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Rate U. of I. business instructional facility achieves top 'green' standard

Original at FirstScience external link    Tue, Dec 8

By University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The state-of-the-art Business Instructional Facility at the University of Illinois has ... and more »

Rate When universities and businesses collaborate, it's "yours, mine and ours"

Original at scientificamerican.com external link    Tue, Dec 8

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As an example, Weyhenmeyer pointed to a deal signed in 2007 for the University of California Berkeley, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...

Rate ECS researcher to undertake first Internet-scale musical analysis

Original at ecs.soton.ac.uk external link    Mon, Dec 7

The University of Southampton will develop SALAMI with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Schulich School of Music, mcgill University. ...

Rate Symposium marks century of discovery for U. of I. entomology department

Original at FirstScience external link    Thu, Dec 3

By University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, lll. – The University of Illinois department of entomology celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2009 ... and more »

Rate Structural Insight into Nascent Polypeptide Chain–Mediated Translational Stalling - Science Magazine

Original at Science Magazine external link    Thu, Dec 3

Structural Insight into Nascent Polypeptide Chain–Mediated Translational Stalling subscription) 3 Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. 4 Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of ...

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate Dean McGee Eye Institute Names Dr. Gregory L. Skuta New President/CEO

Original at Benzinga external link    Thu, Dec 3

He earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois College of Medicine ... and more »

Rate PicoTech Appointed as NanoInk's Distribution Partner for Israel - PR-inside.com

Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) external link    Thu, Dec 3

PicoTech Appointed as NanoInk's Distribution Partner for Israel PR-inside.com (press release) University of Strathclyde, University of Liverpool, California Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ... and more »

Rate November dries out, warms up

Original at Morris Daily Herald external link    Thu, Dec 3

The Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, under the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, is the primary ... and more »

Past Month

 

Rate Number of Foreign Students in US Hits New High

Original at Voice of America external link    Wed, Nov 25

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The other schools in the top five were the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. ... and more »

Rate University of Massachusetts Amherst and ADVENTUS recognize future ... - Environmental Expert

Original at environmental-expert.com external link    Tue, Nov 24

University of Massachusetts Amherst and ADVENTUS recognize future ... Environmental Expert (press release) Ms. Kayleigh Dunnett, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, for her presentation on “Biodegradation of Tert-butyl Alcohol (TBA) using Biological ...

Rate Carvedilol has additional benefit for cardiac patients

Original at RxPG NEWS external link    Sun, Nov 22

By University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [RxPG] A study, which appears in the journal Circulation Research, found that beta-blockers that target both ... and more »

Rate University of Illinois Caves After Two-Day Grad Strike

Original at Labor Notes external link    Wed, Nov 18

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Graduate employees wrapped up a two-day strike at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after the university agreed to the union's key demands. ... After Protests, A Win for Illinois Graduate StudentsIn These Times Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette -Inside Higher Ed -AFL-CIO

Rate Bensenville drops opposition to O'Hare expansion

Original at Chicago Daily Herald external link    Mon, Nov 16

Daniel McMillen, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign economics professor with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, said. ... and more »

Rate Scribd to Sell 14000 Graduate Dissertations and Theses - mediabistro.com

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Mon, Nov 16

Scribd to Sell 14000 Graduate Dissertations and Theses blog) The partnership will carry work from 14 universities including Princeton, University of Arizona, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ... and more »

Rate Lemelson Student Prize Open for Entries

Original at illinois.edu external link    Sun, Nov 15

ARE YOU A CREATIVE OR INNOVATIVE PERSON? FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN WIN $30,000! ENTRIES FOR LEMELSON STUDENT PRIZE OPEN 10/19/09-11/20/09. VISIT WWW.30KPRIZE.ILLINOIS.EDU TO ENTER Awarding outstanding innovation and invention: The Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize, administered by the Te...

Rate Observation of the Role of Subcritical Nuclei in Crystallization of a Glassy Solid - Science Magazine

Original at Science Magazine external link    Thu, Nov 12

Observation of the Role of Subcritical Nuclei in Crystallization of a Glassy Solid subscription) 1 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Urbana, IL 61801, USA. ... and more »

Year 2009

 

Rate Advanced Digital Sciences Centre appoints new director

Original at Channel News Asia external link    Tue, Nov 10    1 related articles

The ADSC is a research initiative brought about by a collaboration between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Singapore's Agency for Science ... and more »

Rate Legacy of Learning banquet to honor five alumni of Decatur public schools

Original at Herald & Review external link    Sat, Nov 7

Herald & Review She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master's in dance from Smith College. ...

Rate LEMELSON CALL FOR ENTRIES OPEN

Original at illinois.edu external link    Mon, Oct 19

Awarding outstanding innovation and invention: The Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize, administered by the Technology Entrepreneur Center in the College of Engineering, is awarded on an annual basis to an undergraduate or graduate student who has created or improved a product or pro...

Rate ACM Reflections | Projections Job Fair

Original at illinois.edu external link    Fri, Oct 9

The Reflections | Projections Job Fair will be held from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Friday, October 16, 2009 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus in the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science. The job fair features several premier computing and technology employers o...

Rate Omnidirectional Relay in Wireless Networks

Original at illinois.edu external link    Fri, Oct 9

Abstract: For wireless networks with multiple sources, an omnidirectional relay scheme is developed, where each node can help relay multiple messages in different directions. This is accomplished by the decode-and- forward relay strategy, with each relay binning the multiple mess...

Rate UPCRC Illinois Research Seminar - Wonsun Ahn

Original at illinois.edu external link    Thu, Sep 24

Title:BulkCompiler: High-Performance Sequential Consistency through Cooperative Compiler and Hardware SupportAbstract:A platform that supported Sequential Consistency (SC) for all codes--- not only the well-synchronized ones --- would simplify the task of programmers. Rec...

Rate iV10 Lecture Series: Amit Sudharshan

Original at illinois.edu external link    Mon, Jun 15

iVentures10, part of IllinoisVENTURES, is a 10 week summer program in Champaign, where teams develop their idea into a working product. This program is designed to fuel the entrepreneurial energy and ingenuity of computer science & engineering students.We invite you to attend our...

Rate Can the private sector make a breakthrough in space access?

Original at The Space Review external link    Mon, Jun 8

He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BS in physics from the California Institute of Technology. ... and more »

Rate Top university pay in coaching, medicine

Original at Chicago Daily Southtown external link    Sun, Jun 7    14 related articles

 IL Louis Gornick can claim a title no one else can - highest-paid chef at a public university in Illinois. Last year, Gornick, the assistant director of catering and executive chef at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, made $83000. ...

Rate Criminal Justice Student Delivers Paper at ICQI Conference

Original at shu.edu external link    Fri, Jun 5

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Seton Hall University News & Events The meeting was held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on May 20-23, 2009. More than 1300 people from all over the world attended this conference. Smith, who is from Northern Virginia, delivered her paper at a session on “Violence, ...

Rate School Digest

Original at Pioneer Press Online external link    Thu, May 21

 IL Andrew Katz has been awarded an International Engineering Scholarship from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Katz is a senior at Libertyville High School and will enter computer science at Illinois. Alicia Kelly of Mundelein was honored ...

Rate Institute for Chemistry Literacy Through Computational Science ICLCS Fellows Summer Institute II

Original at illinois.edu external link    Mon, May 18

This is the second year of participation in the Institute for Chemistry Literacy and Computational Science (ICLCS) for Cadre II Fellows. The vision of ICLCS is to provide rural Illinois chemistry teachers with content, computational tools and teaching methodology, and leadership de...

Rate 2009 Symposium on Application Accelerators in High-Performance Computing (SAAHPC'09)

Original at illinois.edu external link    Mon, May 4

What do GPUs, FPGAs, vector processors and other exotic special-purpose chips have in common? They are advanced processor architectures that the scientific community is using to accelerate computationally demanding applications. While high-performance computing systems that u...

Rate 'Higher Learning, Greater Good'

Original at Inside Higher Ed external link    Tue, Apr 21

 DC McMahan, a professor emeritus of economics and education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, responded to questions about his new book. Q: College leaders regularly talk about the importance of higher education being seen as a societal ...

Rate Univ. of Wyoming hires new vice president

Original at The Casper Star Tribune external link    Fri, Apr 17

 WY The University of Wyoming has hired an administrator from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to oversee financial, operational and administrative services. The university announced Friday that Douglas Vinzant (Vin-ZAHNT) will start as vice ...

Rate Jeffrey Walkington '84 Named Principal of U of Illinois ...

Original at DePauw University News external link    Fri, Apr 17

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 IN University Laboratory High School is a selective admission, public, laboratory school sanctioned by the State of Illinois and associated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school serves academically talented students, ...

Rate Midwest Tornadoes Destroy Homes

Original at Wall Street Journal external link    Mon, Mar 9

And thousands of people lost power Sunday across central Illinois, including most of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. In northwest Ohio, high winds tore a roof off of one house, blew the windows out of another and damaged a barn ...

Rate Apollo Solar Energy Appoints Dexter Fong as Chief Financial Officer - PR Newswire

Original at prnewswire.com external link    Mon, Feb 2

PR Newswire (press release), NY He received a Diploma in History from the Hong Kong Baptist College in 1982, a MBA from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1989, and a Masters in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 1993. Mr. Renyi Hou , Chief Executive ...

Rate Repression of Political Speech and Activity Abounds on College Campuses in 2008

Original at FIRE external link    Wed, Dec 24

By azhar@thefire.org (Azhar Majeed) Another memorable political speech case arose at the University of Oklahoma (OU). In September, an OU administrator sent a campus-wide e-mail to all students, faculty, and staff directing them not to use their university e-mail accounts to "endorse or oppose a candidate, including th...

Rate Bacteria Forced to Mutate Into Oblivion

Original at Medgadget.com external link    Fri, Dec 19

By Michael Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a technique to trick bacteria to mutate itself into suicide when presented with specific antimicrobials. Wong is corresponding author of a paper accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the National...

Rate Study: Today's youth think quite highly of themselves

Original at usatoday.com external link    Tue, Nov 18

Today's teenagers and young adults are far more likely than their parents to believe they're great people, destined for maximum success as workers, spouses and parents, suggests a report comparing three decades of national surveys.And these so-called Millennials or Gen Y young peopl...

Rate Professor Steve LaValle of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Original at illinois.edu external link    Tue, Nov 4

Title:Cyber-Physical Systems: From Sensing and Actuation to Information SpacesAbstract:Over the past couple of years, the term cyber-physical systems has emerged and has been identified as a top national priority for research. The main observation is that as the interplay between...

Rate Argonne and Three Area Universities Form Illinois Center for Advanced Tribology

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Fri, Oct 31

By Mike Millikin The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has teamed with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Northwestern University to form the Illinois Center for Advanced Tribology (ICAT), which will dev...

Rate Studies: Corn Ethanol Production Has Smaller Carbon Footprint than Gasoline and Will Continue to Improve; Room for Growth Without Affecting Food and Feed

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Tue, Oct 28

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By Mike Millikin The Global Warming and Land Use Impact of Corn Ethanol Produced at the Illinois River Energy Center was written by Dr. Steffen Mueller, principal research economist at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Energy Resources Center, with Ken Copenhaver, Institute for Technology Deve...

Rate Could former Gov. George Ryan win the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize?

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Tue, Sep 30

By Eric Zorn University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign law professor Francis Boyle, who annually nominates Ryan for the Nobel in honor of his landmark decision to commute all death sentences in Illinois to life in prison shortly before he left office in 2003,  says he has received word from Stockh...

Rate New Light Sensor Mimicks Eye for Superior Camera Performance

Original at Medgadget.com external link    Wed, Aug 6

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This strategy opens up exciting, new engineering design possibilities by eliminating the two dimensional, planar constraints of conventional, semiconductor wafer-based optoelectronics," said John Rogers, Flory-Founder Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering a...

Rate Call for Papers: Chicago Digital Humanities Colloquium

Original at abcs (WordPress) external link    Wed, Apr 30

By mmacken Sponsored by the Humanities Division, the Computational Institute, NSIT Academic Technologies and the University Library at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University and the College of Science and Letters at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Year 2007

 

Rate Study: Miscanthus More Than Twice as Productive as Switchgrass for Energy Crop

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Wed, Jul 11

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By Mike Millikin The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is working with the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in forming the new $500-million Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) funded by BP, with UC Berkeley taking the lead.  (Earlier post.)

Rate Studying One Molecule at a Time

Original at Medgadget.com external link    Wed, May 30

By Michael Many scientists say that more can be learned about the dynamics of chemical reactions that power biological processes by studying the behavior of individual molecules rather than observing the collective behavior of many molecules, as scientists do now. But techniques for single-mo...

Rate Wisconsin also adopts CIC author addendum

Original at Open Access News external link    Wed, May 9

By Peter Suber Institutions and organizations around the world, including the CIC provosts, are leading initiatives to inform authors in all disciplines about their rights and how to retain them. When scholarship is published in journals or elsewhere, publishers typically ask authors to sign a tra...

Rate U of Minnesota adopts the CIC author addendum

Original at Open Access News external link    Sat, May 5

By Peter Suber Yesterday I noted that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had adopted the Author Addendum drafted by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). Today I can report that the University of Minnesota has done the same.  (Thanks to Access Denied.)  The May 3 vote in the Fa...

Rate U of Illinois adopts an author addendum

Original at Open Access News external link    Fri, May 4

By Peter Suber If you remember, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) created an Author Addendum back in February 2007.  Now the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, one of 13 CIC member institutions, has adopted the addendum.  Here's the announcement in full from the UIUC news bu...

Rate Podcast: Bear in Mind: Energy BioSciences Institute

Original at webcast.berkeley external link    Wed, Feb 28

By webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau) On February 1, global energy firm BP announced that it had selected UC Berkeley, in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to lead an unprecedented $500 million research effort to develop new sources of ener...

Year 2005

 

Rate UW signs onto satellite teaching program

Original at UW Badger Herald external link    Mon, Dec 12

Other American universities involved include Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Purdue, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Washington, the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of California at Los Angeles; the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Geo...

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