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Herman
named Urbana chancellor
Richard Herman, who has served as interim chancellor since June
2004, was named the next chancellor of the UI’s Urbana
campus by President Joe White on April 19. Full
story
Richard
Herman biography
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Geologist
digs deep – the Pito Deep, 6,000 meters beneath the ocean
Late last January, while most people were battling winter’s
cold and snow, UI structural geologist Stephen Hurst left for
a monthlong cruise in the South Pacific. It was no vacation, though.
Hurst joined a team of scientists, engineers and technicians who
set sail from Easter Island to explore the Pito Deep, a rift in
Earth’s crust nearly 6,000 meters deep.
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New
program aims to keep seniors mentally active and thriving
Puzzles, brain-teasers, games and creative problem-solving. For
many, they’re a fun diversion, but could they also help
keep seniors mentally vibrant as they age?
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Point-contact
spectroscopy deepens mystery of heavy-fermion superconductors
Theoretical understanding of heavy-fermion superconductors has
just slipped a notch or two, says a team of experimentalists.
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Changes
in management of finances needed to solve state pension crisis
The pension crisis roiling Illinois, which has caused Gov. Rod
Blagojevich to propose cutting billions of dollars of anticipated
retirement benefits to future state employees, has been a long
time coming.
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Trustees
approve interim dean and honorary degree
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Students
sleep in professor's class with their pillows and his blessing
With final exams just around the corner, stress levels are rising
for college students everywhere. But at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, students in kinesiology professor Weimo Zhu’s
class are riding out the tension in the “horse position”
– a meditative posture characterized by slightly bent knees
and outstretched arms.
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UI
president shares life lessons during lecture on ethics
The
important thing in life is simply to be able to look yourself
in the mirror every morning without flinching. University President
Joe White passed that advice to College of Business students when
he delivered the 2005 Leighton Lecture on Ethics and Leadership.
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Executive
MBA
Program fills need for many professionals returning to school
The
Executive MBA program is an accelerated curriculum that enables
seasoned managers and professionals to earn a master’s of
business administration degree after completing 18 courses
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Eight
staff employees honored with CDSA
Eight staff employees were honored with the Chancellor’s
Distinguished Staff Award at a banquet April 12. The award recognizes
exceptional performance, and each recipient was awarded $2,000
and a plaque. Recipients’ names also are inscribed on a
plaque displayed in the Personnel Services Office.
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France
to honor UI history professor and past award-winners at Illinois
John A. Lynn, a UI history professor, has been awarded one of
France’s highest honors for academic achievement.
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Six professors, six
students win Humanities Fellowships at Illinois
Six professors and six graduate students have won fellowships
for the academic year 2005-2006 to the UI's Illinois Program for
Research in the Humanities.
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Bruce Rhoads, UI geography
professor, wins Guggenheim Fellowship
Bruce
Rhoads, a professor of geography at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, has received a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Four UI students win
Goldwater Scholarships
Four
students at the UI have been named Goldwater Scholars for the
2005-2006 academic year.
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Holocaust
survivor tells her story… Online survey examines campus climate
… Drop-off sites for used music and equipment …Concert
to raise money for tsunami relief … European
modernism and information society is feature of conference …
Conference looks at qualitative inquiry … Allerton hosts
plant sale April 30 …Spread of free-market policies discussed
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On the Job: Reita
Dalton
Reita
Dalton
is an inventory specialist in the Psychology Building.
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Gerald
F. “Red” Bunton,
86, died April 15 at Burgin Manor, Olney. Bunton was a building
service worker for the Housing Division for 15 years, retiring
in 1982. Memorials: First Baptist Church, 400 W. Washington St.,
Newton, or to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Maribelle Dean, 83,
died April 14 at Clark-Lindsey Village, Urbana. Dean started at
the UI in 1958 and retired from the department of metallurgy and
mining engineering in 1987 as a staff secretary. Memorials: St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church, 708 W. Main St., Urbana, or to
the Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, in care of Carle
Foundation Hospital, 602 W. University Ave., Urbana, IL 61801.
Edward I. Griffith, 86,
died April 1 at his Urbana home. Griffith was a materials engineering
instructor at the UI, retiring in 1985. Memorials: Curtis Road
Church of God, Foursquare Church of Urbana or Carle Foundation
Hospice.
Leo E. Ingold, 77,
died April 12 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Coles County.
Ingold worked as a police officer for the UI for nine years. Memorials:
Champaign County Humane Society or to the Urbana Police “Shop
with a Cop” Program.
Robert Keller,
60, died April 7 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Keller
had been an accountant I in the Office of Business and Financial
Services since 1989. Memorials: Sidney United Church.
Howard Fremont Kent, 85,
died April 13 at Care Centre, Urbana. Kent was a building service
worker for the Housing Division for nearly 18 years, retiring
in 1979.
Lois Marie Moody, 74,
died April 10 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Moody
worked at the UI for 14 years, retiring in 1983 as a typing clerk
III for Admissions and Records. Memorials: Provenant Covenant
Hospice Care Program, 1400 W. Park St., Urbana, or the Crohn’s
Disease Society.
Doris Irene Young, 78,
died April 9 in Kingwood, Texas. Young was a clerical worker for
the Film Center at the UI from 1969 until her retirement in 1984.
Memorials: American Heart Association.
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