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Social interactions can alter gene expression in the brain, and vice versa
Our DNA determines a lot about who we are and how we play with others, but recent studies of social animals (birds and bees, among others) show that the interaction between genes and behavior is more of a two-way street than most of us realize. Full story |
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Intervention project helps foster children affected by parents' meth issues
A narrative- and relationship-based intervention implemented by child-welfare professionals in Illinois has helped foster children in the rural Midwest begin recovering from the traumatic experiences associated with their parents’ misuse and/or manufacture of methamphetamine. Full story |
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Female embryonic sexual development driven by universal factor
A gene essential to the growth and development of most organ systems in the body also is vital to female – but not male – embryonic sexual development, scientists report this month. Full story |
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'No Child' law gets an 'F' from education professor at Illinois
The controversial No Child Left Behind law has forced teachers in low-income school districts to craft a curriculum that marginalizes writing at the expense of teaching to the test, resulting in educators who feel straitjacketed by a high-stakes test, according to a UI education professor who has studied the issue. Full story |
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Quality, quantity lacking in children's educational TV, study says
Commercial broadcasters are doing the “bare minimum and not much more” for children’s educational programming, according to University of Illinois communication professor Barbara Wilson, one of two lead researchers on a study released Nov. 12 by the organization Children Now. Full story |
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Parents' role key in child becoming accomplished musician, scholar says
Thinking of buying a guitar for little Jim or Kim this holiday season, but afraid to spend too much for an instrument that might ultimately spend too much time in its case? Don’t fret. Some useful, practical knowledge to assist with such decision-making may be plucked from the research of Gary McPherson, the Zimmerman Professor of Music Education at the University of Illinois. Full story |
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Liquid or solid? Charged nanoparticles in lipid membrane decide
Like water and ice cubes mixed in a glass, a group of organic compounds called lipids can coexist as liquid and solid in membranes. This patchiness in phospholipid membranes is fundamental to their use as biomolecules and biosensors. Using charged nanoparticles, researchers at the UI have found a new way to stimulate patchiness in phospholipid membranes. Full story
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Democratic Party control could ban mandatory arbitration, expert says
Democratic Party control in Washington could restore lawsuits as an option for workers and consumers now forced to settle disputes through mandatory arbitration that gives employers and businesses an unfair edge, a University of Illinois labor law expert says. Full story |
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Nursing program enrollment grows as demand increases
The UIC College of Nursing on the UI’s Urbana campus increased the number of seats in its pre-licensure bachelor’s degree program from 48 to 56 last year, and plans to add another eight seats next year, according to Sandra Drozdz Burke, associate director of the Central Illinois Regional Program on the Urbana campus. Full story
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Trustees discuss separate accreditation of Global Campus
At its Nov. 13 meeting in Springfield, the UI Board of Trustees authorized university officials to seek separate accreditation for Global Campus. Full story
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Vice provost named dean of UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ruth Watkins, vice provost and a professor in the department of speech and hearing science, has been named the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Full story |
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Illinois launches I-STEM Education Collaborative
Beginning Nov. 10, the Illinois STEM Education Collaborative (I-STEM) seeks to increase the number and quality of science, technology, education and math teachers who graduate from the Urbana campus, along with improving student recruitment and retention rates in science and technology-affiliated programs, especially for women and minorities. Full story |
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Recently retired and long-serving staff employees were honored at the 2008 Staff Service Recognition Program Nov. 18 in the Illini Union. Full story
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Pam Cler, International Student and Scholar Services
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Tom Nation, Purchasing Division
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Betty Sappenfield, Conferences and Institutes
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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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- Wen-Tso Liu, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering
- Barry R. Pittendrigh, the C.W. Kearns, C.L. Metcalf and W.P. Flint Endowed Chair in Insect Toxicology, department of entomology in the Collge of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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achievements
A report on honors,
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Illinois institute named 'Deal of Distinction' by tech-transfer group Full story
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Lecture focuses on Muslim discussions of jihad … Dinner celebrates release of French wine … Winter 2009 IFLIP courses announced … Jeff Tweedy to perform Jan. 31
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On the Job: Chet Zych
Chet Zych has worked on campus virtually all of his life. Zych, associate director and certification officer at the Council on Teacher Education, started as an 8-year-old strawberry picker on the South Farms in 1954. More |
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deaths
William Robert Allen, 88, died Nov. 8 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He worked at the UI for 20 years, retiring in 1987 as an electrician for Operation and Maintenance (now Facilities and Services).
Phyllis Boswell, 76, died Nov. 2 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Boswell worked at the UI for 26 years, retiring in 1979 as a data entry operator.
Ronald Clinton, 69, died Nov. 6 at Regency Nursing Home, Springfield. Clinton was a wrestling coach at the UI from 1984 to 1992. Memorials: an educational fund to benefit his grandchildren.
Dean C. Nance, 91, died Nov. 15 at his Chrisman home. Nance worked for the UI for 30 years, retiring in 1976 as a painter with O&M. Memorials: First Baptist Church in Chrisman or Grace Bible Church in Urbana.
Fabian Schaefer, 81, died Nov. 6 at the Piatt Country Nursing Home, Monticello. Schaefer worked at the UI for 24 years, retiring in 1990 as a building service worker for O&M. Memorials: Piatt County Nursing Home Foundation, P.O. Box 410, Monticello, IL 61956.
James Hammond Smith, 83, died Oct. 30 at his home in Clark-Lindsey Village, Urbana. Smith, professor emeritus of physics, taught at the UI for 40 years, retiring in 1991. He served as the physics department’s associate head from 1972 to 1980. His career helped to further the era of high-energy particle physics. Memorials: Habitat for Humanity; the First Presbyterian Church of Champaign; or the UI Foundation/Excellence in Physics.
Elizabeth M. “Betty” Uden, 86, died Nov. 5 at the Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital. Uden worked at the UI for 18 years, from June 1958 until December 1964 and again from November 1966 until retiring in 1988 as head cook at the Illini Union. Memorial: Hoopeston Nursing Home or Immanuel Lutheran Church, Flatville.
Phillip Eugene Wise, 75, died Nov. 12 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Wise was a plumber for O&M for 18 years, retiring in 1995. Memorials: Paralyzed Veterans of America, 80 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006-3517; or to the Smile Train, 41 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010.
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