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Technology changing how to communicate with students
Today’s students are tech-savvy, and to capture their attention Illinois uses a variety of electronic media – YouTube, online chats, instant messages and blogs – in addition to print publications, fairs and other traditional vehicles to recruit them. Full story
OAR splits, creating two distinct units
Effective Nov. 1, the Office of Admissions and Records will split into two discrete units – the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Office of the Registrar. Stacey Kostell, director of undergraduate admissions, will continue to head the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Carol Malmgren will continue as registrar. Kostell and Malmgren, along with the Office of Financial Aid, report to Keith Marshall, associate provost for enrollment management. Full story
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Another bailout? Government pension insurer could be next, expert says
Another multi-billion-dollar taxpayer bailout could lie ahead, this time to rescue a cash-strapped government program that insures pensions of 44 million American workers and retirees, a UI finance professor warns. Full story
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New recipe for self-healing plastic includes dash of food additive
Adding a food additive to damaged polymers can help restore them to full strength, say scientists at theUI who cooked up the novel, self-healing system. Full story |
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Bailout will avert long, deep economic downturn, UI economist says
A massive Wall Street bailout won’t stave off a recession, but will ease a creeping economic meltdown that threatened to slice into jobs, retirement savings and access to credit across the country, a UI economist says. Full story |
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Study reveals surprising details of the evolution of protein translation
A new study of transfer RNA, a molecule that delivers amino acids to the protein-building machinery of the cell, challenges long-held ideas about the evolutionary history of protein synthesis. Full story |
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Pending federal legislation would benefit foster children, save millions
Illinois and other states could save tens of millions of dollars in administrative costs and find safe, permanent homes for thousands more foster children each year if pending federal legislation is signed by President George W. Bush. Full story |
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Under pressure at the nanoscale, polymers play by different rules
Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn’t play by the rules. Full story |
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Political activities, ACLG discussed at senate meeting
Faculty and student senators offered many comments and questions regarding provisions of the state of Illinois’ ethics policy related to political activities – and potential infringements on free speech and academic freedom – during the Urbana-Champaign Senate’s Oct. 6 meeting. The controversy stemmed from an “Ethics Matters” electronic newsletter issued by the Ethics Office on Sept. 18. Full story |
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New business facility at Illinois blends instruction, sustainability
Illinois business students began studying this fall in a new, $60 million-plus building filled with high-tech classrooms, counseling and career services, and a state-of-the-art laboratory that simulates real-time market trading. But officials say there’s also a lesson built into the Earth-friendly design of the newly finished Business Instructional Facility, the first “green” building in the university’s 141-year history. Story and photos
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Campus network core upgraded
In another networking improvement aimed at complementing the ongoing Campus Network Upgrade Project, network engineers at Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services upgraded the network core equipment over the summer to make the campus network more reliable, redundant and future-proof. Full story
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UI, academy fund agree to part ways on study partnership
The UI and the Academy on Capitalism and Limited Government Fund have mutually agreed, in principle, to discontinue the agreement reached a year ago that would provide funding for teaching and research focusing on the relationship of capitalism and government. Rather than partnering with the university, the fund will become a non-profit foundation, providing grants. Full story |
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Students tackle religion on campus in documentary film
“There are more documentaries being made now than have ever been made,” says UI journalism professor Jay Rosenstein, whose own documentaries have won numerous awards, including an Emmy. He likes the documentary for its power to affect change, Rosenstein said. So it was a natural for Rosenstein last spring to start Journalism 480, a hands-on class on how to make a documentary. Full story
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Exhibition turns spotlight on minority comics artists
To the co-curators of “Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics,” on view at the UI’s Krannert Art Museum Oct. 24 through Jan. 4, an exhibition of comics in an art museum is a perfectly fitting venue for showcasing the creative talents of a wildly diverse collection of artists and writers – past and present – who’ve contributed to this popular form of visual expression. Full story |
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New Faces 2008
Among the newcomers to the Urbana campus are 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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brief notes
Japan House celebrates 10th anniversary
… CAPE nominations due by Nov. 7 … Mobile Lincoln exhibit on display Oct. 18-25 …Staff Employee Expo will be Oct. 21
… Ebertfest passes available Nov. 1 …
Lectures look at why design matters … French film festival is Oct. 31-Nov. 6 …Foundation to webcast business meeting
… GSLIS looks at 'digital divide' …
Stories by Poe featured Nov. 5 … Design charrette will be Oct. 21-24 … Webcast looks at measuring your return on investment
… Japanese architect featured at I space …
Author Naomi Klein to speak Oct. 29 … Medievalists featured at conference …Speaker discusses building children's health
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On the Job: Andy Blacker
Andy Blacker is a publicity-promotion specialist at Facilities and Services. In his spare time he enjoys volunteering with the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company. More |
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Careers and Employment at the UI
Academic Human Resources
Suite 420, 807 S. Wright St., MC-310 • 333-6747
Listings of academic professional and faculty member positions can be reviewed during regular business hours or online.
Staff Human Resources
52 E. Gregory Drive, MC-562 • 333-3101
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deaths
Marjorie M. Clementz, 89, died Sept. 30 at the Newman Health Care Center. Clementz worked at the UI from 1957 to 1965 as a clerk stenographer in political science. Memorials: Lincoln Land Hospice Program or the Prairieland Anti-Cruelty Program in Champaign.
Robert E. Gray, 82, died Sept. 30 at Meadowbrook Healthcare, Urbana. Gray was a trombone professor at the UI for 36 years, retiring in 1991. He also was director of the UI Wind Ensemble. Memorials: Robert Gray Trombone Scholarship Fund at the UI or the First Presbyterian Church Organ Expansion Fund.
Frank Shelby Jr., 68, died Oct. 6 at Carle Arbours Continuing Care Center, Savoy. He worked as a building service worker for 14 years, retiring in 1992.
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