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On the job: Linda Kemplin
Linda Kemplin started as the Extra Help receptionist in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences in April 2000 and was hired permanently in Oct0ober 2000. In July 2001, Kemplin moved to the NRES Human Resources Office and was the human resource manager there until a few weeks ago, when she accepted a similar position in the department of crop sciences.
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Space telescope astrophysicist to present public talk
Mario Livio, a senior astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, will discuss the wonders of the universe observed by the Hubble Space Telescope during a talk Sept. 17 at the University of Illinois.
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Asian Educational Media Service expands outreach to 118 libraries in East Central Illinois
One of the University of Illinois' many hidden gems, the Asian Educational Media Service, recently became much more visible - and accessible to people based in East Central Illinois.
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Fall lectures at Illinois to range from comics to economics to immigration
Prize-winning poets, journalist Naomi Klein, and a University of Illinois physicist will be among the speakers this fall on a diverse schedule of lectures and discussions at the U. of I.
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Events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from Sept. 4 through 21
Events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from Sept. 4 through 21
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Memorial event marks anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks
This year's University of Illinois musical commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States will have a change of venue. The memorial event, free and open to the public, will take place Sept. 11 in the Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana.
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Illinois professor to receive National Medal of Science
Charles P. Slichter, Research Professor of Physics and Center for Advanced Study Emeritus Professor of Physics and Chemistry at the University of Illinois, has been selected as a recipient of the 2007 National Medal of Science.
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Exhibitions at I space focus on Japanese architecture, human existence
Two new exhibitions will be on view Sept. 5 through Oct. 4 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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New business facility at Illinois blends instruction, sustainability
University of Illinois business students will study this fall in a new, $60 million-plus building filled with high-tech classrooms, counseling and career services, and a state-of-the-art laboratory that simulates real-time market trading.
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Blind U. of I. staff member creates Braille diploma for recent graduate
Christie Lynn Gilson recently graduated from the University of Illinois with a doctorate in special education. Because she is legally blind, she wouldn't have been able to read her own diploma without the assistance of some dedicated university staff members.
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