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Surgeons at UI Health spare patient’s spleen using robot-assisted technique
Dec 22, 2015 03:37 PMSurgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System were able to preserve part of a patient’s spleen by using robot-assisted surgery to remove a giant cyst wrapped around the center of the organ.
Two UIC researchers on list of “world’s most influential”
Dec 22, 2015 01:23 PMTwo UIC researchers are among “some of the world’s most influential scientific minds” included on the 2015 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list.
Illinois recognized on several prominent lists in 2015
Dec 18, 2015 02:45 PMThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was recognized and ranked in several 2015 lists covering topics such as graduation incomes, sustainable dining, National Science Foundation awards, and more.
UIS part of national grant aimed at sparking expansion of online liberal arts classes
Dec 11, 2015 03:37 PMThe Andrew Mellon Foundation has awarded a $540,000 grant to the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), a consortium of 29 public liberal arts institutions that includes the University of Illinois Springfield, to expand its multicampus, distance and team-taught online liberal arts research classes.
University of Illinois, U of I Foundation Extend Fundraising Success
Oct 03, 2015 12:00 PMFor 80 years, the University of Illinois Foundation and the University of Illinois have worked together to secure and manage private gifts from donors who are committed to the University and advancing its excellence in teaching, research, and public engagement.
UIF Promotes Christine Devocelle to Senior VP and CFO
Sep 23, 2015 11:45 AMChristine C. Devocelle, a longtime University of Illinois Foundation (UIF) executive, has been promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of the fundraising organization, effective Sept. 1, 2015.
Barbara J. Wilson recommended as interim chancellor of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
Aug 12, 2015 12:03 PMUniversity of Illinois President Timothy L. Killeen today announced his recommendation for the appointment of an interim chancellor for the Urbana-Champaign campus—Barbara J. Wilson, dean of the campus’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS).
James H. Moore Jr. Named President and CEO of University of Illinois Foundation
May 04, 2015 10:45 AMJames H. Moore Jr., a nationally recognized and award-winning fundraising professional with nearly 25 years of experience in public and private higher education, has been named president and chief executive officer of the University of Illinois Foundation, Board of Directors Chair Roger L. Plummer announced Monday.
Timothy L. Killeen Named 20th President of the University of Illinois
Nov 21, 2014 01:13 PMTimothy L. Killeen, vice chancellor for research and president of the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY), was named the 20th president of the University of Illinois on Wednesday, pending formal approval by the Board of Trustees at its Jan. 15 meeting in Chicago.
Edward F. Ewald named interim president of University of Illinois Foundation
Oct 13, 2014 10:00 AMThe University of Illinois Foundation Board of Directors has named Edward F. Ewald, currently senior vice president for development, interim president of the Foundation effective October 18, 2014, according to UIF Board Chair Roger L. Plummer. A search will soon be launched to select a permanent replacement for outgoing Foundation President Thomas J. Farrell.