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AN OPEN BOOK: CIC member libraries join Google in digitizing up to 10 million volumes
The distinctive collections of some of the world’s largest libraries, including about 1 million volumes from the UI Library’s holdings, will become open books under a new agreement between Google Book Search and the 12 prominent research universities that form the Committee on Institutional Cooperation consortium. Full story
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'Color-blind'
14th amendment not color-blind at all, professor says
It is the central argument in many recent desegregation and affirmative
action lawsuits, including school cases now before the U.S. Supreme
Court: The 14th Amendment was written to make the Constitution color-blind
and race-neutral. But was that the intent of the Congress that wrote it during the Reconstruction
period that followed the Civil War? Full story |
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Now,
self-healing materials can mimic human skin, healing again and again
The next generation of self-healing materials, invented by researchers
at the UI, mimics human skin by healing itself
time after time. The new materials rely upon embedded, three-dimensional
microvascular networks that emulate biological circulatory systems. Full story |
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Engineered protein effective against Staphylococcus aureus toxin
A research team led by the UI has developed a treatment for exposure to enterotoxin B, a noxious substance produced by the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. The team engineered a protein, which was successfully tested in rabbits, that could one day be used to treat humans exposed to the enterotoxin. Full story |
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Missile
proposal signals start of defensive arms race, scholar says
On the eve of the Group of 8 summit that took place in Germany earlier
this month, the world watched anxiously as the U.S. and Russian presidents
engaged in a rhetorical sparring match over plans by the United States
to roll out a third missile defense system, this time in Europe. Full story
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Center
for Translation Studies to be established at Illinois
The University of Illinois is gearing up to build hundreds of new bridges
to other countries and cultures – but it won’t be using
any of the traditional materials of construction.These bridges will be built with the languages and literatures of the
world. The UI announced on June 13 in New York that it is establishing
a Center for Translation Studies. Full story
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Crime
down in UI reporting district in most recent reporting period
Crime in the University of Illinois campus reporting district declined
from Sep. 1, 2006, to May 13, 2007, according to statistics released
by the UI Division of PubIic Safety. Full story
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Sun up A crane removes the Sun Singer sculpture from its pedestal on June 15 in preparation for the sculpture’s first major restoration since it was erected at Allerton Park in Monticello in 1932. Larger photo |
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Solar powered The UI’s entry in the 2007 Solar Decathlon is hauled down Kirby Avenue to a concrete pad where it will be re-assembled and tested. More photos |
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Celebrate summer solstice June 21 at Krannert Center
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On the Job: Lisa Strassheim
Lisa Strassheim is a broadcast engineer at WILL-AM-FM-TV and a prolific artist. More |
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