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Task force: Keep College
of Communications intact
he UI College
of Communications not only should remain intact, it should expand
to become a four-year college, a task force appointed by the interim
dean of the college recommended Feb. 17 to the provost.
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Cantor to leave for top
job at Syracuse
Nancy Cantor, chancellor of the UI’s Urbana campus since
2001, has been named the 11th chancellor and president of Syracuse
University.
She succeeds Kenneth A. “Buzz” Shaw, who will retire
Aug. 1 after having served as Syracuse’s chancellor and
president for 13 years. Full
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Search begins for
new president, chancellor
During a special
meeting on Feb. 19 at UIC, the UI Board of Trustees will meet
with faculty and staff members and students to gather input from
the campus community as the university begins the process of finding
successors to President James J. Stukel and Urbana Chancellor
Nancy Cantor, who recently announced their resignations.
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Etching
holes in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers creates better
beam
UI researchers have found a way to significantly improve the performance
of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers by drilling holes in
their surfaces. Faster and cheaper long-haul optical communication
systems, as well as photonic integrated circuits, could be the
result.
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Low-income
parents often prefer license-exempt child care
All low-income
working parents in Illinois can get subsidized child care under
one of the most comprehensive programs in the nation. But more
than half the parents get that subsidized care from providers
exempted from state licensing.
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Out-of-balance
ecosystems play role in demise of amphibian populations
During the last decade, Val Beasley of the UI College of Veterinary
Medicine has led a team wanting to know why the world’s
amphibian populations have been dwindling or riddled with limb
deformities.
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Renovations
planned for Bevier Café, Spice Box restaurant
Connoisseurs who secretly long for the prestige of having their
very own tables in a fine restaurant – or for an establishment
that bears their name – have the opportunity to realize
those dreams through a project under way in the department of
food science and human nutrition.
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Six
Urbana campus faculty members named University Scholars
Six UI faculty members 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.
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Law,
theater faculty teach budding lawyers how to interact with people
A program in the College of Law is designed to teach law students
people skills.
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Theatrical
quilt sewn from seldom-seen Tennessee Williams works
From the recent Broadway revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
to next summer’s Kennedy Center festival featuring “Cat,”
“Streetcar Named Desire,” “The Glass Menagerie”
and other works, 20th century American playwright Tennessee Williams
has once again become a hot property.
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Senate resolution
encourages trustees to retire Chief
The
recently announced resignations of UI President James J. Stukel
and Urbana Chancellor Nancy Cantor prompted several resolutions
that were passed by the Urbana-Champaign Senate at its Feb.
16 meeting.
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notes
'Classically Black' on WILL-FM … Music conference is March
4-6 … Hiring trends explored Feb. 26 …Future of Medicare
explored March 1 … Concert
for Families is Feb. 29 … Lawyers, human dignity to be discussed
Feb. 24 … CPR class offered by Campus Rec …Fit Fest
features group fitness sessions … Campus
Rec facilities renovations continue … Insect Fear Film Festival
is Feb. 28 … Spring CAS lecture series begins …Illinois
Statistical Abstract available online or on CD … Panel
to discuss Native Americans … Planning Institute talks 'innovation'
… Colloquium honors emeritus professor … More |
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On the Job: Amanda
Cuevas
Amanda
Cuevas works in admissions and recruiting for the Medical Scholars
Program in the UI College of Medicine.. More |
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| deaths
Erleen
Chatmon,
50, died Feb. 9 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Chatmon
started as a part-time secretary in the Admissions and Records
Office in 1994 and became full time in 1997.
Charlene Clark, 90, died Feb.
3 at ManorCare Health Services, Urbana. Clark was a maid for the
Division of Housing from 1947 until 1956 when she became a kitchen
helper in the Illini Union. She retired in 1975.
Dora Emma Eaton, 97, died
Feb 13 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. Eaton worked
in food service in the Illini Union for almost 12 years, retiring
in 1971 as a cook. Memorials: Hope Chapter of Order of the Eastern
Star.
Wayne Eugene Koch, 83, died
Feb. 11 at The Carle Arbours, Savoy. Koch started as a building
service worker for Housing in 1963 and retired in 1990. Memorials:
First Church of the Nazerene.
Ellen L. Rhode, 93, died Feb.
3 at ManorCare Health Services, Urbana. Rhode worked at the UI
for 34 years, first as a clerk for agricultural administration
and later as the administrative secretary for the Office of the
Provost. She retired in 1978. Memorials: American Red Cross.
Chester P. Siess, 87, died
Jan. 14 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Siess was a professor
of civil engineering at the UI for almost 29 years, retiring in
1978 as professor emeritus. He was head of the department from
1973 to 1977.
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