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Doolen Scholarships awarded to continue studies in gerontology

Published Date:June 3, 2013

Two University of Illinois graduate students have been named the 2013-2014 Paul D. Doolen Graduate Scholars for the Study of Aging.

Published Date: June 3, 2013


Five U. of I. graduate students awarded FMC Technologies fellowships

Published Date:May 29, 2013

Five University of Illinois graduate students have been awarded FMC Technologies Inc. fellowships. The fellowships support graduate students in engineering, chemistry, business administration and related fields.

Published Date: May 29, 2013


Commencement ceremonies to take place May 12 at Illinois

Author: Jeff Unger

Published Date:May 1, 2013

The 142nd commencement of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be held in two ceremonies May 12 (Sunday) at State Farm Center (formerly Assembly Hall), 1800 S. First St., Champaign.

Published Date: May 1, 2013


The newest Illinois faculty members named to the National Academy of Sciences are from left, Eduardo Fradkin, physics, and Martin Gruebele and Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, chemistry.

Three Illinois professors elected to National Academy of Sciences

Author: Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor

Published Date:April 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.

Published Date: April 30, 2013


Dance professor Tere O'Connor has been named a Doris Duke Artist.

Dance professor Tere O'Connor one of 20 named a Doris Duke Artist

Author: Dusty Rhodes, Arts and Humanities Editor

Published Date:April 30, 2013

Tere OConnor, a professor of dance at the University of Illinois, has been granted a Doris Duke Artist Award. The awards represent a deep investment in the potential of the 20 recipient artists, who each receive an unrestricted $225,000 grant, plus $25,000 to fund an audience-development project and another $25,000 to invest in a retirement account that will allow them to continue their creative work later in life.

Published Date: April 30, 2013