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Slash in corporate investment creating long-term problems
A deep and lingering credit crisis is throttling investment in moneymaking projects that could help jump-start a U.S. economy mired in its worst downturn in decades, a new survey of corporate executives shows. Full story |
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Honey bees on cocaine dance more, a finding that sheds light on bee language
In a study that challenges current ideas about the insect brain, researchers have found that honey bees on cocaine tend to exaggerate. Full story |
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All work and no play makes for troubling trend in early education
Parents and educators who favor traditional classroom-style learning over free, unstructured playtime in preschool and kindergarten may actually be stunting a child’s development instead of enhancing it, according to a UI professor. Full story |
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Ethanol will curb farm income until economy rebounds, economist says
Ethanol helped drive two years of record profits for grain farmers, but also will hold income down during a looming recession that has already sliced crop prices in half, a University of Illinois economist says. Full story |
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Answers to huge wind-farm problems are blowin' in the wind
While harnessing more energy from the wind could help satisfy growing demands for electricity and reduce emissions of global-warming gases, turbulence from proposed wind farms could adversely affect the growth of crops in the surrounding countryside. Full story |
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Scientists fool bacteria into killing themselves to survive
Like firefighters fighting fire with fire, researchers at the UI and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have found a way to fool a bacteria’s evolutionary machinery into programming its own death. Full story |
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Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts
Another crippling financial crisis looms unless the U.S. government thaws credit markets that are starting to freeze up amid a lingering and deepening recession, a UI economist warns. Full story |
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Integrated town that predates Civil War earns landmark status
A remote western Illinois field could someday yield tourists instead of crops, adding to the state’s legacy of racial equality that already includes Abraham Lincoln and the nation’s first black president. Full story |
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God or science? A belief in one weakens positive feelings for the other
A person’s unconscious attitudes toward science and God may be fundamentally opposed, researchers report, depending on how religion and science are used to answer “ultimate” questions such as how the universe began or the origin of life. Full story |
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Boy-girl bullying in middle grades more common than previously thought
Much more cross-gender bullying – specifically, unpopular boys harassing popular girls – occurs in later elementary school grades than previously thought, meaning educators should take reports of harassment from popular girls seriously, according to new research by a UI professor. Full story |
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Flash Index continues decline, drops to 97
Recession’s grip on the Illinois economy tightened in January as the UI Flash Index fell to a reading of 97, the lowest recorded since October 2003. The index fell from its December level of 98.7 and is down from a reading of 103.6 just one year ago. Full story
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NRC assessment of doctoral programs expected in March
Faculty and staff members, students, prospective students, and other constituencies will be able to see how the UI’s graduate programs stack up against those of peer institutions when the National Research Council releases the results of its most recent assessment of doctoral programs, which is expected to occur in March. The NRC is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. Full story |
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Trustees discuss possible budget shortfall for FY 2009
The university is preparing for the repercussions of a state budget revenue shortfall by planning for a rescission in the current fiscal year, Walter Knorr, chief financial officer and university vice president, told the UI Board of Trustees on Jan. 15 in Chicago. Full story |
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Town Hall meetings held to discuss budget concerns
Students and faculty and staff members packed Foellinger Hall on the evening of Jan. 22 to give campus officials feedback and suggest possible strategies for dealing with the state’s economic problems and their adverse impact on the university’s budget. Chancellor Richard Herman and Provost Linda Katehi led the town hall meeting with the support of several panelists. Full story
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Engineering professor now leading U. of I. Graduate College
Debasish (Deba) Dutta joined the UI's Urbana campus as dean of the Graduate College and associate provost, effective Jan. 16. Full story |
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Entomology department marks centennial with insect calendar
The UI entomology department is 100 years old this year, and to celebrate, has produced a calendar of insects sporting orange and blue, the school colors. Full story |
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Zipcar program ready to roll … on campus and beyond
A fleet of six Zipcars – including a Mazda 3 called Millikan and a Toyota Matrix called Martynas that are assigned to campus – went into service in Champaign and Urbana on Jan. 13. Full story |
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Awards presented for excellence in public engagement
Two faculty members, one academic professional and two students were honored with this year’s Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement. Full story |
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Two professors receive grants in support of projects in performing arts
Two professors in the UI College of Fine and Applied Arts are among a select group of artists receiving 2009 grants from Creative Capital, the nation’s premier national artists support organization. Full story
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WILL-TV documentary features Lincoln's
'Prelude to the Presidency' … 'Doodle for Wildlife' to benefit Wildlife Medical Clinic … UIUCnet Dialup Services to retire July 1 …Willard adds another flight to Chicago
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Illini Spirit Award proposals requested … Center for Children's Books announces annual book sale …Internship offers study of chocolate
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Viewers can vote for favorite BritCom … Apply for access to supercomputers …Humanities Data Curation featured in summer institute
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IPRH hosts spring film series … Exhibition highlights a decade of humanities at IPRH …University YMCA announces speakers for spring Friday Forum and KYU
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On the Job: Lori Dick
Lori Dick is an administrative aide and assistant to the director of graduate studies in the department of mathematics. She enjoys working with graduate students and keeps in touch with many of them after they move away. More |
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deaths
Philip A. Bauman, 90, died Jan. 27 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He was a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UI for 30 years, retiring in 1976.
Edward D. Ebert, 91, died Jan. 29 at home in Champaign. Ebert was a professor of industrial and enterprise systems engineering at the UI from 1964 until he retired in 1978. Memorials: Edward Ebert Scholarship Fund in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering. Make checks payable to: UIF/Edward Ebert Scholarship. Mail to: UI Foundation, 1305 W. Green St., MC-386.
Janell Teeples Hartley, 84, died Jan. 28 at Hinsdale Adventist Hospital. Hartley worked at the UI as an assistant to the ombudsman, in the Grants-in-Aid Office, and in Student Affairs. Memorials: Alzheimer’s Association.
Mary A. Iles, 88, died Jan. 21 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Iles worked at the UI as a locker-room attendant in the women’s physical education department for 26 years, retiring in 1982. Memorials: Eastern Star Scholarship Fund, Muscular Dystrophy Association or Carle Hospice.
Frances Sinnamon Kurtz, 92, died Jan. 14 at Meadowbrook Health Services, Urbana. Kurtz worked as an extra help registration supervisor with Student Accounts and Cashiering from 1984 to 1990.
Vincent Lecher, 84, died Jan. 21 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Lecher worked as a building service worker at the UI Physical Plant for 34 years, retiring in 1980. Memorials: Alzheimer’s Association or Holy Cross Catholic Church, 405 W. Clark St., Champaign, IL 61820.
Helen Ann Miller House Phipps, 87, died Jan. 19 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Phipps came to the UI in 1958 to teach dietetics and institutional management. She retired in 1970.
Walter Deane Rose, 89, died Jan. 19 at home in Champaign. Rose joined the UI faculty in 1956 as a professor of mining and metallurgical engineering and retired in 1968. Memorials: UI Foundation, Rose Award for Teaching Excellence in the College of Engineering, 1305 W. Green St., MC-386.
Ellen M. Stevens, 74, died Jan. 23 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Stevens worked for the UI nearly 30 years as a chief clerk in Administrative Information Systems and Services, retiring in 1997.
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