Christopher Kennedy talks with reporters after being elected chair of the UI Board of Trustees during the board’s Sept. 10 meeting at the Illini Union. See stories about the meeting and the new appointments to the board.
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UI seismologist Xiaodong Song and graduate student Zhen J. Xu have observed significant changes in the behavior of parts of Earth’s crust that were disturbed by three major earthquakes.
Every time a neuron sends a signal – to move a muscle or form a memory, for example – tiny membrane-bound compartments, called vesicles, dump neurotransmitters into the synapse between the cells. Researchers report that this process, which is fundamental to the workings of the nervous system, relies on a simple mechanical reality: Tension in the axon of the presynaptic neuron is required.
In some urban neighborhood parks, the usual Rollerbladers and stroller-pushing mamas are being replaced by gangbangers packing knives and guns, and pushing drugs.
A market-based approach to increasing school choice actually leads to fewer educational opportunities, particularly for disadvantaged students in urban areas, according to a UI expert in education.
A team of expert divers, a geochemist and an archaeologist will be the first to explore the sacred pools of the southern Maya lowlands in rural Belize.
Thirty years ago, U.S. airlines stopped arbitrarily grounding passengers on overbooked flights, instead offering rewards if travelers give up seats to make room for hurried fliers who need to touch down on time.
On Sept. 14, the Urbana-Champaign Senate voted to recommend that UI President B. Joseph White and Chancellor Richard Herman be replaced, and UI Board of Trustees chair Christopher Kennedy announced that an ad hoc committee of the board would review the performance of university personnel in relation to the Category I admissions controversy.
When the newly appointed UI Board of Trustees met for the first time Sept. 10 at Urbana, their first orders of business included electing Chicago businessman Christopher Kennedy to chair the board and passing a resolution putting an end to preferential admissions practices.
Gov. Pat Quinn announced five more appointments to the UI Board of Trustees on Sept. 4, filling the remaining vacancies on the university’s board in preparation for its Sept. 10 meeting in Urbana.
An event to be held Sept. 30 at the Illini Union that will highlight the role and accomplishments of teaching academies on campus and honor instructors for excellent teaching is part of a larger effort to explore pioneering teaching and learning methods at Illinois.
Among the newcomers to the Urbana campus are 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.
“The School of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition” continues through Sept. 27 in the UI’s Krannert Art Museum.
The UI Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of Leon Dash as director of the Center for Advanced Study.
The UI College of Business is launching two new scholarship programs to help Central Illinois residents struggling amid a deep and lingering economic downturn, officials announced Sept. 3. Additionally, the college is offering Dean’s University Employee Scholarships to as many as eight UI employees admitted to the Professional MBA Program.
Ten UI professors begin their appointments this fall as professors in the Center for Advanced Study – one of the highest forms of recognition the campus bestows on faculty members for outstanding scholarship.
UI English professor Janice N. Harrington is one of six recipients of the 2009 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards.
