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UI
welcomes Class of 2009
The Class of 2009, a record-setting class of 7,650 freshmen, will
be welcomed to the UI’s Urbana campus with a variety of
activities and programs known as Illinois Celebration 2005.
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Chief
Illiniwek symbol
NCAA announces
new policy that may affect UI postseason play
The
National Collegiate Athletic Association recently announced a
new policy banning colleges and universities from “displaying
hostile and abusive racial/ethnic/national origin mascots, nicknames
or imagery” at any of its 88 postseason championship games,
but it is unknown at this time how the new policy may affect the
UI Board of Trustees’ efforts to reach consensus on Chief
Illiniwek.
Whom
does it affect?
A
list of the colleges and universities subject to the new NCAA
policy on Native American references and imagery.
The
Resolution
for reaching consensus on Chief Illiniwek approved by the
UI Board of Trustees at it July 14 meeting.
A
letter
from Lawrence C. Eppley, chair of the UI Board of Trustees.
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New
center at Illinois will examine how to safeguard nation's power
grid
The
UI will be the home of a national center that will address the
challenge of how to protect the nation’s power grid, the
National Science Foundation announced Aug. 15. The NSF has awarded
$7.5 million over five years to the project, which will be led
by the UI and also involve researchers at Cornell University,
Dartmouth College and Washington State University.
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U.S.News
& World Report releases university rankings
The UI was ranked 11th among the top 50 public national universities
by U.S.News & World Report in rankings released Aug. 19.
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No
strong link seen between violent video games and aggression
Results from the first long-term study of online videogame playing
may be surprising. Contrary
to popular opinion and most previous research, the new study found
that players’ “robust exposure” to a highly
violent online game did not cause any substantial real-world aggression.
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Cells
direct membrane traffic by channel width, scientists say
For a glycerol molecule, a measly angstrom’s difference
in diameter is a road-closed sign: You can’t squeeze through
unless you are a sleek, water-molecule-sized sports car, say UI
scientists.
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'Cookbook
recipes' would cure disease with nontoxic DNA delivery systems
Scientists studying the structure and interaction of negatively
charged lipids and DNA molecules have created a “cookbook”
for a class of nontoxic DNA delivery systems that will assist
doctors and clinicians in the safe and effective delivery of genetic
medicine.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act
unfair when company is bankrupt, law scholar says
The
Sarbanes-Oxley Act has come under heavy fire from business groups
for adding to the cost of annual corporate audits. Another problem
with the law is its encroachment on the U.S. Bankruptcy Code,
according to an article in the UI Law Review.
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Free
football tickets available for Sept. 3 football game for faculty/staff
members … Library tours offered Aug. 22-25 … Lecture
looks at social networks Aug. 29 … Assembly Hall kicks off
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| deaths
Harold O. Barthel, 79,
died Aug. 3 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Barthel
was a professor of aeronautical and astrological engineering at
the UI for 38 years. Memorials: Wesley United Methodist Church,
1203 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801.
Carol S. Cox,
63, died Aug. 11 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Cox was
an administrative clerk in the Office of Admissions and Records
for 37 years. Memorials: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Rudard A. Jones, 92,
died Aug. 8 in Urbana. Jones joined the UI faculty as a research
associate professor of architecture in 1946. He became the assistant
director of the Small Homes Council in 1950, and advanced to full
professor in 1954. In 1955, he began a two-year assignement as
group leader of the UI International Co-operative Alliance housing
mission to Colombia. He later served under ICA auspices as a housing
consultant in Chile in 1960. After his return to the UI he was
appointed director of the Small Homes Council-Building Research
Council at the UI. He served as director from 1957 until his retirement
in 1981. Memorials: Ricker Library of the Department of Architecture
at the UI.
Joseph W. Pankau,
74, died Aug. 1 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Pankau worked
at the Biophysical Research Laboratory in the department of electrical
engineering at the UI from 1960 to 1971. He was an assistant professor
with UI Extension from 1983 to 1991. Memorials: St. Philomena
Catholic Church, Monticello; The Association of the Miraculous
Medal, 1811 W. St. Joseph St., Perryville, MO 63775; or Piatt
County Faith in Action.
John Radmaker, 85,
died Aug. 15 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Radmaker
retired from the UI’s Division of Operation and Maintenance
as a carpenter in 1981, after 31 years of service. Memorials:
Leukemia Foundation or First Baptist Church of Tolono.
Harry Elmer Rhoades, 90,
died Aug. 10 at Meadowbrook Healthcare Center, Urbana. Rhoades
was an associate professor emeritus of veterinary pathobiology,
retiring in 1981 after 35 years of service to the college.
John R. Robinson, 64,
died Aug. 12 at his Villa Grove home. Robinson worked at the UI
for 33 years, retiring in 2001 as a power plant operating engineer
for O&M.
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