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Campus and cities continue to strive for improved traffic safety
Motorists and pedestrians on Green Street and on South Lincoln Avenue in recent weeks may have noticed some new signs reminding them to travel safely. Full story

Program helping poor in India become better informed buyers, sellers
A UI professor has started a grassroots program to help poor people in India improve their consumer and business skills. Full story

Mechanics meets chemistry in new ways to manipulate matter
The inventors of self-healing plastic have come up with another invention: a new way of doing chemistry. Full story

Prefrontal cortex loses neurons during adolescence, researchers find
Researchers at the UI have found that adolescence is a time of remodeling in the prefrontal cortex, a brain structure dedicated to higher functions such as planning and social behaviors. Full story

Linear arrays of nanotubes offer path to high-performance electronics
Despite the attractive electrical properties and physical features of single-walled carbon nanotubes, incorporating them into scalable integrated circuits has proven to be a challenge because of difficulties in manipulating and positioning these molecular scale objects and in achieving sufficient current outputs. Full story

Neoliberal policies of the '90s have worsened Rust Belt's black ghettos
The brighter that city-centers in the northern U.S. glow, the rustier the ghettos in those cities become. Full story

Insights into osteosarcoma in cats and dogs may improve palliative care
Researchers at the University of Illinois have found that a molecular pathway known to have a role in the progression of bone cancer in humans is also critical to the pathology of skeletal tumors in dogs and cats. Their work could lead to advances in the palliative care of companion animals afflicted with osteosarcoma. Full story

Urbana-Champaign Senate discusses future committees
A new working group is being formed on the Urbana campus to explore issues involving the Global Campus Partnership, Chancellor Richard Herman said at the April 26 meeting of the Urbana-Champaign Senate. Full story

Committee considers undergraduate education pathways, possible curricula changes
Almost 20 percent of undergraduate students at Illinois take more than six years to graduate, and the percentage is even higher among students from underrepresented groups. The Pathways in Undergraduate Education Committee, formed by Provost Linda Katehi and chaired by Steven Leigh, a professor of anthropology, is examining curricula to determine if unexpected and undesirable barriers exist that impede students. Full story

Six Urbana faculty members honored as University Scholars
Six faculty members at the Urbana campus 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. Full story

Six academic professionals honored with CAPE award
Six academic professionals received the 2007 Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence award at an April 3 ceremony and reception. Full story

book corner

• "Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, his People and an Empire," by Rajmohan Gandhi. More
• "Archaeological Site Museums in Latin America," by Helaine Silverman. More

brief notes 'Petals & Paintings' benefit is April 13-15 … Local WWII veterans' stories will be told … Two play readings featured April 14, 21 … Visiting Beijing lecturer to talk April 19 … Tornado safety seminar is April 12 … Used records and more on sale April 14 … Google VP will speak April 10 … Japan House open house is April 14 … Environmental scholarship showcased … Deadline to submit abstracts is April 20 … 'RealAge' author will speak April 29 …Ecology of infectious diseases explored during conference … F&S shifts from heat to AC … Journalists from Europe and Asia to visit … UI alumnus returns to campus April 17 … More

Science fiction, foreign films, satire and music all part of 2007 'Ebertfest'

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deaths

Frank B. Knight, 73, died March 19 at The Carle Arbours in Savoy. Knight, a professor emeritus of mathematics taught at the UI from 1963 until 1991, when he retired. Memorials: Grace Lutheran Church Food Pantry, 313 S. Prospect Ave., Champaign, IL 61820.

Paul Christian Lauterbur, 77, died March 27 at his Urbana home. Lauterbur was a professor of chemistry at the UI and received a Nobel Prize in 2003 for his pioneering work in the development of magnetic resonance imaging. He came to the UI in 1985 and served on the faculty for 22 years.

Linda “Sue” S. Motsinger, 66, died March 24 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Motsinger worked for the UI as a clerk typist from 1965-1970. Memorials: National Kidney Foundation or American Diabetes Association.

Wilma Muirheid, 93, died Feb. 22 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. She worked as a kitchen helper in the Illini Union from 1966-1972. Memorials: First Church of Christ Scientist, 602 W. Church St., Champaign, IL 61820.

Helen C. Peterson, 81, died March 25 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. She held many positions at the UI before serving as assistant dean in the Graduate College from 1967-1987.

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