Campus News

Illinois professor named Packard Fellow

Author: Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor

Published Date:October 24, 2011

University of Illinois chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Charles Schroeder has been named a Packard Fellow in science and engineering. He is among 16 early career researchers honored by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation in 2011 for outstanding creative research.

Published Date: October 24, 2011


Passes for 14th Ebert film fest go on sale Nov. 1

Author: Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor

Published Date:October 13, 2011

Festival passes will go on sale Nov. 1 for the 14th annual Roger Eberts Film Festival, or Ebertfest, to be held April 25-29 at the Virginia Theater in Champaign, Ill., and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Published Date: October 13, 2011


Spatial thinking, social networks to be focus of two MillerComm talks

Author: Dusty Rhodes, News Editor

Published Date:October 10, 2011

How to find where you are and how your friends influence how you got there are the topics of two upcoming Center for Advanced Study/MillerComm lectures. The lecture series a tradition since 1973 at the University of Illinois is supported by the George A. Miller Endowment, along with many other campus units.

Published Date: October 10, 2011


Nationally recognized expert on public schools to lecture at Illinois

Author: Dusty Rhodes, News Editor

Published Date:September 27, 2011

John Q. Easton will discuss his most recent book, Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons From Chicago, in two lectures at the University of Illinois next week.

Published Date: September 27, 2011


Interactive exhibits entice at annual Veterinary Medicine Open House

Published Date:September 26, 2011

Your dog may say woof woof (English), but at the University of Illinois Veterinary Medicine Open House on Oct. 2, there is bound to be a veterinarian who speaks your language.

Published Date: September 26, 2011