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2013-07-31 - Professor of Chemistry Gregory Girolami has been named Head of the Department of Chemistry. He will succeed Prof. Jeff Moore who has been serving as Interim Head on August 16, 2013. Professor Girolami has been with Chemistry at Illinois since 1983. This will be his second time serving as Head. Look out for a more complete profile and additional information online soon and in the Winter 2013-14...

2013-07-28 - Neal Orin Brace, age 91, died Saturday, July 27, 2013 in his home in Carol Stream, IL. Dr. Brace was born on April 12, 1922 in Osceola, WI to Cleo W. and Alice L. (Krienke) Brace. In high school he was active in music, sports, and church life. Dr. Brace graduated from the University of Minnesota and served in the U. S. Army Air Corps as an instructor at the Radio and Radar School at Yale...

2013-07-18 - Nardine Abadeer is one of three University of Illinois doctoral students who won Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide awards from the National Science Foundation. The other two are Evgueni Filipov and Andrew Mock, civil engineering, all of whom also are fellows in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship program. The GROW program, which began this year, is a partnership between NSF and select...

2013-07-17 - Thanks to a new $2 million investment, a drug that spurs cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing healthy cells is on the road to human clinical trials. The compound, known as PAC-1, has so far proven safe and has promising anti-cancer effects in cell culture, in mouse models of cancer and in pet dogs with spontaneously occurring lymphomas and osteosarcomas. If PAC-1 (pack one) makes it...

2013-07-10 - Marian E. Banks, 84 years, of Park Ridge, IL, and Sturgeon Bay, WI, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at her home in Door County. She was a strong, independent, intelligent woman who touched countless lives with her caring nature and unflinching positive outlook. Born January 3, 1929 in Chicago to the late Fred and Edith (Lindberg) Erickson, she had many childhood pals that became lifelong...

2013-07-09 - Professor of Chemistry Christina White has been recently recognized by two of the most prestigious international chemistry societies-- the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Chemical Society.

2013-07-01 - Two University of Illinois alumni have been awarded the 2013 World Food Prize, the foremost international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.

2013-06-10 - Researchers report that they have determined the precise chemical structure of the HIV capsid, a protein shell that protects the virus’s genetic material and is a key to its virulence. The capsid has become an attractive target for the development of new antiretroviral drugs. VIEW VIDEO The researchers used the supercomputer Blue Waters to determine the...

2013-06-09 - Dr. Leon Cunningham Jr., Professor emeritus of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine died June 8, 2013. Dr. Cunningham was born in Columbus, Georgia on June 9, 1927 to Anne Thomas Bussey Cunningham and Leon W. Cunningham.

2013-06-07 - Barry Pava, a resident of Palm Coast, Florida, passed away June 6, 2013. He was born December 15,1943 to Joseph and Rose Pava. He is survived by his long-time companion Jessica Meyer; daughters Jorie (Zach) Gelnett of Leesburg Virginia; Meagan (Arthur) Lewis of Miami Florida; Grandfather of four girls Jordan, Brooklyn, Shiloh and Edyta; Brother Bruce (Elaine); nephew Matthew and many cousins....

2013-06-03 - Roger Ray, age 100, retired Dean of Sciences at Washington State University, died Sunday, June 2, 2013, in Pullman, Wash., after a brief illness. By his wish, cremation took place, and no public service is planned.

2013-05-30 - The 2013 US Frontiers of Engineering will be hosted by DuPont on September 19-21, at the DuPont Hotel in Wilmington, Delaware.

2013-05-30 - Professer Zan Luthey-Schulten's Lab has recently been highlighted in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) and Journal of Computational Chemistry. JACS recently published the article “Capture and Quality Control Mechanisms for Adenosine-5′- triphosphate Binding” by Prof. Luthey-Schulten with Li Li (Center for Biophysics and Computational Biochemistry),...

2013-05-30 - Anna Jean Wirth, of Charlottesville, Va., a doctoral student in chemistry, has been selected to attend the 2013 Lindau meeting of Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany, in June. Only 73 graduate students from the United States were selected following a national competition. The meeting, held annually, brings together select graduate students from around the world in chemistry,...

2013-05-28 - Recognizing exciting and innovative scientific research, DuPont named 14 young faculty members to its 2013 Class of Young Professors including UIUC Assistant Professor Prashant Jain. Over the next three years, the company will provide this outstanding international group with more than $824,000 to support their work in advancing basic science to meet global challenges. The DuPont Young Professor...