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First online-only undergraduate courses coming to UI’s Urbana campus

The UI will launch its first fully online courses for undergraduates on the Urbana campus next spring, seeking to train a new generation of labor leaders for a rapidly changing workplace that has become more global and high-tech. Full story

Bush’s public remarks have led to ‘post-rhetorical presidency,’ scholars say

As a cautionary tale, the latest issue of Presidential Studies Quarterly could not make better reading for the ’08 presidential candidates, blue and red. Full story

New technique could dramatically lower costs of DNA sequencing

Using computer simulations, researchers at the UI have demonstrated a strategy for sequencing DNA by driving the molecule back and forth through a nanopore capacitor in a semiconductor chip. The technique could lead to a device that would read human genomes quickly and affordably. Full story

New book focuses on legacy, lineage of jazz legend Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk. Even his name was out there. And according to University of Illinois jazz-music scholar Gabriel Solis, at a time when just about every chord or riff has been played or heard before, much of Monk’s music still registers off the charts on the avant-garde scale. Full story

Researchers build new model of bio-exploration in central Asia

Two land-grant universities have developed a new approach to global bio-exploration, one that returns most of the fruits of discovery to the countries that provide the raw materials on which the research depends. The Global Institute for Bio-Exploration, a joint initiative of the UI and Rutgers University, has become a model of sustainable, non-exploitive research in the developing world. Full story

Buses rerouted to ease campus congestion, improve safety

Although the lull on campus that descends annually during winter break came to an abrupt end when students and faculty members flooded back onto campus to begin the spring semester, one campus street is a little quieter and less congested than before. The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District rerouted six of its buses as of Jan. 2 and no longer has buses traveling on Mathews Avenue, south of Green Street. Full story

Car-sharing program being explored

Among the strategies that the UI is investigating to reduce the number of private vehicles on campus and the demand for parking spaces is a car-sharing program. Full story

Feedback wanted on redesign of Illinois home page

Just like many bricks-and-mortar sites on campus, the main Web site for the Urbana campus is undergoing renovations. And Web site users, who are being asked for the feedback about the new design, already have offered some valuable suggestions that are being incorporated into the new site. Full story

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

• Janet Liechty, assistant professor of social work and of medicine

UI employees gratified in mentoring local students

How would you like a “job” that requires no special skills, just a one-hour-a-week commitment – at a time of your choosing – and offers life-changing opportunities? Well, then, consider becoming a mentor. Full story

F&S sponsors mentoring program

Want to be a mentor?

Curators hope visitors to exhibition at Krannert Art Museum have a blast

Although an investigation of exploding objects may at first glance appear to be an unlikely or out-of-context theme for an art exhibition, curators of “Blown Away” at UI's Krannert Art Museum suspect viewers of all ages and backgrounds may be drawn to its content. That’s because, they believe, the exhibition, which opens Jan. 25, reflects the dominant culture’s deeply rooted yet somewhat inexplicable interest in explosions of all kinds. Full story

Ten at UI awarded Fulbright Scholar Grants

Ten members of the University of Illinois faculty and administration have been awarded 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholar grants. Full story

brief notes Faculty Retreat is Jan. 31 … Event remembers Hadley through music …Discover dance at Illinois … New campus profile now available … President White to appear live on TV … Digital Collective to perform Jan. 19 …Events commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. … Applications available for seed funding … Moms Association seeks proposals for funding … NCSA hosts grant-writing workshop …WILL special spotlights primary candidates … Documentary digital video workshop is May 15-16 … Moms Association seeks nominations and committee members … Proposals sought for study abroad … Spice Box renovated … UPS applications due March 14 … Saturday Art School registration open … Biofuels, computer tech among CAS spring topics…Allerton Park hosts winter getaway Jan. 19-20 …More

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deaths

Virginia Holly Allen, 60, died Dec. 29 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. She worked as an assistant physical sciences staff member in the School of Art and Design at the UI from 1970 to her retirement in 2002. Memorials: local animal shelter, cancer research or Alzheimer’s organizations.

Francis Wayne Anglin, 89, died Dec. 22 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. He was a building service worker for Facilities and Services for 29 years. He retired in 1979. Memorials: Ogden Church of the Nazarene.

Gerald A. Althaus, 68, died Jan. 5 at The Carle Arbours in Savoy. He was employed as a water station operator for Facilities and Services from 1964 until he retired in 1997. Memorials: St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Charles E. Bond, 77, died Jan. 5 at the Champaign County Nursing Home in Urbana. He was a professor of aerospace engineering at the UI from 1964 until his retirement in 1999. Memorials: Haiti Solar Oven Project, Attn: Rick Jost, 928 Fourth St., Brookings, SD 57006 or First United Methodist Church, 210 W. Church St., Champaign, IL 61820.

Bruce O. Brodie, 83, died Dec. 13 at his Champaign home. Brodie taught veterinary clinical medicine at the UI for 40 years, retiring in 1994. Memorials: PACE Inc., 1317 E. Florida Ave., Urbana, IL 61801; UI College of Veterinary Medicine; or the Champaign Public Library.

Bruce C. Creamer, 66, died Dec. 15 at his Champaign home. He was employed at the UI library and he taught for and coordinated the UI Motorcycle Rider Program from 1977 until his retirement in 1993. Memorials: Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, Champaign; or the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul.

Bertha B. Gorman, 102, died Dec. 18 at ManorCare Nursing Home in Champaign. She worked at the UI for 13 years, retiring in 1976 as a secretary III for Admissions and Records.

Martha Gosser, 87, died Dec. 23 at the Helia Healthcare facility in Champaign. She was employed at the UI as a maid in the Housing Division for 25 years, retiring in 1992.

Lyle Eugene Hanson, 87, died Dec. 19 at Clarian West Medical Center in Avon, Ind. He retired in 1985 as a professor emeritus of veterinary medicine. Memorials: Northland College scholarship fund in Ashland, Wis.

Barbara A. Irving, 59, died Dec. 14 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. She worked at the UI for 30 years, retiring as a library technical assistant at the UI library in 2003. Memorials: Gibson Area Hospital; St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s churches; or the Champaign County Humane Society.

Margaret A. Kulavic, 73, died Jan. 2 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She worked at the UI for 11 years, retiring in 1999 as an administrative secretary for the Budget and Planning Office.

Russell W. Lane, 96, died Dec. 5. He was employed for more than 30 years at the Illinois State Water Survey as a chemist, head of the chemistry section and later a principal scientist. He retired in 1991. Memorials: Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.

William H. Munse, 88, died Jan. 9 in his Savoy home. He was a professor of civil engineering at the UI for 38 years and retired in 1981. Memorials: Lions Club of Savoy.

Sylvian Richard Ray, 76, died Dec. 12 at his Urbana home. He was a faculty member for nearly 40 years, retiring in 2001 as professor emeritus of electrical engineering.

Alvin H. Safanie, 83, died Jan. 10 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Safanie joined the UI veterinary faculty in 1952 where he taught pre-clinical anatomy and embryology courses until his retirement in 1985. Memorials: Carle Pulmonary Rehab Program at Carle Foundation Hospital.

Wayne L. Shick, 88, died Dec. 21 in Munster, Ind. He was a professor of architecture at the UI for 34 years, retiring in 1979 as emeritus professor. Memorials: St. Demetrios Church.

Jack Monroe Steger, 78, died Dec. 23 at Meadowbrook Health Center, Urbana. He came to the UI in 1978. Steger taught kinesiology and was later employed as manager of sports facilities and campus recreation. He retired in 2004. Memorials: First Presbyterian Church of Urbana or Carle Hospice.

Nicholas Alexander Vassos, 87, died Dec. 15 at ManorCare Health Services in Champaign. He worked at the UI for 34 years, retiring in 1993 as a material technologist II in the Coordinated Science Laboratory. Memorials: Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church, Champaign.

Jerrold R. Voss, 75, died Nov. 20 in his Columbus, Ohio, home. He was a professor of urban and regional planning at the UI from 1961-1969. Memorials: Knowlton School of Architecture, Attn: Angela Beer, 275 W. Woodruff Ave., Columbus, OH 43210.

Martha E. Williams, 73, died July 5 in Port Washington, Wis. She was a professor of information science for 19 years, retiring in 1972. Memorials: Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, 760 E. Westleigh Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045.

Memorial Service

Jennifer Hou, 43, died Dec. 2 in Houston, Texas. She joined the UI computer science faculty in 2001. A professor of computer science, she also served as the director of the Illinois Network Design and Experimentation research group. A memorial service for Hou will be at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 18 in Room 1404 of the Siebel Center. Memorials: Hou Family Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 6872, Champaign, IL 61826. Contributions also can be made to the Jennifer Hou Memorial Fund, Computer Science, 201 N. Goodwin Ave., Room 2210, MC-258.

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