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New campus advising center expands student services, options
The General Curriculum Center, an award-winning advising center in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is being expanded and repositioned as a campus-level unit to better meet the needs of undergraduate students across campus. Full story |
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Bully-prevention options for schools too narrow and untested
In the battle against drugs in the 1980s and ‘90s, schools overwhelmingly embraced the DARE program before research came to seriously question its effectiveness. Full story |
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Ultrafast laser spectrometer measures heat flow through molecules
Global warming isn’t the only heat scientists are feeling. Another area in which heat flow is becoming crucial is the field of molecular electronics, where long-chain molecules attached to tiny electrodes are used to transport and switch electrons. Full story |
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Simulated relationships offer insight into real ones
In a new study appearing in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, researchers at the UI explore these issues by looking at the choices people make in simulated online dating relationships. By standardizing the behavior of the romantic “partner,” the study clarifies how each participant’s outlook influences his or her choices and satisfaction with the romance. Full story
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Quantum analog of Ulam's conjecture can guide molecules, reactions
Like navigating spacecraft through the solar system by means of gravity and small propulsive bursts, researchers can guide atoms, molecules and chemical reactions by utilizing the forces that bind nuclei and electrons into molecules (analogous to gravity) and by using light for propulsion. But, knowing the minimal amount of light required, and how that amount changes with the complexity of the molecule, has been a problem Full story |
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Researchers find gene that spurs development of the epididymis
Human sperm cells travel up to 6 meters in their transit from testes to penis, and most of that journey occurs in the epididymis, a tightly coiled tube that primes the cells for their ultimate task: fertilization. In a paper released in June in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the UI report that they have discovered a gene – and related mechanism – essential to the embryonic development of the epididymis. Full story |
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Big Ten Network debuts this month with sports and more
The Fighting Illini football team’s home game with Western Illinois on Sept. 8 will be among the first collegiate games that will be aired by the Big Ten Network, the national cable/satellite programming service dedicated to coverage of sporting events for the UI and the 10 other universities in the Big Ten Conference. Full story |
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… Allerton hosts 'Dog Days of Summer' … 'Dump & Run' garage sale is Aug. 23-25 …Conference focuses on Plato's 'Timeaeus'…More |
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On the Job: Kevin Knapp
Kevin Knapp is an elevator mechanic in the Elevator Shop in the Facilities and Services Division. He also is an avid bodybuilder and has been weight training for 21 years. More |
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Kenneth F. Bradley, 84, died July 30 at Imboden Creek Gardens Assisted Living Center in Decatur. Bradley retired from Facilities and Services (formerly the Division of Operation and Maintenance) as a pipefitter in 1993 after 26 years of service.
Harold Hugh Draper, 83, died July 20 in Melbourne, Fla. Draper was a UI faculty member for 21 years, retiring in 1975. He was a professor of nutritional chemistry in the department of animal sciences (1954-1974), and a founder and chairman of the graduate faculty members of nutritional sciences (1965-1975). Memorials: to student scholarships, preservation of nature or organizations that advance global quality of life.
Arnold L. Miller, 77, died Aug. 8 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Miller was adjunct professor of clinical psychology for the Graduate College from 1962 to 2002. Memorials: Anti-Defamation League, 309 W. Washington St., Suite 750, Chicao, IL 60606; or Washington University, Campus Box 1082, 7425 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63130-2161.
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