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9/17/2012
The deep reds, crisp oranges and golden yellows that usually punctuate the fall landscape may not be so spectacular this year after a summer of statewide heat and drought.
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9/17/2012
Two Engineering at Illinois faculty membersSua Myong and John A. Rogersare among 81 researchers receiving awards to pursue visionary science that exhibits the potential to transform scientific fields and speed the translation of research into improved health, under the High Risk High Reward program supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund.
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9/11/2012
Attorney and philanthropist John Simmons recently donated a 170-acre island, appraised at $250,000, to the Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation to be utilized by the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC).
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9/7/2012
As young as third grade, children are attuned to issues of popularity, social preference and social vulnerability and strategize to enhance or demonstrate their social status using prosocial or aggressive behaviors, or both, the research indicated. This model of social competence was previously thought to apply to adolescents but researchers were less certain of its pertinence to younger children.
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9/4/2012
Illinois junior Tatyana McFadden won gold in the 400 meters Monday (9/03) in the London games.On Wednesday (9/05) she won the 800m race.
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8/21/2012
Two chemistry professors at the University of Illinois Ryan C. Bailey and Prashant K. Jain have been chosen as two of the worlds top young innovators by Technology Review, the worlds oldest technology magazine.
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8/6/2012
While much of the state of Illinois' landscape is defined by miles and miles of corn and soybeans, Ron Revord and Kevin Wolz-the University of Illinois students collaborating on this project-seek to develop a system of agriculture that would return the Illinois landscape to trees, shrubs and grasses, while still accomplishing the task of producing enough food to feed the world.
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7/19/2012
A simple new improvement to an essential microscope component could greatly improve imaging for researchers who study the very small, from cells to computer chips.
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7/19/2012
A new study answers a question that has baffled researchers for more than 15 years: How does the western corn rootworm an insect that thrives on corn but dies on soybeans persist in fields that alternate between corn and soybeans? The answer, researchers say, has to do with enzyme production in the rootworm gut.
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7/12/2012
Illinois Innovators profiles Grammy winning tenor Nathan Gunn, who was voted One of the Sexiest Men Alive; Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of the Mahatma Gandhi who is continuing his grandfathers work for peace; and the father of physical fitness, T. K. Cureton. Each fostered the next generation of leaders in politics, science and the arts at the University of Illinois.
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5/10/2012
Ilesanmi Ade Adesida, the dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost of the Urbana campus, pending approval of the board of trustees at its May 31 meeting in Chicago. He willassume his new role on Aug. 16.
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5/2/2012
By the virtue of their size and speed, birds are uniquely capable of efficient flight while flapping their wings and while gliding. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have duplicated the control functions that allow birds to successfully perform a soft landingin this case, perching on a human hand.
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4/17/2012
University of Illinois professors Edward Diener and Jennifer A. Lewis are among 220 new members named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The academy, founded in 1780, is one of the oldest honorary societies in the nation. Fellowship honors outstanding leadership and scholarship in a variety of fields. New members join the ranks of Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and other influential Americans.
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4/12/2012
University of Illinois professor Huimin Zhao has received a 2012 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.
Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded annually on the basis of achievement and exceptional promise. Zhao, the Centennial Chair Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is one of 181 distinguished scholars chosen from a pool of nearly 3,000 applicants.
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3/29/2012
The University of Illinois is one of the top research universities in the nation, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin said. This relationship leverages federal investments in research and the expertise of the U of I faculty and students to fuel economic development in the private sector. I welcome the Neustar Innovation Center to Illinois and the U of I campus.
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3/28/2012
Planet Forward is excited to partner with Second Nature to present the Climate Leadership Awards, which recognize some of the best climate leadership work being done by colleges and universities across the country. Now that weve selected this years finalists, its up to you to decide who this years winners will be.
All of the finalists have been asked to create a 1-3 minute video highlighting their innovation featured in their nomination forms. All videos are due by March 10th, but you can already vote for your favorites today!
The winners you voted for will be featured at our GW Moving the Planet Forward conference this April. All institutions that submit videos also have the chance to be featured in our blog posts on The Huffington Post and National Geographics Great Energy Challenge blog, in our pieces on television, in our webisodes, or in other public outreach opportunities.
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3/27/2012
Cokie Roberts, a political commentator for ABC News, will deliver the commencement address at the 10:30 a.m. campuswide ceremony at the University of Illinois on May 13 at Assembly Hall.
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3/26/2012
Orion Samuelson, widely regarded as the best-known agricultural broadcaster in the U.S., will be the speaker at the afternoon campuswide commencement ceremony at the University of Illinois May 13.
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3/26/2012
The European Union Center is pleased to announce the Eleventh Annual EU Day event on March 29th. Highlights of the event include the annual "State of the European Union" address, delivered by His Excellency Joo Vale de Almeida, Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to the United States.
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2/20/2012
Three University of Illinois professors have each been selected to receive a 2012 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Neal K. Dalal, Vera Mikyoung Hur and Sheng Zhong are among 126 early career scientists and researchers from 51 colleges and universities chosen for a two-year fellowship. In keeping with its goal of recognizing potential groundbreaking researchers in their respective fields, the Sloan fellowship program awards fellows $50,000 to pursue their choice of research topics and allows them flexibility in applying funds toward their research.
