AAUP hosts open meeting with former Gov. Jim Edgar on May 10 May 5, 2016 9:00 am52 views The U. of I. chapter of the American Association of University Professors will host an open meeting with former Gov. Jim Edgar from 3 to 4:30 p.m. May 10 in the General Lounge of the Illini Union Room 210. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts announces its 2016-17 youth series May 5, 2016 9:00 am58 views For decades, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts has welcomed thousands of the area’s young people each season for a series of inventive and inspiring daytime programs, carefully curated to awaken minds while also addressing Common Core and Illinois learning standards. Advanced Material Characterization Workshop June 7-8 May 5, 2016 9:00 am38 views The Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory will host the 10th annual Advanced Materials Characterization Workshop at the Urbana campus June 7-8. This workshop provides a critical, comparative and condensed overview of major analytical techniques for materials characterization with emphasis on practical applications. Final issue of Inside Illinois announced May 5, 2016 9:00 am2371 views This is the final issue of Inside Illinois, but it’s not the end of the campus news function. Benefit Choice: Clarification on fiscal year 2017 insurance premiums May 5, 2016 9:00 am1041 views Last week, a flier announcing the May Benefit Choice period was mailed from the state of Illinois Central Management Services, which administers health coverage for state employees. It included information at the bottom of page 5 about the possibility that U. of I. employees would be required to pay retroactive increases to their insurance premiums, depending on the outcome of an ongoing legal dispute pending before the Illinois Labor Relations Board. The potential retroactive costs are unknown at this time and will remain unknown during the Benefit Choice period, during which time employees must select a health plan. Achievements May 5, 2016 9:00 am263 views A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members. On the Job: Nate Beccue May 5, 2016 8:00 am991 views In addition to the main gardens at Allerton Park and Retreat Center, there are 1,500 acres of grounds that have to be maintained, and Nate Beccue manages to do it all by himself. Styrecycle introduces a new way to reduce campus waste May 4, 2016 4:45 pm1412 views Expanded polystyrene – more commonly known by its brand name “Styrofoam” – is everywhere. It makes up your disposable coffee cup, the packing peanuts in those care packages to students, and the insulation in your office walls. At Illinois, countless bottles of chemicals, biology specimens and fragile parts of lab equipment arrive in packaging made of Styrofoam every day, and, sadly, almost all of it gets tossed in the trash. Allerton Park kicks off its concert series May 6 May 4, 2016 12:45 pm386 views Allerton Park and Retreat Center will kick off its concert series on Friday, May 6. New book examines role of children’s writing in creating their childhoods May 2, 2016 1:30 pm817 views The experiences of eight children from around the world as they learned written language, and the ways in which these students used composition to confront social, societal and pedagogical barriers, are explored in a new book by a University of Illinois scholar. Six Illinois professors named Guggenheim Fellows May 2, 2016 12:15 pm2724 views Six professors at the University of Illinois have been named 2016 Guggenheim Fellows, bringing to 13 the number of U. of I. faculty members who have been honored with the fellowship over the last three years. This year’s fellows are Dennis Baron, Karin A. Dahmen, Craig Koslofsky, Mei-Po Kwan, Ralph W. Mathisen and Rebecca Stumpf. Commencement ceremony to take place May 14 at Memorial Stadium May 1, 2016 12:15 pm674 views The 145th Commencement of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 14 at Memorial Stadium. University and Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition reach tentative agreement on five-year contract Apr 30, 2016 8:30 pm607 views Negotiators reach tentative agreement, and the NTFC will vote Sunday on whether to end its five-day work stoppage. NFTC membership to review and vote on the tentative agreement in the near future. May 5 event reflects on lecture series and undergraduate education Apr 29, 2016 2:30 pm52 views The final event in a lecture series focusing on undergraduate education will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. May 5 in the ACES Library Heritage Room. The event will include a conversation to reflect on the year’s four lectures and the issues they raise about undergraduate education on the Urbana campus. The series has been planned and hosted by the Lecture and Discussion Committee of the Campus Conversation on Undergraduate Education. Light refreshments will be served. Arbor Day Celebration is April 29 Apr 28, 2016 9:00 am45 views Facilities and Services and the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment will host an Arbor Day celebration from noon to 1 p.m. April 29, on the Quad near Noyes Laboratory. Four Illinois students receive national funding for overseas foreign language study Apr 28, 2016 9:00 am1473 views Champaign, Ill. – Graduate students Bradford Coyle, Miriam Keep and Phoebe Shelor and undergraduate Daniel Levin have received prestigious Boren Awards for study abroad during 2016-17. FY17 Benefit Choice is May 1-31 Apr 28, 2016 9:00 am269 views University of Illinois employees are reminded that if they wish to make changes to their health, dental, state optional life, dependent coverage or re-enroll in the flexible spending plans, these changes must be made using NESSIE, the university’s online self-service benefits application. All changes must be made by midnight May 31 and will be effective July 1. MCORE improvements on schedule to start this fall Apr 28, 2016 9:00 am469 views Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project transportation improvements are on schedule to begin this fall. The scale of this infrastructure work on key corridors will have significant traffic impacts including detours and street closures during construction. Updated project timelines and associated information will be provided beginning in late summer 2016. White House invites Education Justice Project director to prison reform discussion Apr 28, 2016 8:00 am1215 views University of Illinois faculty member Rebecca Ginsburg is among a small group of college and university leaders invited to participate in an upcoming roundtable discussion on prison reform at the White House. Deaths Apr 28, 2016 8:00 am676 views Clifton G. Bergeron … Sally Kemp Dawson Buford … Carl S. Coad … Melbourne David "Pete" Eveland … William Hall Christie Maxwell … Burr Nelson … Audrey Louise (Handley) Trees Memorial Service: Kathryn Avery Cobb Burtness NCSA-enabled IMAX movie ‘A Beautiful Planet’ to premiere locally Apr 27, 2016 4:30 pm130 views The Goodrich Savoy 16 IMAX Theater will show "A Beautiful Planet" daily at 11:30 a.m. April 29-May 5 and host members of the Advanced Visualization Laboratory to introduce the film at a special screening at 11 a.m. May 1. Tickets are on sale now online. Awards recognize campus excellence in public engagement Apr 27, 2016 2:00 pm1206 views Outstanding individual and group outreach efforts were recognized April 26 with the 2016 Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement. The awards were presented by Interim Chancellor Barbara J. Wilson and Pradeep K. Khanna, the associate chancellor for corporate and international relations, at the I Hotel and Conference Center. Eight honored with distinguished staff award Apr 27, 2016 2:00 pm1854 views Eight civil service staff employees were honored with the Chancellor's Distinguished Staff Award at a banquet April 25 at the Student Dining and Residential Programs building. The award recognizes exceptional performance. Faculty and staff members honored for excellence at Illinois Apr 27, 2016 1:45 pm2963 views Faculty and staff members, and graduate teaching assistants at the U. of I. were honored April 26 for excellence in teaching, mentoring and advising. Each was recognized during a reception at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. Faith-based health promotion program successful with older Latinas, study finds Apr 27, 2016 1:15 pm901 views A culturally sensitive lifestyle intervention showed promise at motivating Latinas living in the U.S. to eat better and exercise more by connecting healthy-living behaviors with the lives of saints and prominent religious figures, a new study by University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Andiara Schwingel indicates. Shape of tumor may affect whether cells can metastasize Apr 27, 2016 10:45 am7920 views Only a few cells in a cancerous tumor are able to break away and spread to other parts of the body, but the curve along the edge of the tumor may play a large role in activating these tumor-seeding cells, according to a new University of Illinois study. ‘Blurred Lines’ and ‘Stairway to Heaven’: Copyright lawsuits in popular music Apr 26, 2016 4:00 pm870 views A Minute With...™ Paul Heald, expert in patent, copyright and international intellectual property law Paper: Contract law can be a mechanism of empowerment Apr 26, 2016 9:30 am496 views A new paper by University of Illinois legal scholar Robin B. Kar offers a novel interpretation of contract law, called “contract as empowerment.” The edTPA assessment and licensing of student teachers Apr 25, 2016 9:30 am3746 views A Minute With...™ Illinois Professor Chris Roegge, executive director of the Council on Teacher Education Choral concert will explore events of 50 years ago, issues still relevant today Apr 25, 2016 9:15 am660 views The University of Illinois School of Music is presenting a special concert April 29 featuring the musical drama “August 4, 1964,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky. Killeen statement on stopgap funding agreement Apr 22, 2016 2:30 pm581 views The University of Illinois system appreciates and welcomes the bipartisan effort in Springfield to provide partial, stopgap funding for the state’s public universities, which have been forced to manage through the first 10 months of fiscal year 2016 with no state appropriation. On the Job: Terry Free Apr 22, 2016 9:15 am1127 views In need of a classroom for an event or review session? Terry Free, an office manager for the Office of the Registrar, has got you covered. Researcher studies how animals puncture things Apr 22, 2016 8:15 am616 views If shooting arrows from a crossbow into cubes of ballistics gelatin doesn’t sound like biological science to you, you’ve got a lot to learn from University of Illinois animal biology professor Philip Anderson, who did just that to answer a fundamental question about how animals use their fangs, claws and tentacles to puncture other animals. Entrepreneurship Forum is April 28 Apr 21, 2016 2:15 pm48 views The Provost's Roundtable on Entrepreneurship will host its annual Entrepreneurship Forum from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 28 at the Illini Union. Illinois 4-H Robotics Showcase is April 23 Apr 21, 2016 1:30 pm157 views The Illinois 4-H Robotics Showcase will be 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. April 23 at the Activities and Recreation Center, 201 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign. IPRH lecture on interdisciplinary collaboration innovation is April 22 Apr 21, 2016 1:30 pm26 views Anne Balsamo, the dean of the School of Media Studies at The New School in New York City, will speak on campus April 22 about the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in innovation. Deaths Apr 21, 2016 1:15 pm398 views Kimbra Lisa Burris … Gerald L. Fuoss … Danuta Maria Gorecka… Fred Monroe Gottheil … JoAnne Porter … M. Mobin Shorish Research group tells the stories of hidden histories on the University of Illinois campus Apr 21, 2016 11:15 am816 views A public history project at the University of Illinois is exploring the hidden and forgotten stories of social movements on campus and in the community. U. of I. alumna Temple Grandin elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Apr 21, 2016 9:30 am2619 views Temple Grandin, a University of Illinois alumna and a professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Saturday lectures explain engineering in everyday terms Apr 21, 2016 9:00 am29 views Saturday Engineering for Everyone is an open and free lecture series aimed at non-engineers of all backgrounds who are interested in learning about engineering. Art at the Y presents ‘Growing Community’ Apr 21, 2016 9:00 am32 views Art at the Y presents “Growing Community,” a collection of photographs that document the work of several local community efforts to grow healthy food close to home and to make it accessible to everyone. Pre-tenure and midcareer faculty workshops announced Apr 21, 2016 9:00 am48 views Two upcoming workshops organized by the Provost’s Office – one for pre-tenure faculty members and one for midcareer faculty members – will be May 5 at the I Hotel and Conference Center. Illinois has warmer, drier soils in mid-April Apr 21, 2016 9:00 am22 views Warmer weather in the second week of April brought warmer and drier soils, according to Jennie Atkins, a manager for the Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring Program at the Illinois State Water Survey. Achievements Apr 21, 2016 9:00 am119 views A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members. NCSA’s Advanced Visual Lab contributed to IMAX 3-D film ‘A Beautiful Planet’ Apr 21, 2016 9:00 am740 views The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the U. of I. is helping produce movie magic with cinematic scientific visualization. LED panels light up set for Lyric Theatre production of ‘Kiss Me Kate’ Apr 21, 2016 9:00 am228 views U. of I. graduate student Anson Woodin (Fred/Petruchio) is on the set April 19 during a rehearsal of "Kiss Me Kate" in the Tryon Festival Theatre at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The Lyric Theatre at Illinois production premieres at 7:30 p.m. April 21, with other performances scheduled at 7:30 p.m. April 22 and 23, and at 3 p.m. April 24. Astronomy department hosts first open house April 23 Apr 21, 2016 9:00 am40 views The U. of I. astronomy department will host its first open house April 23, telling guests to stop by the campus Observatory, 901 S. Mathews Ave., anytime between 1- 5 p.m. and 8-10 p.m. On the campaign trail: Breaking away from the pack Apr 20, 2016 11:15 am811 views Journalism professor Charles "Stretch" Ledford describes how he avoids the rules for photojournalists at presidential campaign events, getting a different angle on the people in the crowd. Student uses street dance to explore the intricacy of movement Apr 20, 2016 10:45 am524 views Brendan Behan, a third-year MFA student in dance, used movements and choreographic styles from hip-hop and house to explore the intricacy of movement. He will perform his solo dance, “Box Cake,” at StudioDance II April 21-23 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Georgian prime minister – an Illinois alumnus – to visit Urbana campus April 27 Apr 20, 2016 9:15 am1605 views Giorgi Kvirikashvili, the prime minister of the country of Georgia and a 1998 master’s degree graduate in finance from the University of Illinois, will speak on campus April 27. He will make remarks and take questions at 4:45 p.m. in the Deloitte Auditorium of the Business Instructional Facility, 515 E. Gregory Drive, Champaign. The event is open to the public.