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UI honors Mike Wallace with Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism
“60 Minutes” newsman Mike Wallace was honored Oct. 13 in New York City as the first recipient of the Illinois Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism. The prize honors individuals whose career contributions to public affairs reporting represent the highest and best achievements of American journalism. More photos |
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Illinois casino expansion would drain state's economy
Illinois would choke its economy and ruin lives if lawmakers expand gambling to bankroll statewide road improvements and mass transit in Chicago, a UI professor and national gambling critic says. Full story |
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With booming economy in China comes unexpected offshoot: beauty pageants
Four years have passed since the Chinese government endorsed the appearance of Wu Wei as the nation’s first-ever competitor in the Miss World competition. Since then, governmental support and cultural preoccupation with such pageants just keeps growing. Full story |
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Professor: Communication system at critical juncture, time for action is now
Our communication system is rapidly transforming before our eyes. But we don’t have to just watch, University of Illinois professor Bob McChesney says in a new book. In fact, we shouldn’t. Full story |
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Wasp genetics study suggests altruism evolved from maternal behavior
Researchers at the UI have used an innovative approach to reveal the molecular basis of altruistic behavior in wasps. The research team focused on the expression of behavior-related genes in Polistes metricus paper wasps, a species for which little genetic data was available when the study was begun. Their findings appear today online in Science Express. Full story |
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Researchers set new record for brightness of quantum dots
By placing quantum dots on a specially designed photonic crystal, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated enhanced fluorescence intensity by a factor of up to 108. Potential applications include high-brightness light-emitting diodes, optical switches and personalized, high-sensitivity biosensors. Full story |
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New book says lawsuits cutting voters out of public policy decisions
Lawsuits such as the landmark case against the tobacco industry are undermining traditional government regulation by shifting decision-making out of the public eye, according to a book co-written by a UI professor that will be published next year. Full story |
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Symposium marks 30th anniversary of discovery of third domain of life
Thirty years ago this month, researchers at the UI published a discovery that challenged basic assumptions about the broadest classifications of life. Their discovery – which was based on an analysis of ribosomal RNA, an ancient molecule essential to the replication of all cells – opened up a new field of study, and established a first draft of the evolutionary “tree of life.” Full story |
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Wanted: Citizen scientists to help track wild bees in Illinois
Honey bee colonies are in decline in many states, but little is known about their wild cousins, the bumble bees, or, for that matter, honey bees living on their own in the wild without beekeepers. A new initiative from the UI seeks to build a better record of honey bee and bumble bee abundance and distribution in Illinois by recruiting citizen scientists to report on wild bees seen anywhere in the state. Full story |
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Program seeks to increase number of transfer students at UI
Each year about 125,000 students enroll in baccalaureate transfer programs at community colleges in Illinois, but only a small number of those students actually transfer to four-year public institutions, and many of the students who do transfer never achieve their dreams of earning four-year degrees, according to the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Full story |
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Health professions community offers support, experience
A new living and learning community on the Urbana campus is bringing together students interested in health-related careers and offering them programming, support services and valuable experiential learning in their chosen fields of study. Full story |
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New Faces 2007
Among the newcomers to the Urbana campus are more than 7,500 freshmen and about 100 tenure/tenure track faculty members whose appointments began this summer or fall. Inside Illinois continues its tradition of introducing some of the new faculty members on campus and will feature at least two new colleagues in each fall issue.
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American Music Month at Illinois to show how artists bridge borders
“Music Without Borders” is the theme of the 2007 American Music Month at the UI. Full story |
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UI Homecoming celebration offers week of activities
“Orange Fever,” the theme of the 97th annual homecoming celebration at the University of Illinois, starts with a Homecoming Kickoff and Soccerfest on Friday (Oct. 19) at the track and soccer stadium, between Fourth Street and Maryland Drive on Kirby Avenue, Champaign. Full story |
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Multimedia exhibition explores concept of appearances
First impressions and what actually lies beneath the surface – both architectural and human – is the theme of a new multimedia exhibition at the Krannert Art Museum. Full story |
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Historic designation, conference recognize importance of superconductivity theory
To commemorate the pioneering work of UI researchers in understanding the mechanism of superconductivity, the American Physical Society has designated the old Physics Building, 1304 W. Green St., Urbana, as a site of historic significance to physics. The building now houses the department of materials science and engineering. Full story |
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Illinois Brass Quintet hosts Halloween concert Oct. 28
… WILL-TV receives emergency grant for new tower … Edo culture is focus of Japan House open house talk …WILL-TV needs recipes, cooks for 'C is for Crockpot' production
… Campus Rec hosts breast cancer awareness activities …
Ebert film festival passes go on sale Nov. 1 … Academic outreach hosts open house …Berenbaum to appear on PBS' 'Nature'
… CAPE nominations accepted until Oct. 26 …
Lecture focuses on 'nourishint family resiliency' … Poet to read from her book Oct. 29 …Jacqueline Mitchard will speak Oct. 24
… Mortenson lecture is Oct. 19 …
ATC host Robert Siegel to speak Nov. 6… Dissertation Award apps due Dec. 14 …Town Hall meeting is Oct. 23 … Site-specific dances performed Oct. 19-20 … University Primary School open house is Oct. 26 … Fiction writers to visit UI, read from work … Forum examines classroom political bias … Pottery and paintings featured at I space gallery
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Patricia Ruth Bandy, 81, died Oct. 4 at her Champaign home. She retired as a secretary III at University High School in 1983 after 17 years of service. Memorials: University Place Christian Church.
Deno John Geanakoplos, 91, died Oct. 4 in Hamden, Conn. He was a professor of medieval history at the UI from 1954 to 1967.
Walter A. Kurasek, 89, died Oct. 9 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He was an engineer draftsman for the UI for 16 years until his retirement in 1977.
Charles J. McIntyre, 86, died Oct. 8 at Meadowbrook Health Center in Urbana. McIntyre worked at the UI for 38 years. He was a professor of educational psychology at the UI and founder and director of the university’s Office of Instructional Resources, retiring in 1997. Memorials: Joanne J. and Charles J. McIntyre Endowment Fund for Young Artists at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, WILL Radio and TV and Champaign County CASA.
Wallace D. Motley, 65, died Sept. 18 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He joined the Auditing Division at the UI in 1972. Later, he designed computer programs for various departments before his retirement in 1997. He returned part-time, then fully retired in June 2007. Memorials: animal-welfare organizations.
Frances “Fran” Mary Walsh, 92, died Sept. 16 at home in Lexington, Ky. She worked as a snack bar attendant for Housing from 1967 to 1973 and again from 1974 to 1975.
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