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Scientists
issue warning about dangers beetle poses to Illinios ash trees
Campers across Illinois are being asked to be firewood wary. There
could be an unwanted pest hidden inside that could be devastating
to the state’s 118 million ash trees if it emerges later
this summer from unburned wood.
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Flash
Index of Illinois economy at highest reading in more than six
years
The UI Flash Economic Index surged a full point last month to
reach 105.2. This was the highest reading since August 1998 when
the Flash Index stood at 105.3.
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Psychological
reasoning begins earlier than had been thought, study shows
According to conventional wisdom, babies don’t begin to
develop sophisticated psychological reasoning about people until
they are about 4 years old. A study of 15-month-olds at the UI
proves otherwise.
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Researchers
improve design of genetic on-off switches
Researchers at the UI have set a new standard in the design and
engineering of nuclear hormone receptor-based genetic on-off switches,
without causing new problems or aggravating existing ones.
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Facilities
and Services focuses on service, efficiency
Facilities and Services is exploring new ways of doing business
that are paying off for the campus and the university.
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Board
seeks feedback on campus technology
Got
suggestions about information technologies that would help you
– and others in the campus community – with teaching,
research or other responsibilities?
The members of the Information Technology Advisory Board want
to hear them.
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Senate
discusses intellectual property, parking and procedures
Proposed revisions to policies governing intellectual property,
parking and the approval process for graduate concentrations sparked
debate at the April 25 meeting of the Urbana-Champaign Senate.
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Online
master's degree gives teachers the tools to think globally
All education is global. At least that’s the perspective
of a new online master’s degree program at the UI.
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Emeritus
professor adapts special bikes for special kids
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Faculty
and staff members honored for excellence in teaching, advising
Eighteen UI faculty members, one academic professional and five
teaching assistants were honored for excellence in teaching and
advising April 25 at the annual Instructional Awards banquet in
the Illini Union.
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Two
UI researchers named to National Academy of Sciences
Two UI faculty members are among the 72 scientists elected to
membership in the National Academy of Sciences in recognition
of distinguished research and continuing achievements, the academy
announced today.
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UI scholars elected
to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UI Professors Frederick K. Lamb and Ralph G. Nuzzo have been
elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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UI
alumni research scholar Martin Gruebele receives Bessel Prize
Martin
Gruebele, a UI professor of chemistry, has received a Wilhelm
Friedrich Bessel Research Prize Award from the Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation in Bonn, Germany.
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Fellows
announced for Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
The
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society has announced its
2005-06 Fellows.
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UI senior one of
11 students nationwide to win Churchill Scholarship
Jonathan Hollander, a senior majoring in materials science
and engineering at the UI, is among 11 students nationwide
to receive a Churchill Scholarship for study at Cambridge
University in England.
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notes
Exhibit
explores American culture … It's time to 'Dump and Run' …
Japanese paper art demonstrated …Summer play schedule announced
… Arcadia Chamber
Players featured May 8 … Forum focuses on benefits of soy
foods … Screening of 'Papa and Daddy' is May 6 …New
research initiative explored … Graduate
student art exhibition … Donahue, Hersh among speakers …
Career of Judge Wood examined …Political imprisonment commemorated
… Employees
encouraged to bike to work …More
benefits
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On the Job: Esther
Patt
Esther
Patt has been the coordinator of the Tenant Union for almost 26
years. More |
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| deaths
Duane
Edward Erickson,
73, died April 27 at Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls, Minn.
Erickson was a specialist in extension, research and teaching
and was a professor of agricultural economics at the UI for 32
years, retiring in 1995.
Sjanna Johnston, 55,
died April 21 at her Champaign home. Johnston had worked at McKinley
Health Center since 1991 as a staff physician. She also taught
in the UI College of Medicine as a clinical assistant professor
in the department of family medicine. Memorials: Arthritis Foundation,
Champaign County Chapter, 200 Lincoln Square, Urbana, IL 61801,
or to the American Board of Holistic Medicine, 12101 Menaul Blvd.
N.E., Suite C, Albuquerque, NM 87112.
Pamela Jean Joy,
53, died April 29 in her Champaign home. Joy worked at the UI
from 1985 to 2002 as a staff clerk for the Office of Publications
and Marketing. Memorials: Champaign County Humane Society, 1911
E. Main St., Urbana, IL 61802.
Robert E. Smith, 73,
died April 25 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Smith
started as a pre-press technician for UI Printing Services in
1985, retiring in 1999. Memorials: WILL-TV or Provena Covenant
Hospice Care Program, Urbana.
Wayne Vaughn,
78, died April 17 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.
Vaughn worked as a sub-foreman/painter for the UI Physical Plant
for 35 years, retiring in 1985. Memorials: St. Joseph Masonic
Lodge or the American Heart Association.
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