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PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 24, No. 9, Nov. 4, 2004
Research | Campus | Honors | Briefs | On the Job | Calendar | Job Market | Deaths| PDF Format
UI names 16th president
B. Joseph White named UI president during election-day receptions
While millions of Americans were out casting their votes for U.S. president, university officials announced the next UI president. B. Joseph White, who will become the 16th president of the UI, was introduced to the Urbana-Champaign campus Nov. 2 at a late-afternoon news conference at the Illini Union, following an announcement earlier in the day in Chicago.
RESEARCH
Europeans view U.S. missile defense system with interest, skepticism, expert says
With the Bush administration poised to announce activation of its missile-defense system by the end of this year, the European community is eyeing the program with equal doses of interest and skepticism, according to a UI professor who specializes in international security issues.
Munching microbes could cleanse arsenic-contaminated groundwater
Microbial processes ultimately determine whether arsenic builds to dangerous levels in groundwater, say UI researchers. Remediation may be as simple as stimulating certain microbes to grow.

What's left unsaid about sexuality and schools can be harmful, author says
Sexuality is not an easy topic for discussion as it relates to schools, but what is left unsaid can cause a lot of harm, says a UI professor of education who has written a new book.
 
Rise in UI Flash Index of Illinois Economy suggests stagnation at end
The UI Flash Economic Index rose last month to 102.6. The Index was at 102.2 in September.
 
Anti-business movies reflect makers' dislike of bosses who control films
Why do moviemakers seem to delight in raking big business over the coals, a UI law professor asks.
CAMPUS
 

Senate approves merging kinesiology, community health
The departments of kinesiology and community health in the College of Applied Life Studies may be merged if a proposal passed unanimously by the Urbana-Champaign Senate also is approved by the UI Board of Trustees.

Staff members recognized for long service and retirement
The 27th annual Service Recognition Banquet Nov. 8 will honor long-service and retiring support-staff employees from the UI’s Urbana-Champaign campus. More

  • Rita Grider retired as an administrative aide in the College of Law, ater a 30-year career with the UI.Full story
  • John Kammin retired as a building service worker foreman after a 25-year career with the UI.Full story
  • Jean Pool retired as an administrative secretary in the Business Office of the Foreign Language Building. She worked at the UI for 33 years. Full story
For a complete listing of those staff members retiring or being recognized for service, go to www.pso.uiuc.edu/service
 
Mellon grant to fund project to develop data-mining software for libraries
Using cutting edge “tools of discovery” and a diamond-sharp new process called data-mining, information scientists at the UI are beginning work that eventually will help scholars carve out new literary knowledge in the works of writers across languages, cultures and time.
 

UI tutors make a difference in Champaign-Urbana community
Every week during the school year, student tutors head out by the hundreds from the UI campus to the Champaign-Urbana community – to schools, after-school programs, even one adult education center.
HONORS
 

Six at UI receive Fulbright Scholar grants
Six people at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have received 2004-2005 Fulbright Scholar grants.
 

Five at UI named Fellows of American Association for Advancement of Science
 Five faculty members of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

 
DEPARTMENTS

brief notes Spanish surrealist Dalí featured … Lecture by British museum curator is Nov. 11 … Mid-semester memberships, personal trainers available at Camus Rec …Pianist to perform Nov. 14 … Lecture to discuss Mars exploration rover … Student programming to be discussed at Ally meeting … Drinking tea with style … Water-management issues featured during smposium … Howie Day to play at Foellinger … David Baum Lecture is Nov. 10 … Guide to buying children's books …German astrophysicist to talk Nov. 17 … Staff member needed to fill SAC vacancy … Festival to observe Thai traditions … More
On the Job: Gil Heitka
Gil Heitka is a motorcycle safety specialist in the department of community health.. More
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deaths
Eileen B. Barthel, 79, died Oct. 18 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Barthel was a secretary IV for universitywide student programs for nearly 17 years, retiring in 1997. Memorials: Wesley United Methodist Church, 1203 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801.

Edmund M. Collins, 89, died Oct. 22 at Meadowbrook Health Center, Urbana. Collins was a clinical physician at the UI School of Basic Medicine from 1972 to 1978. Memorials: to benefit children with cleft lip and palate birth defects – The Smile Train, 245 Fifth Ave., Suite 2201, New York, NY 10016; or Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Greater Illinois Chapter, 4709 Golf Road, Suite 1015, Skokie, IL 60076-1260.

Cheryl K. Reynolds, 57, died Oct. 25 at her home in Urbana. Reynolds had been a cook for the UI Housing Division for 11 years.

Lucille Clark “Pepper” Roberts, 71, died Oct. 19 in Carmel, Ind. Roberts was a library assistant for 32 years, retiring in 2002.

Carol Ann Smith, 62, died Oct. 17 at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Lafayette, Ind. Smith was an assistant dean of the UI Law School for four years, resigning in 1978.


Marianna Trekell, 78, died Oct. 11 at the Kahl Home for the Aged, Davenport, Iowa. Trekell was a professor of physical education and kinesiology at the UI for 30 years, retiring as professor emeritus of kinesiology in 1993. Memorials: Cedar Memorial Christian Church, Davenport.

Memorials
David L. Swanson, 60, died Nov. 1 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Swanson, a professor of speech communication, had been the head of the speech communication department from 1994 until 2001, when he was named associate provost. He also had been director of graduate study in the department from 1992 to 1994, and was associate head of the department from 1983 to 1994. Swanson joined the UI faculty in 1972.
A visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at Morgan Memorial Home, 1304 Regency Drive, Savoy. Colleagues across campus will gather at 2 p.m. Nov. 5 in the Knight Auditorium in the Spurlock Museum to celebrate Swanson's life.

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