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Library changes enhance access to resources New service model for Women and Gender Resources Library The University Library is exploring new ways to enhance collection access and service delivery. This fall, an integrated service model is under way for the Women and Gender Resources Library. The new model, used increasingly among academic libraries, redistributes women and gender resources among library units containing related materials. The change provides broader access to resources for faculty members and students from a variety of interdisciplinary fields. Cindy Ingold, women and gender resources librarian, retains her current office in the main Library and her full-time appointment, providing reference services and building strong research collections in collaboration with other campus librarians. She also is spending time in residence with two campus units, the Gender and Women's Studies Program and the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, offering reference consultations. The library's physical space has been converted into a conference room for meetings and gatherings related to women and gender studies as well as general library matters. For information about using the collection, contact Ingold, 333-7998 or cingold@illinois.edu. History and Philosophy Library merges with Newspaper Library The History and Philosophy Library and Newspaper Library have merged to form a new center for historical research on campus. The History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library brings together source material from a variety of related disciplines, integrating resources and services to more efficiently serve faculty members and students. The consolidated unit is located in the recently renovated 246 Main Library. It provides an extensive menu of public services and an inviting layout of reader space, computer terminals, microfilm reader-printers and scanners, and print collections. The new library is headed by Mary Stuart, who previously managed the History and Philosophy Library. "The merger brings together a concentration of expertise and resources in a way that offers a more cohesive research experience in a comfortable, welcoming environment," Stuart said. For more information, stop by the library or call 333-1509.

Fine arts scholars join computer scientists to explore cultural creativity

While thousands of new students were strolling the Quad behind the Illini Union enjoying the hubbub of Quad Day, inside the Union, new faculty members – and new academic professional staff members – were getting information to help them adjust to campus.

Darlene Schweighart is a building service worker in the Housing Division.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Poverty and social justice will be the featured topic for three prominent journalists - Jason DeParle, Leon Dash and Nicholas Lemann - in talks this fall sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association recently announced a new policy banning colleges and universities from “displaying hostile and abusive racial/ethnic/national origin mascots, nicknames or imagery” at any of its 88 postseason championship games, but it is unknown at this time how the new policy may affect the UI Board of Trustees’ efforts to reach consensus on Chief Illiniwek, which has been a topic of vigorous debate at the Urbana campus since at least the late 1980s.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was ranked 11th among the top 50 public national universities by U.S.News & World Report in rankings released Aug. 19.

The Class of 2009, a record-setting class of 7,650 freshmen, will be welcomed to the UI’s Urbana campus with a variety of activities and programs known as Illinois Celebration 2005.

Michele Winfrey is an admissions and records officer in the School of Social Work.

WILL-TV begins a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary this month by looking back at the station’s history, and by looking ahead to the digital era.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - As an art educator and researcher, Julia Kellman has long been aware - from her academic's box-seat vantage point - that art can impact people's lives in profound ways. But for the past four years, she's witnessed the phenomenal power of art-making from the perspective of a director who is on stage, engaging in an ongoing, intimate dialogue with the actors.

Options for Levis Faculty Center being explored

Campus moves toward supplementing power with wind turbines

At their meeting in Chicago on July 14, the UI Board of Trustees approved the construction of a hotel and restaurant near the Research Park on the Urbana campus.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - As Lance Armstrong pedals on in pursuit of his seventh consecutive Tour de France championship title, Wes Alexander is cheering on the celebrated cyclist/cancer survivor with a title of his own: a song title, that is.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Dr. Hugo C. Avalos, a small-town physician who has been retired for nearly four years, is helping the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign tackle a series of challenges facing the medical profession.

Louis Gornick is director of catering and administrative executive chef in the Housing Division.

While the appropriations bill passed by the Illinois General Assembly in May spared the UI from the drastic budget cuts it has seen in recent years, units on the UI’s three campuses will have to tighten their belts another notch to help balance the university’s FY06 budget.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Work by recent art-school graduates will be featured in an exhibition on view July 15 through Aug. 6 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today (June 28) signed an agreement with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore - known as A*STAR. Under terms of the agreement, as many as 15 students funded by A*STAR will pursue doctoral studies under the supervision of U. of I. faculty members and A*STAR researchers. The students, who will spend about two years in Singapore and an equal amount of time in Illinois, will earn U. of I. degrees. They will be studying science, technology and biomedicine.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - One hundred twenty undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were honored for scholastic excellence during the 2005 spring semester. A total of $328,135 in prizes was awarded.

UI to receive flat funding from state

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Physics staff member leads double life (on stage)

With a dramatic jump over last year in the percentage of those accepting admission, the UI is expecting its largest incoming freshman class ever, according to Keith Marshall, the associate provost who oversees admissions.

The identity of “Deep Throat” is no longer a mystery.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Aggravated assaults and batteries increased by more than 34 percent in the University of Illinois reporting district during the Sept. 1, 2004 - May 15, 2005, reporting period, according to statistics released this week by the U. of I. Division of Public Safety.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Issues related to gay male body image will be explored in a new exhibition on view June 10 through July 9 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Summer camps offer academics, athletics and music

Barb Robbins is a UI police officer in the Division of Public Safety.

UI policy offers guidelines for using Social Security numbers

Herman approved as chancellor, White unveils strategic plan By Sabryna Cornish UIC News Bureau At its May 19 meeting in Chicago, the UI Board of Trustees unanimously approved Richard Herman as chancellor of the Urbana campus. UI President B. Joseph White said an eight-month search was conducted after Nancy Cantor resigned from the position last February to become president of Syracuse University. "We attracted outstanding candidates from all over," White said, and faculty, staff and students on campus were very supportive of having Herman, who was named interim chancellor last year, fill the position permanently. "He received very strong endorsements from everyone in the administration and across the campus," White said. At a news conference last month, White announced his intention to endorse Herman as chancellor, who "stepped up and did a superb job in the interim role." "I have been awarded a trust that I will not break," Herman said. "To be chancellor is to always remember that learning, teaching, knowing, discovering, growing, contributing is - plain and simple - the most about the quality of one's ideas, not the volume of one's voice." A plan for the future

An old television commercial used to ask people how they spelled "relief."

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Forty-one outstanding students from Vietnam will be undertaking graduate studies in science and technology this fall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a result of an agreement between the university and the Vietnam Education Foundation. The number is the most of any of the 37 U.S. graduate institutions participating in the VEF Fellowship program.

Facilities and Services focuses on service, efficiency

Emeritus professor adapts special bikes for special kids

Esther Patt has been the coordinator of the Tenant Union for almost 26 years.

Ethical and religious arguments are regularly invoked to keep gay men and lesbians from achieving the same rights as heterosexuals. In “The Long Arc of Justice” (Columbia University Press/2005), professor of philosophy Richard D. Mohr addresses arguments about equal rights for gay and lesbian couples. He also discusses the nature of prejudices and other cultural forces that work against lesbian and gay causes.

Proposed revisions to policies governing intellectual property, parking and the approval process for graduate concentrations sparked debate at the April 25 meeting of the Urbana-Champaign Senate.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Two new exhibitions are on view through June 4 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Media consolidation and freedom of the press will be the themes for a May 10-11 conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, featuring a prominent group of journalists, artists, activists, media executives, policy-makers and scholars.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The problem of obesity, especially among children, has risen to near epidemic proportions in recent years. To help address this problem, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will host a forum May 25-26 to examine the role that soy foods can play in managing a person's weight.

UI president shares life lessons during lecture on ethics

Executive MBA Program fills need for many professionals returning to school

Reita Dalton is an inventory specialist in the Psychology Building.

Ilesanmi Adesida, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, was appointed interim dean of the College of Engineering at the Urbana campus during an April 8 teleconference of the UI Board of Trustees executive committee.

Richard Herman, who has served as interim chancellor since June 2004, was named the next chancellor of the UI’s Urbana campus by President Joe White on April 19.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - John Geanakoplos, an economist at Yale University, will deliver the second 2005 David Kinley Lecture in Economics at 4 p.m. May 2 (Monday) at 141 Wohlers Hall, 1206 S. Sixth St., Champaign.

Eight staff employees were honored with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award at a banquet held at 5:30 p.m. April 12 at the Peabody Private Dining Hall. The award recognizes exceptional performance.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The definition of good research is being constricted by politicians and funding agencies in the U.S. and many other countries, and to the detriment of research and scholarship in many fields, says professor Norman Denzin.