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5/14/2013
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5/8/2013
Graduates will be able to have a photo taken with a photo-realistic, high-resolution digital Alma Mater thanks to a free augmented reality application for iOS devices that displays the iconic and much-adored sculpture on its pedestal, life-sized and in real time. Click the title to see the photos.
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5/6/2013
University of Illinois Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology and Institute for Genomic Biology faculty member Stephen P. Long has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Members are elected for life on the basis of excellence in science, via a thorough peer review process.
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5/1/2013
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has created the first digital cameras with designs that mimic those of ocular systems found in dragonflies, bees, praying mantises and other insects. This class of technology offers exceptionally wide-angle fields of view, with low aberrations, high acuity to motion, and nearly infinite depth of field.
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4/30/2013
Three faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been elected 2013 fellows of the National Academy of Sciences. Eduardo Fradkin, Martin Gruebele and Sharon Hammes-Schiffer are among the 84 new members and 21 foreign associates announced by the academy on April 30. Election to the NAS is one of the highest professional honors a scientist can garner. Chosen by their peers, the 2,179 members and 437 foreign associates are an elite group distinguished by their outstanding contributions to the fields of science and technology.
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4/29/2013
The University of Illinois and State Farm are proud to announce the naming of State Farm Center, the iconic campus building long known as the Assembly Hall. A 30-year, $60 million agreement changes the name of the building to State Farm Center as the structure undergoes a major renovation project that is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2016.
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4/29/2013
The golf teams victory on Sunday, April 28, 2013, marks the first time an Illinois team has won at least five consecutive Big Ten titles since the Illini men's gymnastics team won 11 consecutive championships from 1950-60.
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4/24/2013
Phyllis M. Wise, the chancellor and vice president of the University of Illinois, and Frederick E. Hoxie, Swanlund Professor of history at Illinois, have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. U. of I. alumnus Thomas Siebel also has been elected to the academy.
One of the nations most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to academy publications and studies of science and technology policy, energy and global security, social policy and American institutions, and the humanities, arts and education.
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4/17/2013
Gold medal from the Boston Marathon in hand, University of Illinois wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden is headed to London for her next race on Sunday, but she hasnt forgotten the bombing victims she is leaving behindespecially those who have lost one or more of their limbs. We want to come back and show people who lost legs in the explosion and suffered other traumatic injuries that life can still be glorious even after a loss like that. Were living, breathing examples of it, said McFadden, a senior in the U of Is College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES).
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3/28/2013
Blue Waters supercomputer celebrated its debut on Thursday, March 28, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn declared the day "Blue Waters Supercomputer Day" in the state of Illinois. Considered among the most powerful supercomputers in the world, Blue Waters is capable of performing quadrillions of calculations per second. It will work around the clock to aid scientists and engineers in their most difficult data-based challenges.
