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Governor proposes increase to higher education funding
Fiscal Year 2007, which will begin July 1, may be a slightly
better year for the UI if the budget proposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich
is approved by the Illinois Legislature before it adjourns in
April.
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U.S.
must clarify workers' responsibilities in national emergencies
How far can the government go in forcing civilians to perform
potentially life-threatening jobs during a national emergency?
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Research
on minority stars for Baseball Hall of Fame a revelatory
process
One of the 12 people who voted in a historic special
election for Negro League inductees into the National Baseball
Hall of Fame on Feb. 27 says that the research involved in
choosing the candidates changed history.
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Quantum
computer solves problem, without running
By combining quantum computation and quantum interrogation,
UI scientists
have found an exotic way of determining an answer to an algorithm – without
ever running the algorithm.
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Approach
to school affects how girls compare with boys in math
Researchers say, girls perform just as
well as boys on achievement tests and tend to earn better
grades in math than do boys during the earlier school years.
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Detection
of DNA on nanotubes offers new sensing, sequencing technologies
Researchers at the UI
who recently reported that DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes
could serve as sensors in living cells now say the tiny
tubes can be used to target specific DNA sequences.
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Transistor laser functions
as non-linear electronic switch, processor
The transistor
laser invented by UI scientists has now been found to possess
fundamental non-linear characteristics that are new to a transistor
and permit its use as a dual-input, dual-output, high-frequency
signal processor.
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UI pig
to make history
– as source of first complete swine genome
A pig used for research at the UI has a home in history.
Its DNA will provide the first sequence of the swine genome
to be completed with the help of a two-year $10 million grant
from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Herman
reviews strategic plan at senate meeting
At the Feb. 20 meeting of the Urbana-Champaign Senate, Chancellor
Richard Herman gave an overview of the strategic plan for
the Urbana campus, which he said was “not just a roadmap
to pre-eminence but to establishing a much greater role for
us throughout the world,” especially in China, India
and Singapore as well as Europe.
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White
discusses financial future of university
Five years and $500 million. That’s what UI President
B. Joseph White said the university needs to fulfill its
compact when he spoke at the University YMCA’s Know
Your University forum Feb. 21.
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Thomas M. Siebel
to be speaker at University of Illinois commencement
Thomas M. Siebel will be the speaker during the 135th commencement
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on May 14 at
Assembly Hall. Ceremonies take place at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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How do you get to
Carnegie Hall? Plane, bus and 18 months of planning
When friends
and fans of the university came out to support their home
team – the UI Wind Symphony – during the band’s
historic debut performance in New York City’s Carnegie
Hall on Feb. 17, most of the Illinois faithful came dressed
not in orange and blue sweatshirts, but in tuxedos, elegant
evening attire and heirloom jewels.
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Illinois Wind Symphony
dazzles in Carnegie Hall debut
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Learning outside the
classroom … really outside
To the average
person, “outdoor adventure” might conjure up visions
of wilderness, mountains or swift-flowing streams, and none of those
are within sight of Champaign-Urbana. But tucked away on the west
side of the UI’s prairieland campus is a handy
portal for getting to those places – or just finding a
short-term means of outdoor escape.
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Grant, gifts enable
UI Library to preserve endangered materials
Thousands
of endangered materials spanning at least seven centuries
will be rescued at the UI Library.
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Chancellor
Richard Herman named to White House panel
Richard Herman, the chancellor of
the Urbana campus of the UI, was named
to the President’s
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
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notes
Exhibition features
'Rain Forest Visions'
… Program offers activities for students … Events celebrate
audio gift to library … Program features Irish dance, music
… Nominations
for honorary degree recipients due April 1 …
Dixieland and country music featured on WILL-TV … Scholarship
applications due April 3 … Vote for your favorite Britcom
… Elder abuse
legislation discussed …
Book-collecting contest announced … Symposium to focus
on 'mobility' …Explore engineering marvels March 10-11
… Project reduces
textbook expenses …
Sign up for child care for '06-07 … Symposium looks at race,
gender, space …Author visit celebrates gift to campus
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On the Job: Kathie
Veach
Kathie
Veach is coordinator of grants and contracts in the Center for
Prevention Research Development. 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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Human Resources maintains listings for academic
professional and faculty
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| deaths
Mabel Allen, 83, died Feb. 16 at her Savoy home. From 1940-1945,
Allen held clerical and secretarial positions in various campus
units. She was a clerk III for the College of Engineering from
1949-1953. She was a clerk stenographer from 1955-1991 for the
UI Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, later advancing to
the position of Military Personnel Records clerk typist. Memorials:
Trinity Lutheran Church or Carle Hospice.
Dorothy E. McIntyre, 75, died Feb. 15 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. McIntyre
was a computer programmer at the UI. Memorials: First Presbyterian Church Elevator
Fund, 602 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801.
Charles B. Porter, 83, died Feb. 21 at ManorCare Health Services, Normal. Porter
worked at the UI for seven years and was an assistant professor of industrial
education and of education when he left in 1961.
James B. “Dit” Vaughn, 81, died Feb. 21 at his Champaign home. Vaughn
worked at the UI for 24 years, retiring in 1984 as a carpenter for Facilities
and Services. Memorials: VFW Color Guard 5520.
Paula Wilson, 40, died Feb. 14 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Wilson worked
at the UI for 15 years. She was a secretary III when she left the UI in 2000.
Memorials: Paula Wilson Benefit Fund in care of Philo Exchange Bank.
Theresa P. Wilson, 40, died Feb. 21 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Wilson
worked at the UI for six years for UI Extension as a visiting data analyst and
extension assistant in Web development. Memorials: www.breastcancer.org or the
American Cancer Society.
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