Urbana News Archives

“Put a bunch in the trunk, it'll help in winter driving.”

Mary Alyce Pearson, 66, lives in Berkeley with her husband David. She returned to the Bay Area in 2001 after retiring from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Idrive a stick-shift Montego Blue 1994 ... via San Francisco Chronicle

“While Smith may have had a little higher profile (than Slattery) and at least had run for election, he had no statewide profile”

Part of the awesome power of the governorship in Illinois is the ability to name a replacement if one of the state's two U.S. Senate seats becomes vacant. via State Journal-Register

University of Illinois trustees raised tuition and fees Wednesday for next school year after raising housing costs earlier this year. via WAND-TV Decatur

“It's not as though I fear for my job each year”

We're talking about the annual tradition of letting staff go until school districts know they have the money to keep them in the classroom. via IllinoisHomepage.net

“Ebert's overlooked film festival”

Arthur C. Clarke's death yesterday didn't really come as a shock or surprise to me. via Balancing life

Abstract Previously, we reported a micro magnetic stir-bar mixer driven by an external rotating magnetic field and its rapid mixing performance in polydimethyl-siloxane channels. via CiteULike

“So, I'm pleased charitable dollars will play a key role in the funding of our permanent home.”

Carle Foundation Hospital announced Wednesday plans to build a $6.25 million facility for two programs devoted to helping children with hearing loss. via The Commercial-News, Danville, IL

Sarah A. Sheeley, and Jonathan V. Sweedler* Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 Received for review December 11, 2007. via Today's Chemist At Work

By The Associated Press URBANA, IL - A 47-year-old Central Illinois has been sentenced to eight years and one month in prison for his role in a multimillion dollar real estate scheme. via Http

The annual Illinois State Horse Judges Seminar has been scheduled for April 12 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the University of Illinois. via Hoof Beats

University of Illinois police have issued an Amber Alert in Urbana, Ill., for two children who authorities believe were taken by their grandfather. via STLtoday

“She clearly showed that she was improving her life and doing good things with her life”

Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's administration presented a confusing picture Wednesday of what his office knew about a woman who received a criminal pardon from the governor in 2007, even as her school received a $1 ... via Chicago Tribune

“At worst you're trying not to disclose something.”

A state legislator has accused the University of Illinois of trying to hide public records behind a wall of technicalities and delays. via Chicago Tribune

This article describes two complementary methods for estimating the water/fat images and the field inhomogeneity map from Dixon-type acquisitions. via CiteULike

About 140-years ago, a fire destroyed a large portion of the downtown area. Businesses were lost along with some of the bright future the city was building on. via IllinoisHomepage.net

Electroelution after electrophoresis is shown to produce highly resolved fractions of nanotubes with average lengths between 92 and 435 nm. via CiteULike