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At the Feb. 20 meeting of the Urbana-Champaign Senate, Chancellor Richard Herman gave an overview of the strategic plan for the Urbana campus, which he said was “not just a roadmap to pre-eminence but to establishing a much greater role for us throughout the world,” especially in China, India and Singapore as well as Europe.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Collaborative paintings, photographs, drawings and installation are part of the rich mix of work on view in three exhibitions March 3 through April 1 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Minya Oh, "Miss Info" of the New York radio station known as Hot 97, will serve as the keynote speaker during an open house Wednesday (March 1) from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana. Her talk, focusing on activism in the Asian American and hip hop community, will begin Asian American Awareness Month at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This year's theme is "Building on Our Achievements."

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Thomas M. Siebel will be the speaker during the 135th commencement of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on May 14 at Assembly Hall. Ceremonies take place at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Organizational changes planned for university administration UI President B. Joseph White recently announced several organizational changes within university administration, including the creation of a vice president and chief financial officer position in order to strengthen the university's financial management. "This person will be responsible for all financial functions and will oversee the university's revenues, costs, capital expenditures, investments and debt," White said in the Feb. 7 announcement. "The CFO, in cooperation with other vice presidents, will be responsible for facilitating the university's budget process. Substantive budget decisions will be made by the president and chancellors with a clear focus on building and maintaining academic excellence and fulfilling our core missions of teaching, research, service and economic development." The CFO will be comptroller of the board of trustees as well as treasurer of the UI Foundation. Additional information about the CFO position and the search will be forthcoming. White said he asked Stephen K. Rugg, vice president for administration, to assume the role of vice president for planning and administration at the time the CFO joins the university. "Steve has agreed and I am grateful. I appreciate the knowledge and dedication Steve will continue to bring to the university leadership team," White said. In addition, White announced that Chester S. Gardner, vice president for academic affairs, will return to faculty work effective July 1. "I have agreed to his request," White said. "I thank Chet for his distinguished and valuable service to the university, and I am personally grateful for his support and help during my first year as president." Gardner has held several senior administrative roles during the past decade. He has been a faculty member of the department of electrical and computer engineering at the Urbana campus since 1973 and was appointed a faculty affiliate in the department of atmospheric sciences in 1995. White said that David Chicoine, vice president for technology and economic development, has agreed to add academic affairs to his responsibilities on an interim basis effective July 1. "Over the next several months and during the interim period, I plan to confer extensively with the chancellors, representatives of the faculty and others about our approach to academic affairs," White said. "A guiding principle for me is that academic excellence is built by the departments, schools and colleges with guidance and support from the president, chancellors and provosts."

New service offered whether traveling for business or pleasure

Lisa Ochoa is a program administrative assistant with the Intensive English Institute. She has served as a foster parent to approximately 300 dogs.

Establish the UI as the premier public university recognized for comprehensive excellence.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of 20 universities selected to participate in the 2007 Solar Decathlon, a competition in which teams of students from colleges and universities in the United States, Europe and Canada compete to design, build and operate homes powered exclusively by solar energy.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Art historians and curators from across the nation will gather at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Feb. 17-18 for "Making a Scene: Curating Contemporary East Asian Art in the U.S."

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - After Rodney Howlett graduates from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's degree in architecture, he hopes to return to his home base near St. Louis to design churches.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Scholars from throughout the United States will assemble at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Feb. 23-25 to address this year's Joint Area Centers Symposium on "Criminal Trafficking and Slavery: The Dark Side of Regional and Global Migration."

CITES projects to improve computer connection speeds

2005 was warm, dry year

Live from Peru, journalism students put class work into practice

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Thomas Korder is Krannert's technical director and a professor in the department of theater since 1989. He is in charge of the scenery for shows produced by UI units.

On Jan. 31, the UI filed an appeal of a National Collegiate Athletic Association policy that prohibits the Urbana-Champaign campus from hosting post-season NCAA championship competition because of the 80-year-old Chief Illiniwek tradition. 

The UI is examining its financial status to see how much money it can borrow during the next few years for several high-priority capital projects, according to information presented at the UI Board of Trustees meeting Jan. 19 in Chicago.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Two projects under way at Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services will improve connection speeds for users of the University of Illinois computer network and will support bandwidth-intensive research initiatives.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Should the October earthquake in Pakistan, and the widespread devastation it caused, raise concerns in the central United States?

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Robberies increased by about 45 percent in the University of Illinois reporting district between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31 last year, according to statistics released this week by the University of Illinois Division of Public Safety.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Innovative architectural projects will be featured in two new exhibitions on view Feb. 3-25 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Urbana campus ranked a 'best value'

Tom Austin is a cook in the Housing Division. Some might think he's a combination of a children's show host and a celebrity chef. "My favorite thing is telling stories," said Austin.

Since the UI opened its doors in 1867 with just one building, the Urbana campus has grown to encompass more than 15 million square feet of facilities and more than 200 major buildings spread across approximately 1,400 contiguous acres of land.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Students no longer need to wait until their junior year to apply for admission to the College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Starting today (Jan. 18), the college will accept applications from any current U. of I. student who will be at least a sophomore by the start of the fall semester.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Beginning this summer, students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may be able to study abroad in countries with active travel warnings issued by the U.S. Department of State.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - She exhibited with the surrealists in Paris in the 1930s and with the abstract expressionists in New York in the 1940s and 1950s. Today, her work is in the collections of some of the most respectable art museums in the United States. Yet, if the name Hedda Sterne appears at all in textbooks documenting 20th-century art history, it's typically as a passing reference or a footnote.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Why is the issue of immigration so contentious in a nation of immigrants? Why do Americans welcome immigrants but also consider them a threat? As Congress considers changes to immigration, what are the policies that make sense?

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -Members of the World War II fighter pilots who became known as The Tuskegee Airmen, and Marc Morial, a former mayor of New Orleans, are scheduled to be on the University of Illinois campus this month to take part in this year's commemoration of the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Jan. 13-26.

Student Affairs will continue to manage Assembly Hall

Forum allows feedback on proposed department merger

Center links computing and humanities, arts and social science

Personal treasures await in limbo in lost and found

Former foster kids share experiences with policymakers

Donna Zimmerman is a staff clerk in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her co-workers affectionately call her Radar O'Reilly for her ability to come up with creative solutions.

The Committee on the Educational Effect of Chief Illiniwek has outlined a proposed plan for conducting an empirical study of how the UI’s athletic symbol affects the educational climate on campus, O. Vernon Burton, chair of the Senate Executive Committee, told the Urbana-Champaign Senate at its meeting Dec. 5.

American literary history is being made at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - literally, figuratively and frequently.

Hundreds of people may feel like Santa Claus received their letters this Christmas, thanks to the generosity of UI faculty and staff members.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - After an extensive tour throughout Europe and the United States, the exhibition "Prisoners' Inventions" will return to Chicago for a homecoming show Dec. 9 through Jan. 28 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Forum participants discuss pension changes

KAM exhibition shares emeritus professors' love of contemporary glass

Tasty celebration Gregg Knott, assistant to the head of food science and human nutrition, serves pork-stuffed turkey at the 2005 Beaujolais Nouveau Celebration at the Spice Box in Bevier Hall on Nov. 21. The event featured food prepared and presented by chef Jean Louis Ledent and students in the Hospitality Management Program and celebrated the release of the 2005 Beaujolais Nouveau wine. The annual celebration of the Beaujolais Nouveau release has become one of the most exciting and lively wine events in the world. According to French law, Beaujolais Nouveau can't be sold until the third Thursday of November. Experts from Corkscrew Wine Emporium discussed the new wine. The meal was an extensive cold buffet including jumbo shrimp, whole poached Atlantic salmon, frog leg salad, stuffed chicken and turkey, cheeses, fresh fruits, desserts and more. Proceeds from the event will benefit the renovation of the Quantity Foods Laboratory in the department of food science and human nutrition. The lab includes the Spice Box and the Bevier Café restaurants, and the kitchen facilities in Bevier Hall.

Dumpster part of innovative art display

Kathy Painter has worked at the UI for 26 years and is a faculty secretary with the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

Finding creative methods for engaging students in learning with the help of technology is a goal shared by faculty members Gail Hawisher, a professor of English and director of the Center for Writing Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Cleo D’Arcy, a professor of crop sciences and assistant dean of academic programs in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

Wind turbines, solar power to bring renewable energy

White outlines priorities for next five years

Chancellor pledges Illinois will 'develop the whole student'