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White
formally inaugurated as 16th UI president
The Marching Illini led the procession of nearly 500 students,
faculty and staff members, alumni and 90 representatives of other
American universities and learned societies clad in academic regalia
from the Illini Union to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
on Sept. 22. The occasion was the official inauguration of B.
Joseph White as the university’s 16th president.
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Room-temperature
transistor laser is step closer to commercialization
UI researchers have demonstrated the room-temperature operation
of a heterojunction bipolar transistor laser, moving it an important
step closer to commercialization.
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Lewis
and Clark exhibition examines 'other half of the story,' historian
says
Lewis and Clark traveled 4,000 miles over more than two years
on their epic journey west. But, says the curator of a new exhibition
celebrating the 200th anniversary of their odyssey, they weren’t
often blazing trails. Far from it.
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UI researchers to
play key roles in study of how life emerged on earth
Three UI scientists have leading roles in a multi-institution
quest funded by the National Science Foundation to determine
how life emerged on Earth.
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New Faces 2005
Among the many newcomers to campus are 113 new tenure/tenure-track
faculty members whose appointments began this summer or fall.
One thing they have in common – their combined expertise
will enhance the research and teaching at Illinois. Inside Illinois
will feature two new colleagues in each fall issue.
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$151.5
million in private gifts support UI programs
Gifts to the UI and the UI Foundation for the fiscal year that
ended on June 30, 2005, totaled $151.5 million, according to Stephen
K. Rugg, UI chief financial officer and treasurer of the UI Foundation.
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U-C
Senate looks at revising engineering programs
The Urbana-Champaign Senate passed a proposal at its Sept. 19
meeting that College of Engineering faculty members hope will
enhance the standing and visibility of two engineering programs
at the Urbana campus.
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Friends,
coworkers help staff member known for helping others
A UI staff member who has helped many people in the Champaign-Urbana
area improve their lives is now facing the toughest challenge
of her life with a little help from her community.
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University
shows Tulane physicist ‘the silver lining’
Like many people aware of the devastation caused by Hurricane
Katrina, Myron Salamon, a physics professor and associate dean
in the College of Engineering at Illinois, wondered what he could
do to help.
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American
premiere of Enescu opera to take place at Illinois
Fifty years after the death of Romanian composer and musician
George Enescu, his opera “Oedipe” – based on
the Oedipus myth – will have its American premiere at the
UI.
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Conference,
campus walk to showcase health benefits of walking
To gain more knowledge about these issues, UI and the American
College of Sports Medicine are hosting “Walking for Health:
Measurement and Research Issues and Challenges," Oct. 13-15
on the Urbana campus.
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Homecoming
at Illinois promises to heat up campus
The University Of Illinois will celebrate its 95th annual homecoming
the week of Oct. 16.
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UI
granted affiliate status by Smithsonian Institution
The renowned institution in Washington, D.C., has invited the
UI into its prestigious Affiliations Program.
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UI
chemistry professor wins $500,000 MacArthur Fellow Award
Todd Martinez, a theoretical chemist at the UI, has been named
a 2005 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation.
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A report on honors,
awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty
and staff members.
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notes
IRIS
helps save time, find grants… Spurlock hosts talks about
Hindu culture … Online education retreat is Oct. 24-25 …
LGBT support training is Oct. 11 … Clinic
offers legal assistance for hurricane victims … George Mitchell
to speak Oct. 21 … Performance, surveillance in video art
… Annual Library Book Sale is Oct. 20-21 … Lecture
focuses on entrepreneurship … Marching Illini at Assembly
Hall Oct. 23 … Tagore Festival is Oct. 15 …Civil Service
election canceled … German
violence and exile addressed … French films to be screened
Oct. 7-13 … 'Journalism and the Underclass' lecture is Oct.
11 … More |
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On the Job: Deneen
Cordell
Deneen
Cordell is a clinical coordinator of the veterinary interdisciplinary
pain service at the Small Animal Clinic in the College of Veterinary
Medicine. More |
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you’ve lost or found something on campus, send a description
of the item, where and when it was found or lost and an e-mail address
and phone number to dkdahl@uiuc.edu.
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professional and faculty
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| deaths
Joseph
Allen Jr., 94, died Sept. 22 at The Carle
Arbours, Savoy. Allen began his career at UI in 1940. He was coordinator
of graduate studies and head of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
and of Russian and East European languages and literatures for
several years. He retired as professor emeritus in 1975. Memorials:
The Carle Arbours, 302 Burwash, Savoy, IL 61874 or the League
of Women Voters of Champaign County Memorial Fund.
Daniel K. Bloomfield, 78,
died Sept. 12 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Bloomfield
was a UI professor of kinesiology and founding dean of the College
of Medicine, serving in that role from 1970-1984. Memorials: Jewish
Federation, 503 E. John St., Champaign, IL 61820 or the UI College
of Medical Scholars Program.
Edward Arthur Cousins,
81, died Sept. 12 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.
Cousins was associate director of the Division of Operation and
Maintenance for 35 years before retiring in 1989. Memorials: First
Presbyterian Church of Champaign, 302 W. Church St., Champaign,
IL 61820.
Francis J. Fry, 85,
died Sept. 22 in Port Charlotte, Fla. Fry worked for UI from 1946
until 1983, retiring as an associate professor of electrical engineering.
Charles Wesley Schlatter, 91,
died Sept. 13 at Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System,
Danville. Schlatter worked for the department of chemistry as
a storekeeper for 18 years and also for Krannert Art Museum and
the School of Art and Design as a security guard for 10 years.
Memorials: St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, 1011 S. Wright
St., Champaign, IL 61820.
Max L. Seeds,
87, died Sept. 30 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. Seeds
worked at UI from 1962 until 1975, retiring as a painter with
O&M. Memorials: Carle Hospice.
Mark Anderson Sprague, 85,
died Sept. 13 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Sprague
was a UI professor of art and design for 33 years, retiring in
1980.
Ellen Stahl, 49,
died Sept. 15 at her Champaign home. Stahl had worked for the
UI since 2001 as an applications specialist of the finance team
of the Enterprise Resource Planning Project of UI-Integrate. Memorials:
Grace Lutheran Church, 313 S. Prospect Ave., Champaign, IL 61820
or Carle Hospice Memorial Fund, 206A W. Anthony Drive, Champaign,
IL 61820.
Donald Walker,
75, died Sept. 20 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Walker
was a livestock specialist for UI Extension from 1953-1955. Memorials:
First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, 602 W. Green St., Urbana,
IL or Hurricane Katrina victims.
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