced April 24 bring more than $841,000 to two UI scientists – Matthew B. Wheeler and Stephen J. Kaufman – for research involving two forms of adult stem cells.

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UI Economic Index indicates economy growing, but at slower pace
The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index fell again last month to 105.1 from its 105.9 reading in March.

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New Deans Announced

Australian scholar named dean of College of Education
Mary Kalantzis, a professor of education and former dean at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, has been named the new dean of the UI College of Education, pending approval by the UI Board of Trustees at its May 11 meeting in Chicago.

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Adesida named dean of College of Engineering
Ilesanmi Adesida, who has served as the interim dean of the UI College of Engineering since June 2005, has been chosen to be the next dean of the College of Engineering, pending approval of the UI Board of Trustees at its May 11 meeting in Chicago.

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New provost living at Allen Hall

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Using blogs in course work helps improve students’ writing
Several years ago when Christian Sandvig, then a new professor of speech communication, was developing a course called Communication Technology and Society, he wanted to make the course writing intensive, but was concerned about grading the work produced by up to 100 students. Sandvig ended up trying a high-tech twist:  blogs.

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Commencement ceremonies take place May 14 at Illinois
The 135th commencement of the UI will be held in two ceremonies May 14 at Assembly Hall.

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NCAA edict threatens Chief Illiniwek tradition
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) issued a final ruling April 28 against the UI’s continuing use of Chief Illiniwek. Absent a change in this 80-year-old tradition, the NCAA will prohibit the school from hosting NCAA championship events.

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U-C Senate discusses Campus Strategic Plan
Faculty members voiced concerns about the priorities outlined in the Campus Strategic Plan – and their potential impact on institutional quality and campus units’ budgets - when the Urbana-Champaign Senate met April 24.

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Financial group to be investigated for defrauding state employees
The UI Benefits Center and the Illinois State Attorney General Office have been asked to launch an investigation into the accounting practices and marketing of American International Group (AIG)-Sun America, a retirement savings and investment company that administers annuities for state employees and retirees, including people from the UI.

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Hearing encourages discussion of creation of school in LAS
A proposed School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences moved one step closer to realization after the Senate Committee on Educational Policy held a public hearing on May 1.

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Negotiations under way for GEO contract
IFT-AFT Local 6300 has begun bargaining for a new three-year contract for graduate employees on the Urbana campus. The current contract between the university and the GEO will expire in August.

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Twenty-one at Illinois honored for excellence in teaching and advising
Fourteen faculty members, four academic professionals and three teaching assistants at the UI were honored April 18 for excellence in teaching and advising.

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UI English scholar to lead organization of 45,000 professors
Cary Nelson, a UI professor of English and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences has been elected president of the American Association of University Professors.

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UI researcher named Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
William T. Greenough, a researcher at the UI Beckman Institue for Advanced Science and Technology, was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 24.

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Two Illinois researchers elected to National Academy of Sciences
Two University of Illinois faculty members – David Ceperley and Laura Greene – have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced April 25.

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brief notes Pianist teacher and her violinist son featured … Trustees meetings now available online … Library services expand to include video games … Library grand opening is May 12 … Fair features travel agencies May 19 … Two new exhibitions featured … Summer art program offered … Summer play schedule announced …  More

• 'Benefit Choice' continues through May 31
• Rate increase, online renewal for 2007 parking permits

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deaths

John Douglas Dyson, 87, died April 28 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Dyson was a professor of electrical  engineering at the UI for 33 years, retiring in 1985 as professor emeritus. His research specialized in radiomagnetics and antennas.

Norma Marsh, 83, died April 26 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. Marsh worked at the McKinley Health Center  for 19 years and retired in 1985 as a typing clerk II. Memorials: Alzheimer’s Association, 2027 S. Main St., Suite 3, Bloomington, IL 61704.

Arlene Elizabeth Sherwood, 74, died April 23 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Sherwood was a typing clerk III in the purchasing department for seven years, retiring in 1994. Memorials: American Cancer Society, 2509 S. Neil St., Champaign, IL 61820.

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