Campus Highlights
Researchers sequence swine genome
A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution.
"The pig is a unique animal that is important for food and that is used as an animal model for human disease," said Larry Schook, a University of Illinois professor of biomedical sciences and leader of the sequencing project. "And because the native wild animals are still in existence, it is a really exciting animal to look at to learn about the genomic effects of domestication," he said.
Published Date: November 12, 2009
Business prof wins India's international award
A University of Illinois business professor who champions programs to combat poverty and promote marketplace literacy has earned an international award, joining past winners that include Mother Teresa and the former vice president of India. Madhu Viswanathan will receive the India International Friendship Societys Bharat Gaurav Award, given annually to honor people whose work promotes Indias heritage and contributions at home and abroad.
Published Date: November 11, 2009
Seymour Hersh wins Illinois Prize in Journalism
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh, longtime contributor to The New Yorker magazine, and the writer who exposed both the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq and the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, was this years recipient of the Illinois Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism.
Published Date: November 11, 2009