News Bureau

Terry Jobin is the director of the Faculty/Staff Assistance Program.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Fourteen faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, four academic professionals and five teaching assistants will be honored for excellence in teaching and advising undergraduate students tonight at the annual Instructional Awards Banquet.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The 131st commencement of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be held in two ceremonies May 12 at the Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Ten years after a Latino/a student demonstration on the University of Illinois campus called for reforms concerning students, faculty, staff, curriculum and campus climate, a forum on April 27 will take a look at the past experiences of Latinas/os on campus and toward the future.

Walter Rhee is an academic hourly in the department of food science and human nutrition. He teaches native Asian cooking. In addition, he is a martial arts and self defense instructor who holds a third-degree belt and is working on attaining his fourth-degree rank.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. This country's most comprehensive museum exhibition of early works by Louise Bourgeois is among four new shows opening at the University of Illinois' Krannert Art Museum in the coming weeks.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The welcome mat will be out on April 20, when the University of Illinois' Japan House invites the community inside and to experience Japanese arts and culture at its annual spring open house.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Members of the transportation faculty within the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Illinois are holding an open house and dedication ceremony at the Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Laboratory (ATREL) in Rantoul, Ill., on Friday, (April 12) beginning at 2 p.m. ATREL was acquired as a no-cost transfer when the Chanute Air Force Base closed in 1994 and has become a premier research facility with an estimated value of approximately $10 million.

Don Chambers, a broadcast animator at WILL, has worked at the UI for eight years. He creates on-air animation, still graphics, Web graphics and billboards.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and environmental activist, and Dave Eggers, a best-selling author and alumnus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will speak at a student town hall meeting April 6 (Saturday) to discuss the latest generations present and future.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Interrelated issues facing the United States and the European Union since Sept. 11 will be the focus of this years European Union Day activities on April 3 at the University of Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan will discuss the future of the Middle East in a public forum at the University of Illinois on April 10.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Recruiters from half the states and several foreign countries will be looking for teachers to fill thousands of positions March 28 at the University of Illinois at the annual Teacher Placement Day.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Clarence Shelley, a former dean of students and associate vice chancellor, will receive the Chancellor's Medallion today for his 33 years of exemplary service to the University of Illinois and the Champaign-Urbana community.

Eric Larson is a pastry chef in the Housing Division. A seven-year employee of the university, Larson began working in restaurants as a teen-ager.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) on the Urbana-Champaign campus will join Hewlett-Packard Co. and five other leading research institutions in the Gelato Federation, a worldwide consortium focused on enabling open source Linux-based Intel® Itanium Processor Family computing solutions for academic, government and industrial research.

A 22-year employee of the UI, Artice James is a subforeman in the sheet metal shop in the Operation and Maintenance Division.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois Pershing Rifles, a fraternal service organization of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, will host a military drill competition on March 9 and 10.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines and with diverse points-of-view will gather for a conference at the University of Illinois on March 8-9 to discuss the promise, problems and future direction of genetic research.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. University of Illinois students will exhibit new works in the annual Master of Fine Arts Exhibition at the UI's Krannert Art Museum March 9-April 7.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The incidence of robberies and aggravated assaults and batteries declined significantly during the period Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 2001, in the University of Illinois district, according to the latest crime statistics released by the UI police department.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Come to the Open House and send a plant to jail.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Wild and wacky Rube Goldberg machines, robots fighting for possession of a bowling ball, lively talks by Bill Nye the Science Guy, and more than 150 fun-filled exhibits are among the attractions awaiting visitors to the 82nd annual Engineering Open House at the University of Illinois.

Officer Christopher Hawk of the UI Division of Public Safety is certified by the International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA) as an instructor of police patrol tactics on bicycles.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. In an effort to improve safety, a slower speed limit has gone into effect today throughout most of a newly created University District at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The university will post signs designating the district and signs indicating the 25 mph speed limit (a reduction of 5 mph from the previous speed limit). Speed limits on major arterial streets in the district will be unaffected.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced today that it will develop and sponsor a yearlong campuswide commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education school desegregation case as well as create a Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has joined the University Affiliates program instituted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The program involves 40 U.S. academic institutions whose purpose is to help support and develop the academys research, particularly through its new Visiting Scholars Center.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has given the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign a $1 million grant to build a program to protect and preserve endangered library materials.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Poetry, dance, theater and music will highlight a series of academic and cultural events during the spring semester at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The events are part of the "Exploring the Human Experience" initiative announced by Chancellor Nancy Cantor in connection with the commencement addresses May 12 by Maya Angelou.

Jonathan Sivier has been a research programmer for the aviation research laboratory at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology for 14 years.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The diverse talents of faculty artists at the University of Illinois will be showcased in the annual School of Art and Design Faculty Art Exhibition Jan. 26 through Feb. 24 at the Krannert Art Museum.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Two lifelong civil rights activists, one of whom led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), will be among the featured speakers during the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Symposium Jan. 21-25 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Ancient and contemporary architecture will be juxtaposed in two new exhibitions that open this week at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. On view Jan. 11 through Feb. 16:

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today announced the sale of a UI-licensed virtual biotechnology company to Abbott Laboratories for $7 million. The company, BioDisplay Technologies Inc., was founded to commercialize technology that dramatically shortens the time it takes to discover various drugs that can be tested for their potential therapeutic application.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. That H.G. Wells' intelligence was rivaled only by his appetite for women has never been a secret.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The European Union Center at the University of Illinois has received renewed funding from the Delegation of the European Union Commission.

Julian Parrott started his career with the UI as a graduate assistant adviser in the General Curriculum Center in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 10 years ago. He is now the director of the center and assistant dean of the college.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. William T. Greenough has been appointed director of the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois. A professor of psychiatry, of psychology, of bioengineering and of cell and structural biology, Greenough had served as interim director since 2000. The center is an interdisciplinary forum for scholarly interaction at the Urbana campus and sponsors workshops and seminars featuring distinguished scholars and artists.

Emma Jean Mahoney liked her first job so much she has never left it. On Nov. 13, Mahoney, dubbed "The Database Queen" by her co-workers, celebrated her 40-year anniversary with the university and the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Monday (Nov. 19) for its new technology incubator, a facility that will give faculty and students the opportunity to explore commercialization options for their research.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Maya Angelou, an internationally acclaimed author and the recipient of numerous honors, will be the featured speaker during commencement ceremonies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on May 12, 2002.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The built environment will be the focus of two new exhibitions on view Nov. 16 through Dec. 22 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Thomas M. Siebel, founder, chairman and CEO of Siebel Systems Inc., was presented with the University of Illinois Presidential Award and Medallion on Oct. 30 by UI President James J. Stukel.

Donna Erickson is a research dietitian in the department of food science and human nutrition.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Applications are available for the 16th annual Paul D. Doolen Graduate Scholarship for the Study of Aging, sponsored by the Retirement Research Foundation.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Four public forums about anthrax will be held on the University of Illinois campus next week.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A University of Illinois student is ill with meningococcal meningitis, Dr. Robert Palinkas, the director of McKinley Health Center on campus, said today (Oct. 26).

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A computer that can recognize users faces, and even their moods. A method of delivering vaccine by a single pill that would eliminate the need for booster shots. An electronic "nose" that could be used by physicians to monitor dialysis patients and diagnose disease and by USDA inspectors to ensure fish is fresh.

Randy Fonner is an extension specialist in the livestock manager program in the department of agricultural engineering.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Students in the University of Illinois School of Architecture are organizing a forum on Oct. 18 to discuss the World Trade Center attack and its impact on the built environment.