July 18, 2013 Vol. 33, No. 2 InsideFor Faculty and Staff, University of IIllinoisllinois at Urbana-Champaign • http://news.illinois.edu/ii Team explores the effects of exercise on ulcerative colitis By Diana Yates health perspective, this would be important Life Sciences Editor information to gather.” new study indicates that aerobic In humans, inflammatory bowel diseases exercise can lessen – or worsen “cause chronic morbidity that significantly – the symptoms of inflammatory reduces physical functioning and quality of bowel diseases such as ulcerative life in afflicted patients,” the authors wrote. colitis,A depending on the circumstances un- Although diseases of the gut, including der which the exercise is undertaken. colitis, appear to arise spontaneously, sci- The researchers found that, in contrast to entists know that environmental influences their sedentary peers, mice allowed to run such as diet, genetic factors, infection and freely on an exercise wheel for six weeks psychological stress play a role. The mi- had fewer symptoms of colitis after expo- crobial populations of the gut are also key sure to a chemical agent that induces colitis contributors to gastrointestinal health, and symptoms in mice. However, mice forced disruptions can trigger chronic inflamma- to run at a moderate pace on a treadmill a tory responses, “instigating clinical symp- few times per week for six weeks had more toms, including colon ulcers, rectal bleed- colitis symptoms and higher mortality after ing, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fatigue, and exposure to the agent than sedentary mice, an overall altered emotional well-being,” the researchers found. the authors wrote. Ulcerative colitis also These seemingly contradictory findings “significantly increases the risk of develop- add to a growing body of research into the ing colorectal cancer later in life.” role of exercise and stress in reducing or in- A number of factors may help explain creasing the severity of a host of inflamma- photo by L. Brian Stauffer the different physiological responses to tory states, including those associated with Reducing symptoms U. of I. graduate student Marc Cook, left, kinesiology and voluntary and forced exercise in the mice, Alzheimer’s disease and infection with the community health professor Jeffrey Woods and their colleagues found that voluntary including altered gut populations of harm- influenza virus. exercise on an exercise wheel reduced colitis symptoms and pro-inflammatory gene ful versus beneficial bacteria and changes to “We are building a strong case to investi- expression in a mouse model of colitis. Forced (moderate) running on a treadmill had the resident populations of specific immune gate how exercise affects gut immune func- the opposite effect. cells in the gut, the researchers said. tion in humans and why exercise may ben- Although more studies must be con- eficially affect disease activity in ulcerative in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immu- protein, suggesting that forced exercise ducted to clarify the interplay of exercise colitis patients, as a few preliminary studies nity, also found that voluntary wheel run- disrupted the microbial environment of the and stress in maintaining or undermining have indicated,” said U. of I. graduate stu- ning significantly reduced the expression of gut. the health of the gut, the research “supports dent Marc Cook, who led the research with some pro-inflammatory genes in the colon “There is evidence that prolonged, in- a role for exercise in the adjunct treatment U. of I. kinesiology and community health in the mouse model of colitis, while forced tense exercise can cause gastrointestinal of ulcerative colitis in humans,” the authors professor Jeffrey Woods. “Our exciting new treadmill running significantly increased disruption in competitive athletes. How- wrote. data give us some potential causes of these expression of many of those same genes. ever, very little is known about regularly The American College of Sports Medi- benefits that need to be tested in people, Forced running on a treadmill by itself, but performed moderately intense exercise, es- cine and the National Institutes of Health which is our ultimate goal.” not voluntary wheel running, also increased pecially in those with inflammatory bowel supported this research. u The scientists, whose work is reported expression of an antibacterial signaling diseases,” Woods said. “From a public Final Visioning Future Excellence report available online By Mike Helenthal ON THE WEB and the input of all who have a stake in it. Assistant Editor To download a PDF of the report or etting a clearer focus on the aca- “The administration has demic future of Illinois’ Urbana request a printed copy: been open and inclusive and campus is now a mouse click oc.illinois.edu/visioning has sought advice at every lev- photo by L. Brian Stauffer by photo away as a result of the recent el of the university – even out- L. Brian Stauffer by photo Grelease of the final report on the Visioning Wise and Provost Ilesanmi Adesida an- side of it,” Adesida said. “This Future Excellence initiative. nounced the initial Visioning Future Excel- report is proof that that advice The report, the culmination of months of lence findings at a campus town hall meet- is being listened to and fol- intensive information-sharing sessions with ing in April. lowed thoughtfully. Our goal focus groups on and off campus, initiated “We really do want this to be a two-way is to be the pre-eminent public and led by Chancellor Phyllis M. Wise, is conversation,” Wise said at the meeting. research university with a land- an easy-to-follow road map listing campus “Your advice, your guidance and your en- grant mission and a global im- Ilesanmi Adesida Phyllis M. Wise needs and accompanying strategies for the gagement in our planning process this year pact.” next several decades. is being put into visible and strategic ac- Wise said many of the initiatives out- unit. The report’s findings also play promi- tion.” lined in the report are already being imple- n Improve recruitment and retention of nently in the campus’ strategic plan, which The focus groups were charged with de- mented – but it will take continued coopera- underrepresented faculty. was finalized and sent to the university veloping broad themes that the university tive input to make them flourish. n Create a campus-level committee on president in June. should focus on during the next 20-50 years. “We are going to move rapidly but stra- diversity and cultural understanding. The themes: education, economic develop- tegically,” she said. “Everyone has to be at n Increase seed funding, create an office ment, energy and environment, health and the table and everyone has to share this vi- for proposal development and create a data- The ‘Visioning’ themes wellness, information and technology, and sion to be successful.” base of faculty expertise. n Education social equality and cultural understanding. Highlights of the “initiatives for continu- n Create the Institute for Sustainability, n Economic development For the final report, a group of faculty ous improvement” outlined in the report: Energy and the Environment. n Energy and environment and staff members, and students met with n Make 500 strategically targeted facul- n Develop clinical and translational administrators to study the focus group ty hires, including clusters within the six ar- health research infrastructure, implement n Health and wellness recommendations, prioritize them and inte- eas of focus, in the next five to seven years. data sciences and curation initiative. n Information and technology grate them into a plan of action. n Revise general education by promot- n Establish the Office of Local Com- n Social equality and cultural Adesida said the Visioning Future Ex- ing interdisciplinary curricula that focus on munity Economic Development and a vet- understanding cellence report is a perfect example of how societal challenges. eran’s education and support systems re- the U. of I. works – with an eye to the future n Create a single “teaching excellence” search initiative. u

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PAGE 6 Festival Sept. 19-22. SUMMER READING 3 In PAGE 10 Inside Illinois Online: news.illinois.edu/ii/ • To subscribe: go.illinois.edu/iiSubscribe PAGE 2 InsideIllinois July 18, 2013 July 18, 2013 InsideIllinois PAGE 3 New center will simulate plasma-controlled combustion Mitochondrial DNA ties ancient remains to living descendants he U. of I. will receive $16 mil- has properties that enable intervention at The efforts will in- tainty quantification and By Diana Yates found there, some of which are now that we couldn’t do a few lion to fund a center focused on intermediary steps. Plasma can create the clude the development advance the state-of-art Life Sciences Editor 5,000 to 6,000 years old. years ago because of advances in extreme-scale computing to predict same chemical species that occur during of technologies for het- in all of these areas,” said esearchers report that “Having a DNA link showing sequencing technologies,” said U. how plasmas could be used to con- normal combustion and also can produce erogeneous petascale professor Narayana Aluru, they have found a direct direct maternal ancestry dating of I. anthropology and Institute Ttrol combustion. The research may pave the heat during the different phases, making the and exascale systems. the director of the compu- genetic link between back at least 5,000 years is huge for Genomic Biology professor

way for cleaner-burning combustors and chemical process happen faster. Computer scientists and L. Brian Stauffer by photo tational science and engi- the remains of Native as far as helping the Metlakatla Ripan S. Malhi, who led the anal- more reliable and higher performance jet By using plasmas as a control mecha- engineers will create bet- neering program. “We are RAmericans who lived thousands prove that this territory was theirs ysis. “We’re just starting to get an engines. nism, researchers believe they can man- ter tools for managing also excited that this cen- of years ago and their living de- over the millennia,” said Barbara idea of the mitogenomic diversity The Center for Exascale Simulation of age the chemical process, thereby reducing efficient data structures, ter will further the educa- scendants. The team used mito- Petzelt, an author and participant in the Americas, in the living in- Plasma-Coupled Combustion will be fund- emissions of greenhouse gases. Plasmas mitigate the irregulari- tional mission of the Uni- chondrial DNA, which children in the study and liaison to the dividuals as well as the ancient ed for five years by the National Nuclear could also help stabilize flames for hyper- ties that come with both versity of Illinois through inherit only from their mothers, to Tsimshian-speaking Metlakatla individuals.” Security Administration, part of the U.S. sonic, high-speed jet engines, in which air extreme-scale computing the training of new gradu- track three maternal lineages from community, one of the First Na- Focusing on the mitogenome is Department of Energy. Researchers from Il- passes through so fast that the flame can be and the fluid nature of ate students in CSE and ancient times to the present. tions groups that participated in a good way to study the evolution- linois and Ohio State University will work extinguished. the chemical processes, the development of new The findings are reported in the the study. ary history of these groups, Malhi at the center, one of three multidisciplinary Understanding how to manage plasma develop novel computa- computational and engi- journal PLOS ONE. Only one previous study of an- said. DNA is often degraded in an- simulation centers funded through NNSA’s is difficult, requiring three-dimensional, tional and programming neering courses.” The researchers compared the cient remains found in the Ameri- cient remains, and unlike nuclear Predictive Science Academic Alliance Pro- fluid computer simulations that can cover tools for mapping hard- William Gropp The Illinois researchers complete mitochondrial genomes cas – the hair of an Eskimo man DNA, which is present in only gram II. many space and time scales. To make reli- ware architectures, and are from aerospace engi- of four ancient and three living who lived in Greenland 3,400 to two copies per cell, mitochondria “This would be a whole new mode able predictions, researchers need scalable design simulation models specifically for neering, chemistry, computational science individuals from the north coast 4,500 years ago – analyzed all of are abundant in cells, giving re- of managing combustion,” said William petascale computational resources to model turbulence, combustion, plasma dynamics and engineering, computer science, elec- of British Columbia, Canada. This the ancient mitochondrial DNA searchers many DNA duplicates photo by L. Brian Stauffer Gropp, the principal investigator on the and analyze the physics components, which and the electro-chemical properties of sur- trical and computer engineering, and me- region is home to the indigenous sequences (the mitochondrial ge- to sequence and compare. Maternal lineage U. of I. anthropology professor Ripan S. Malhi grant and the director of the Parallel Com- range from flow turbulence to electrody- faces. chanical science and engineering. The OSU Tsimshian, Haida and Nisga’a nome, or mitogenome). Most such Mitochondrial DNA does not led an analysis that links ancient and present-day Native Americans puting Institute, which administers the new namics. The center is part of the Coordinated investigators are experts in plasma-assisted people, all of whom have oral tra- studies look at only a small subset recombine with paternal DNA and in British Columbia, Canada. center. “We aim to make breakthroughs in “You have to be able to understand Science Laboratory, a multidisciplinary re- combustion, kinetics and experimental di- ditions and some written histories (less than 2 percent) of mitoge- is passed down from mother to this emerging field at the basic science level what’s happening at the atomic scale all search laboratory in Illinois’ College of En- agnostic techniques. indicating that they have lived in nomic sequences. offspring more or less intact. This human remains and ancient struc- used them, Archer said. that will ultimately lead to a greener world.” the way up to the bulk flow in the plasma, gineering and home to the Parallel Comput- “The center brings together two areas the region for uncounted genera- The new analysis was made makes it easier to track unique se- tures in the region around Prince “Archaeology is one important In normal combustion, many steps oc- which you can measure with a ruler,” said ing Institute. The center is a joint initiative of expertise – high performance comput- tions. Archaeological sites, some possible by technological advanc- quences through the generations. Rupert. source of information about the cur between the spark and the firing of an Gropp, the Siebel Chair in Computer Sci- between the lab and Illinois’ Computational ing and physics-based modeling – that are with human remains, date back es that cut the cost and complexity And since the participants in the One particularly fruitful site, past, and oral traditions give us a engine. Control of the intermediary steps is ence at Illinois. “We can’t do this as one Science and Engineering program, with CSE synonymous with the excellence of our several millennia. But until the of sequencing ancient DNA. study belong to matrilineal cul- the Lucy Islands, yielded human lot of verifiable information about not possible with current technology. How- big computation, so we have to create new efforts led by professor Jonathan Freund, campus,” said Illinois Provost Ilesanmi Ad- current study, nothing definitively “This is the beginning of the tures, their oral histories can be remains and evidence of a house the past cultural events and pat- ever, plasma – a gas transformed into a new techniques that will help us stitch every- who will orchestrate the simulations. esida. “The center will contribute immense- tied the current inhabitants of the golden era for ancient DNA re- compared to evidence from the structure that is 5,300 to 6,400 terns,” he said. “But the genetic state of matter when its atoms are ionized – thing together.” “This work will uniquely combine mul- ly to predictive science in combustion and area to the ancient human remains search because we can do so much maternal lineages reflected in the years old. Careful study revealed information is something that tiphysics, mulitscale analysis and uncer- beyond.” X mitogenome. that one of the ancient individuals is immediately recognizable. If Another complication associ- found there, a young adult female, somebody is told that their DNA ated with analyzing nuclear DNA lived roughly 5,500 years ago. links to somebody who was pres- Retirement expert: Medicare already means-tested in Native Americans involves the Her mitogenome matched that of ent 2,500 years ago and also to By Phil Ciciora Law professor Richard L. Kaplan says adjustments reaches the specified threshold, ers oppose the very concept of means- European influence, Malhi said. another female found on Dodge someone who was present 5,500 Business and Law Editor whenever the issue of cutting Medicare the amount paid by enrollees in either Medi- testing benefits, regardless of the specific “There’s a pattern of Euro- Island, near the city of Prince years ago, you can summarize that he Obama administration’s con- emerges, one of the first ideas to “fix” the care Part B or Medicare Part D is increased formula employed, arguing that Medicare pean males mixing with Native Rupert. Her remains were about in a sentence and it’s very easily troversial proposal to “means-test” program is to make its upper-income ben- according to a four-step rate schedule.” is a social insurance program and should American females after European 2,500 years old. A living partici- understood and it’s exciting.” Medicare recipients is ostensibly eficiaries pay more. Moreover, the formula was made more provide equal benefits to all participants re- contact and so lots of the Y chro- pant in the study also carried the The new findings were the re- aimed at generating more cash for “Indeed, the claim is often advanced that severe when the health care reform legisla- gardless of their individual resources. mosomes in the community trace same mitogenomic signature, the sult of an unusual effort by the re- Tthe government from those who can afford it is silly – if not offensive – to have low- tion enacted in 2010 froze the applicable “Means-testing benefits, in their view, back to Europe,” he said. The mi- researchers found, and so is a di- searchers to enlist the help of the it – or squeezing more money out of up- income workers pay higher taxes so that income thresholds for the next 10 years, risks converting Medicare into another togenome offers a clearer picture rect maternal descendant of those indigenous people they study. per-income seniors, depending upon one’s wealthy beneficiaries can receive subsi- Kaplan said. welfare-oriented program, with the possible of Native American lineages be- two women or their mothers. “I believe this is really a unique point of view. But according to a U. of I. dized benefits from the Medicare program,” “Those thresholds are not indexed for erosion of popular support and potential fore European contact, he said. Three other living participants collaboration,” said Joycelynn expert on retirement benefits, the Medicare said Kaplan, the Peer and Sarah Pedersen inflation and will therefore affect more peo- exposure to the sort of reductions that such Scientists, including David Ar- host a different mitogenomic se- Mitchell, a Metakatla co-author program is already means-tested. Professor at Illinois. “But the underlying ple over time,” he said. “Furthermore, the programs often suffer in difficult economic cher, an anthropology professor at quence that matches another indi- and participant in the study. “It’s premise is that Medicare is not already Obama administration has proposed adding times,” Kaplan said. “Other policymakers Northwest Community College vidual found on Dodge Island who very exciting to be able to have means-tested, and that is simply not the additional brackets – a total of nine brack- oppose means-testing Medicare because in Prince Rupert, and biological lived about 5,000 years ago. scientific proof that corroborates case.” ets versus the four we have now – so that they regard reducing promised benefits on anthropologist and co-author Je- The archaeological sites also what our ancestors have been tell- Medicare Part A is financed by a 2.9 charges rise faster as income goes up.” the basis of income as a disguised tax, a photo by Metlakatla Treaty Office rome Cybulski, of the Canadian point to a long period of continu- ing us for generations. It’s very percent payroll tax imposed on all wages, Kaplan said that unlike Social Security penalty on ‘success,’ in their view.” Genetic link Members of the Metlakatla community are Museum of Civilization in Gatin- ous occupation and stability in amazing how fast technology is salaries and income from self-employment, benefits, which bear a close relationship to Thus, the idea that Medicare benefits collaborating with scientists in ongoing genetic studies of Native eau, Quebec, have worked since terms of the types of structures moving to be able to prove this so higher-earning people already pay more one’s pre-retirement earnings, there is no should be means-tested raises genuine phil- peoples in British Columbia. (Those pictured asked that their names the 1960s to recover and analyze people used and the ways they kind of link with our past.”X for their Part A benefits. Starting this year, correlation between one’s pre-retirement osophical issues and is not a policy “slam be withheld.) individuals with annual earnings above earnings and the benefits a person receives dunk.” $200,000 and married couples with annual from Medicare Part A. “The bottom line is that the individual For more summer reading recommendations: go.illinois.edu/SummerReading13 earnings above $250,000 will owe an addi- “The value of Medicare benefits re- components of Medicare are means-tested summer reading tional 0.9 percent in Medicare tax, accord- ceived correlates with a person’s health, currently,” Kaplan said. “Some lawmak- ing to Kaplan. not wealth, so a less-healthy retiree will re- ers, no doubt, might prefer that the degree EllenSue Cameron William Gillespie Those taxpayers also will owe a 3.8 ceive more from Medicare than a healthier to which Medicare is means-tested be in- percent Medicare tax on their investment retiree,” he said. “To the extent that wealthy creased, but the fact remains that Medicare information technology manager and administrative coordinator communications coordinator, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services income in excess of those same thresholds. retirees are healthier than their poorer coun- is already means-tested.” Your invitation to contribute to the Summer Reading series arrived at an awkward time. Medicare Part B and Part D employ a terparts, there is an inverse relationship be- Kaplan’s paper, “Top Ten Myths of am a “townie,” and when I was a little dleton inherits Since having a baby seven months ago, I haven’t read much. So I’ve invited my baby, more direct form of means-testing – name- tween income prior to retirement and ben- Medicare,” was published in The Elder Law girl the Champaign Public Library was a mansion in Heather Rose Gillespie, to tell you about the books being read to her this summer. ly, increased premiums based on taxable in- efits received from the Medicare program.” Journal. X located in the Burnham Athenaeum Charleston, —William Gillespie come during one’s retirement years, Kaplan According to Kaplan, some policymak- (1894) on West Church Street. I re- S.C., – com- To Dads’ credit, when he was given the knew his way photo by L. Brian Stauffer said. Imember climbing the wide marble stairs to plete with advice to read aloud the same children’s around an photo by L. Brian Stauffer by photo Medicare The Obama administration’s “Eschewing the precise mechanics of the children’s section on the second floor. ghosts and book every night while I was in the womb, iamb! controversial proposal to means-test the applicable provisions, any Medicare I gravitated to books with “house” in the other touches he instead read me adult books. That was Moms and On vacation? Subscribe to the online version Medicare recipients has one small beneficiary whose income exceeds an annu- title or a house on the cover. 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X PAGE 4 InsideIllinois July 18, 2013 July 18, 2013 InsideIllinois PAGE 5 Historian Kevin Mumford A Minute With … TM Archives Study f inds Illinois economy improving, but recovery halting Recent interviews with U. of I. experts By Phil Ciciora income inequality,” Bruno said. “The ques- on gay rights and civil rights n Branding expert Cele Otnes on Business and Law Editor tion becomes, how do we preserve effective Editor’s note: The U.S. Supreme Court handed down the royal baby and the branding he economy in Illinois may have demand in the market while also having a two decisions at the end of June favoring gay marriage. photo by L. Brian Stauffer by photo of the British royal family finally emerged from the depths of prosperous middle-class? What sort of pol- One ruling struck down federal restrictions in the the Great Recession, but it hasn’t icy provisions will help the state of Illinois Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) of 1996, the other July 12, 2013 rebounded fast enough to reach pre- do that? Well, we’ve laid out a few in our L. Brian Stauffer by photo cleared the way for gay marriages in California. With n LeAnne Howe, an expert on Trecessionary levels of output, wages and paper.” the rapid recent progress of the gay rights movement, American Indian studies and employment, according to a new study from “We wanted to take a pre-recession, post- including changes in public attitudes, some see parallels theater, on Tonto, “The Lone a U. of I. labor expert. recession snapshot of the state of working with the earlier African-American civil rights movement. Is the comparison valid? Ranger” and Indians in film Robert Bruno, a professor of labor and in Illinois,” Manzo said. “What we found What’s different this time? Illinois history professor Kevin Mumford specializes in the July 3, 2013 employment relations on the Urbana cam- is that there’s still a lot of slack in the labor history of both movements and is working on a book about black gay history. He n Chris Roegge, an expert on pus, says public policy solutions such as in- market; in Keynesian terms, we have what’s spoke with News Bureau social sciences editor Craig Chamberlain. creasing the state’s investment in childhood known as ‘weak aggregate demand.’ But teacher education: “Has higher education failed to education, raising the minimum wage and the state is in recovery, albeit quite slowly, You say that some gay rights advocates but the level of resistance to change and desegregation of schools, is often prepare primary and secondary adopting a progressive income tax ought to which means that workers are still worse- want to characterize recent events as the role of the executive branch were strik- credited with being a catalyst for the teachers?” be considered to jumpstart the economic re- off than before the recession. But things the normal business of America doing ingly different. civil rights movement that followed. Do covery, promote middle-class wage growth aren’t quite as bad as they were during the civil rights – to see continuity with the In the history of black civil rights, there you think these recent decisions could July 1, 2013 and reduce income inequality in Illinois. darkest days of the Great Recession.” black civil rights movement. But what’s also was a famous marriage case, play a similar role for gay rights? n Civil War historian Bruce “The economy is no longer in free fall, The policy prescriptions advocated by flawed in that comparison? the Loving case of 1967, in which the There is a debate on the importance Levine on Gettysburg at 150 and there are signs of a return to normalcy, the researchers are a mix of short- and long- First, it is easy to forget the context and Supreme Court struck down all state of the Brown decision – some historians (Vicksburg, too). Was either a but it’s beginning to flatten out,” said Bru- term fixes for the state. duration of the civil rights movement. Af- laws against interracial marriage. question its significance, point to its fail- turning point in the Civil War? no, also the director of the Labor Education “Given that we’ve shifted so much of Slow recovery The Illinois economy hasn’t rebounded fast enough to reach pre- ter the Civil War, African-Americans had This case, however, did not come early ure as policy, or feel that it narrowed the June 25, 2013 recessionary levels of output, wages and employment, according to a new study Program in Chicago. “We’re still closer to employment to part-time, informal or con- full citizenship, elected local and federal in the process, but instead after the scope of black activism. I don’t entirely A Minute With ...™ is provided by the the valley than we are to the peak, so we ditional work, raising the state’s minimum from Robert Bruno, a professor of labor and employment relations on the Urbana representatives, and then, through violence movement’s key years (1954-65) and agree. Recent scholarship shows that into campus. U. of I. News Bureau. For archived really need to start thinking about how to wage would be of great help to lower- and and fraud, were stripped of voting rights. the key pieces of civil rights legislation. the 1960s all kinds of local groups, and interviews, visit go.illinois.edu/amw. stimulate the state’s economy even more.” middle-class workers,” Bruno said. running. The extra revenue from a progres- The researchers say workers in Illinois Modern civil rights activists struggled Why? black youth in particular, were inspired Bruno and study co-author Frank Manzo “If you combined a minimum wage hike sive tax would go a long way toward pre- won’t begin to realize their full economic for 30 years to regain this lost world of Early on, civil rights attorneys advised to demand further integration of amuse- IV, a research associate with the Labor Edu- with the expansion of the earned-income serving the state’s public services that are so potential until leaders in Springfield have citizenship. By contrast, advocates of gay against litigating on the marriage question ment parks, swimming pools, ice rinks, values. Activists worried that the litigation cation Program, formulated 11 policy solu- tax credit, that would be an immediate help critical to the quality of life here in Illinois.” enacted effective worker-friendly policies. marriage had much more legal and institu- because of its controversial nature. The etc. Brown was historic in the way that the on marriage had sidetracked other long- tions to accelerate the recovery, increase to low-wage workers,” Manzo said. “Those The study also recommends avoiding “There is so much potential in the Illi- tional resources at their disposal. NAACP even worried when its lead attor- Windsor case striking down DOMA is his- standing causes: to stop street violence, employment and raise the incomes of Illi- two moves alone would lower inequality policies that weaken the labor force and de- nois labor market that is going to waste,” Second, the level of violence opposing ney, Thurgood Marshall, married an Asian- toric. The symbolism of the case – along defamation, bullying and discrimination in nois workers, including: and stimulate the state economy.” plete real wages – specifically, right-to-work Manzo said. “We hope that this study can black civil rights was unprecedented. In the American woman. Southern opponents with Justice (Anthony) Kennedy’s impas- employment, for example. n Investing in public infrastructure. Switching to a progressive income tax policies that the researchers say lower wages add to a policy debate that needs to happen 1950s, white southerners attacked, tortured often held up the specter of intermarriage sioned denouncement of harm and humili- Yet I feel that when the opponents of n Expanding the state’s Earned Income would be more of a long-term fix for leg- but only have a minimal impact on employ- in the statehouse.” and murdered civil rights activists and the to provoke racial animosities – claiming ation – will inspire further mobilization gay marriage questioned the morality of Tax Credit. islators in Springfield to tackle. It is, how- ment growth, and tend to reduce the number “Illinois is still a very prosperous state federal government failed to intervene. A that what advocates of desegregation really and legitimate sexual equality. same-sex relationships and parenting they n Cracking down on wage theft. ever, a necessary and fair step to take, the of workers in full-time high-quality jobs. with a highly educated workforce,” Bruno new prize-winning book, “At the Dark End desired was to marry white women. You note that only a few years ago also revealed their prejudice against being n Enacting a living-wage ordinance in researchers say. “Other states have tried this, and al- said. “Our leaders need to be careful that of the Street,” by Danielle McGuire, docu- Given this volatility, it is not too sur- gay marriage was not a popular cause gay. So, in the end, in ways that few would municipalities for private companies that “Quite frankly, Illinois needs the rev- though it’s garnered their governors some they don’t undo some of the pillars that sup- ments extensive sexual violence against prising that the Loving case was relatively among many gay advocates and have predicted a decade ago, taking up the receive public funds. enue to support the infrastructure of our national press, it’s really been to the detri- port high wages or any of the other drivers black women, and new research in the FBI late. At the same time, looking around intellectuals. Why? And has that since issue of marriage equality has helped to n Providing tax incentives for employ- state,” Bruno said. “And that infrastructure ment of those states that have tried it be- of job growth in the state. We feel that the files documents physical abuse by police to campus or Chicago almost 50 years later, I changed? confer a broader social legitimacy. I think ers in high-wage industries to move their isn’t just the physical infrastructure, like cause it creates a culture of insecurity conversation needs to be broadened about coerce confessions and intimidate activists. don’t think people really even notice inter- I think some academics and activists we’ll see more respect for gays and lesbi- businesses to Illinois. our roads and bridges – it’s human capital among workers,” Bruno said. “Those poli- issues that are impacting how people work When demonstrators and leaders demand- racial couples any longer. The taboo has viewed the marriage movement as elitist ans both within our communities and in “Just like the rest of the country, the like educators, police officers, firefighters; cies failed, so it’s time to try something dif- in this state, and the value of the labor they ed more protection from President Ken- fallen – perhaps this will happen with gay and as assimilationist. It seemed to priori- society at large. u state of Illinois has seen growing rates of it’s keeping our water safe and our utilities ferent – namely, worker-friendly policies.” provide.” u nedy in the early 1960s, he often reneged and lesbian relations. tize the concerns of the middle-class – re- on his promises. So, I would agree that gay The Supreme Court’s Brown decision forming rules for inheritance, for example deaths marriage became a grassroots movement, in 1954, which called for the – and to privilege straight or mainstream Dale Appl, 86, died July 10 at his home in John William Funk, 89, died June 29 at Illi- Indiana University Health La Porte Hos- 1911 E. Main St., Urbana, IL 61802, cuhu- Savoy. Appl retired from the U. of I. as a nois Veterans Home, Quincy, Ill. He worked pital. He worked at the U. of I. for more mane.org. construction worker. 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Ads removed for online version PAGE 6 InsideIllinois July 18, 2013 InsideIllinois PAGE 7 Industrial design: Illinois’ long history with the art of the inevitable By trying it all, predatory sea By Dusty Rhodes Arts and Humanities Editor oward the end of her freshman year at slug learns what not to eat the U. of I., Michelle Kwak found her- By Chelsey B. Coombs self floundering. Having aced all her News Bureau Intern advanced placement classes at Lemont esearchers have found that a type THigh School (in suburban Chicago), she was of predatory sea slug that usu- caught off-guard by the rigors of her engineer- ally isn’t picky when it comes to ing courses, and turned to one of her deans for what it eats has more complex guidance. He knew that Kwak considered art Rcognitive abilities than previously thought, her main hobby, and suggested that she check allowing it to learn the warning cues of dan- out industrial design – a program she had nev- gerous prey and thereby avoid them in the er heard of. future. ON THE WEB “I looked at it The research appears in the Journal of go.illinois.edu/ID online, and the light Experimental Biology. bulb went huzzah!” Pleurobranchaea californica is a deep- Kwak says. “I had water species of sea slug found off the west no idea there could be a major that takes engi- coast of the United States. It has a relatively neering and art and combines them into one. It simple neural circuitry and set of behaviors. was like the heavens opened up. It was every- photo and illustration courtesy Craig Vetter It is a generalist feeder, meaning, as U. of thing I wanted.” I. professor of molecular and integrative Most people, like Kwak, are not necessar- photo courtesy Craig Vetter physiology and leader of the study Rhanor U. of I. alumnus Craig Vetter, ily aware of industrial design as a discipline. Mentor Gillette put it, that members of this species right, with his mentor and teacher Yet we all experience industrial design – good “seem to try anything once.” Edward Zagorski in 2011 with Vetter’s and bad – every day. If you’ve ever said you Another sea slug species, Flabellina photo by L. Brian Stauffer Streamliner motorcycle, which could have a “favorite” office chair, paring knife or iodinea, commonly known as the Spanish Avoiding peril U. of I. molecular and get 108 mpg. writing utensil; if you’ve ever paid extra for shawl because of the orange outgrowths integrative physiology professor Rhanor a can opener because it has a beefy handle or called cerata that cover its purple back, Gillette and his team found that the Fulfilling a need cursed your new microwave because the but- also lives off the west coast. Unlike Pleu- predatory sea slug, Pleurobranchaea One student design tons don’t make sense; if you’ve ever thrown robranchaea, however, the Spanish shawl californica, exhibits a learned avoidance proposed a wearable away a travel mug because it dribbled coffee eats only one type of food, an animal called behavior when confronted with another photo by L. Brian Stauffer navigation device for down your shirt – you have some understand- Designing for usability Professor Nan Goggin,center, the director of the School of Art Eudendrium ramosum. According to Gil- type of sea slug, Flabellina iodinea. people with vision ing of industrial design. and Design, says industrial design is the school’s largest major. Professor Cliff Shin, left, lette, the Spanish shawl digests the Euden- impairments. Jonathan Ive, the vice president of design designed an award-winning washer and dryer for LG; Professor David Weightman, right, drium’s entire body except for its embry- Gillette placed the Spanish shawl into for Apple, has defined successful industrial has worked for Massey Ferguson and Yamaha, and helped students design U. of I.’s Solar onic, developing stinging cells. The Span- the aquarium. The Pleurobranchaea ap- design as design that’s so logical, so intuitive, Decathlon house in 2009 and 2011. graphic courtesy Deana McDonagh ish shawl instead transports these stinging proached, smelled, and bit the purple and it seems “inevitable.” Apple products have cells to its own cerata where they mature, orange newcomer. However, the Flabelli- raised the profile of industrial design in recent Q Craig Vetter, who earned his BFA in 1965, dissolved an aspirin tablet that had been hold- thereby co-opting its victim’s body parts for na’s cerata stung the Pleurobranchaea, the years, but they echo an aesthetic established used his student work as the basis for his own ing apart electrical contacts, sparking a minia- tion on display. “It was an instant ‘Wow! That award from the Industrial Designers Society its own defense. Spanish shawl was rejected and left to do in the 1950s by Dieter Rams, the chief design successful line of motorcycle fairings, called ture motor to propel the capsule to shore. The is what I want to do!’ ” Shin said. He became of America as the best design student from a The story of Gillette’s Pleurobranchaea- its typical “flamenco dance of escape,” and officer at Braun, where he had a hand in shap- Windjammer. These days, his focus has shifted spectacle was featured in a three-page spread a double major, hiding his art courses until his Midwest college. Flabellina research began with a happy ac- Pleurobranchaea also managed to escape ing everything from shavers to shelving units. to sustainability, and he sponsors motorcycle in the April 12, 1963, edition of Life magazine, father asked for a transcript. McDonagh teaches a course called Dis- cident that involved showing a lab visitor with an avoidance turn. Manufacturers have long used designers to de- fuel-efficiency races. and the “egg drop” quickly became a staple Shin went on to win honors in an interna- ability and Relevant Design, in which able- Pleurobranchaea’s penchant for predation. Some minutes later, his curiosity piqued, velop their products, and the U. of I. has been Q Bryce Rutter, who earned his MFA in teaching tool of engineering schools and even tional student design competition and to work bodied students are required to do “empathic “I had a Pleurobranchaea in a small Gillette placed the Spanish shawl back into training industrial designers longer than any 1981 (and Ph.D. in kinesiology in 1987), is the elementary schools worldwide. for LG, where he designed several home ap- modeling” by spending a day or more navi- aquarium that we were about to do a physi- the aquarium with the Pleurobranchaea. other public university. founder and CEO of Metaphase Design Group, Zagorski, now 91, described his method for pliances, including a front-loading washer and gating campus in a wheelchair, on crutches, ological experiment with, and my supplier Rather than try to eat the Spanish shawl a Established in 1937, Illinois’ four-year specializing in ergonomic design of consumer teaching industrial design in his memoir, titled dryer that received Consumer Reports’ high- with vision-reducing glasses or otherwise from Monterey had just sent me these beau- second time, the Pleurobranchaea immedi- industrial design program has consistently and medical devices. The firm has designed “Get Ten Eagles” (the first step in a proposed est rating. (“Now my father thinks my talents incapacitated. Some designers in the course tiful Spanish shawls,” Gillette said. “So I ately started its avoidance turn. ranked among the top 10 in the U.S. Among Oral B toothbrushes, Gatorade bottles, Allegro design for a flying machine): “Good designers are OK,” Shin said.) don’t need to pretend: Graduate teaching as- said to the visitor, ‘Would you like to see “I had never seen that before! We began its noted alumni: cookware, Microsoft’s Intellimouse, and the never grow up; they always seem to think like On each project at LG, Shin said, he sistant Sheila Schneider, who has retinitis pig- Pleurobranchaea eat another animal?’ ” testing them and found that they were learn- Q Ralph LaZar and Walter Herbst, who Bayer microlet – a lancing device that enables children,” he wrote. “That’s because the child worked with a team that included engineer- mentosa, uses a service dog. ing the odor of the Spanish shawl very spe- photo by L. Brian Stauffer earned BFAs in 1951 and 1959 respectively, diabetics to check their blood glucose levels in us makes us creative, allows us to see things ing, marketing and design. “Industrial design Kwak, the former engineering major, is ONLINE VIDEO cifically and selectively,” Gillette said. founded the international design and devel- easily – which received a Design of the Decade with a sense of wonder.” Multidisciplinary Professor Deana cannot be done with one discipline; it’s mul- spending her summer working as a design in- Gillette and his team later replicated that opment firm Herbst, LaZar, Bell Inc., whose award from Businessweek. Industrial design has evolved over the de- McDonagh chairs the industrial design tidisciplinary,” he said. “I.D. is a mixture of tern at the John Deere office in the U. of I. day’s events by placing a Pleurobranchaea clients included Sunbeam, GE, Whirlpool, Many of these designers were taught by cades, expanding from its original role as a cos- program. philosophy, psychology, economics, social Research Park, and looking forward to her se- in a training arena 12-15 centimeters from Brunswick Bowling and Billiards, and Sears. Edward Zagorski, who earned his BFA at the metic touch that gets applied to an existing con- science – all kinds of things.” nior year. She is glad she changed her major, a Spanish shawl, then recorded the Pleu- LaZar now works as a visual artist, and Herbst, U. of I. in 1949 and returned to teach, leading traption into a more holistic involvement in the glass of wine”) with questions about their pre- Their uniting expertise is empathy – the even though I.D. isn’t any less rigorous than robranchaea’s behavior. They returned the chairman emeritus of the firm, is on the fac- the program from 1951 through 1988. Zagorski early stages of product development, according ferred techniques for using toilet paper. “Toilet yen to place themselves in the role of the con- engineering. Pleurobranchaea to the arena for four more ulty of Northwestern University’s McCormick devoted his genius to hatching novel challeng- to Deana McDonagh, the chair of the program. paper is a simple object and we all think: ‘The sumer, even for products they’re unlikely to “I would actually say it’s harder, because trials in 20-minute intervals, then repeated School of Engineering and Applied Science. es to spark his students’ creativity. They de- “Traditionally, an engineer would hand over a way I use it is the way everybody uses it.’ But use. Weightman had a student who was so in- it’s a nonstop thing,” Kwak said. “In engi- the procedure 24 and 72 hours later. Q Bill Stumpf, who earned a BFA in 1959, signed shoes for walking on water, a machine ‘proof of concept,’ like a Wallace and Gromit I have found that there are folders, scrunchers terested in firefighting equipment, he enrolled neering, I would study for an exam, and once In the experiments, those Pleuro- designed Herman Miller’s earliest ergonomic that would strike and light a match in exactly device, and then the designer would say, ‘OK, and wrappers,” she said. in a course at the Illinois Fire Service Institute it was over, it was done. But as a designer, I branchaea whose feeding thresholds were 10 seconds, and packaging in which to mail I can make this look good.’ ” McDonagh said. feel like I’m never really satisfied. I’m always photo by Rhanor Gillette office chair, the Ergon, as well as (with Don Industrial design students are encouraged to on the U. of I. campus. “They put him in some The predatory sea slug, Pleurobranchaea too high (meaning they were already full) a hand-decorated blown-egg to Poland using Now, designers are included earlier in the pro- going back and tweaking my projects, just to Chadwick) the Equa chair and the iconic cultivate this kind of unrelenting, omnivorous, very hot and smoky places,” Weightman said, californica, left, shows avoidance or too low (they were extremely hungry) minimal postage. cess to provide insights that might not occur to improve them a little bit more. You stay up mesh-surfaced Aeron chair, which is part of aggressive curiosity. Professor David Weight- “and he had a better understanding of what it behavior when it first confronts the sea would either not participate or completely His most famous challenge was inspired by the engineers. “Their creativity is dampened until 3 a.m. not because you have to, but be- the permanent design collection of the Mu- man promises students that if they ride a bus, was like to wear that gear.” The student no- slug Flabellina iodinea. consume the Spanish shawl, respectively. seum of Modern Art in New York. astronaut John Glenn’s 1962 trip into orbit: Za- because they’ve got this weight of knowledge, drive a car or spend a night in a motel, they ticed that the bracket holding the firefighters’ cause you want to. You design because you Those that were hungry, but not ravenously Q Jerome Caruso, another 1959 graduate, gorski asked Vetter, a student at the time, to cre- and we come in and look at it from another will discover 20 products that need to be de- oxygen tanks tended to snag, so he designed love it.” X go.illinois.edu/ so, continued to exhibit the avoidance-turn has designed everything from Motorola LCD ate a way to launch a raw egg 200 feet into the angle. Industrial designers ask some very fun- signed or redesigned – “if they’re curious. And a rounded clasp. He won a district merit SeaSlug_video behavior when placed with the Spanish watch modules to the first mass-produced air and then splash down into the Krannert Art damental questions that design engineers and developing that curiosity is really important,” SEE SEA SLUGS, PAGE 11 stacking chairs made in the U.S. as well as the Museum’s reflecting pool. Students had to de- other experts may not think to ask.” he said. Herman Miller Reaction and Celle chairs. He sign protective capsules for the eggs. The win- Even the humblest, most straightforward Nan Goggin, the director of the School of is best known as the first and only designer ning entry featured a timed firecracker attached product may be used differently by different Art and Design, said industrial design is now for appliance manufacturer Sub-Zero, which to a missile that blew apart in midair, emitting a consumers, McDonagh said. She proves her the school’s largest major. Students admitted to transformed refrigerators into luxury “kitchen shower of tiny American flags and a parachute point with an ongoing informal survey in which the program typically spend their sophomore furniture.” that lowered the capsule into the water, which she probes new acquaintances (“usually after a year mastering basic forms and creating mod- els, their junior year producing projects and entering design competitions, and their senior year focusing on one thesis design, often using computer modeling and 3-D printing to inves- tigate and develop a product. Ads removed Ads removed “It’s really interesting how much more popular I.D. has become in the past few years, because kids now know what that is,” she said. for online for online Parents, however, don’t always understand this hybrid avocation. Professor Cliff Shin, who joined the U. of I. faculty in 2010, recalls having to hide his interest in industrial design version version from his own father, an electrical engineer who hoped his son would follow his path. Shin en- photos courtesy Deana McDonagh rolled at Arizona State University as a manu- Empathic design Students in Deana McDonagh’s empathic design course simulate dexterity and vision impairments to spark sensitivity facturing engineering major, but happened to and creativity for designing new products. stroll through the student union on a day when the industrial design department had an exhibi- PAGE 8 InsideIllinois July 18, 2013 July 18, 2013 InsideIllinois PAGE 9 ‘Singing’ rats show hope for human age-related voice problems Family violence can lead boys to aggression, drug problems By Chelsey B. Coombs By Sharita Forrest comprehensively examined family sion between siblings. More than News Bureau Intern ONLINE AUDIO News Editor violence by including aggression 1,200 students participated in the new study shows that the vo- oys exposed to familial between siblings in their studies, longitudinal study. cal training of older rats reduces Ultrasonic vocalizations by violence, including con- focusing instead on the impact of The results suggested that bul- some of the voice problems relat- rats that can only be heard flict between siblings, interparental violence alone. lying and fighting perpetration ed to their aging, such as the loss with special equipment. become increasingly “There’s been a growing con- serve as links between family ofA vocal intensity that accompanies changes go.illinois.edu/rat_USVs Baggressive toward their peers at sensus that family violence is a violence and substance abuse, but in the muscles of the larynx. This is an ani- school, and this aggression is as- training ground for peer aggression only for males. Both forms of ag- mal model of a vocal pathology that many cedures are often not viable in the elderly sociated with greater levels of al- and associated risk behaviors such gression were part of a cluster of humans face as they age. The researchers population, Johnson said. cohol and drug use over time, a as substance abuse,” said Espelage, problem behaviors, in which sub- hope that in the future, voice therapy in ag- His previous experience working with new study by a U. of I. researcher who is an educational psycholo- stance abuse and bullying showed ing humans will help improve their quality the elderly as a former classical singer and suggests. gist in the College of Education. reciprocal relations and operated of life. voice teacher propelled Johnson to “become While familial violence more “However, awareness of the im- in similar contexts. The research appears in The Journals of interested in what we can do as we get older directly influences girls’ alcohol pact of sibling aggression on bully- “Bullying and fighting could Gerontology. to keep our voices healthy and strong.” and drug use during adolescence, ing has lagged behind other types be manifestations of individual U. of I. speech and hearing science pro- “We know exercise strengthens the limb it seems to do so independently of of family violence. It is impera- antisocial tendencies that are pre- fessor Aaron Johnson, who led the new musculature, but we wanted to know if vo- aggressive behavior such as bully- tive that researchers investigating cursors to the onset of alcohol and study along with his colleagues at the Uni- cal exercise can strengthen the muscles of ing and fighting, according to the the family context of bullying and drug use among boys,” Espelage photo by L. Brian Stauffer versity of Wisconsin, said that aging can the voice,” Johnson said. study, which was published online substance abuse examine not only said. “And it’s also possible that Family violence A new study indicates that adolescent substance cause the muscles of the larynx, the organ To find out if vocal training could have an recently in the Journal of Research violence involving parents but also both aggression and substance use abuse has roots in bullying, fighting and familial violence, including that contains the vocal folds, to atrophy. effect on the strength and physiology of the on Adolescence. that involving siblings.” spring from affiliating with ag- conflict between siblings. Dorothy Espelage, a faculty member in the This condition, called presbyphonia, may vocal muscles in humans, Johnson turned Bullying and school violence Students at four middle schools gressive peer groups that are also College of Education, led the research. be treatable with vocal training, he said. to a rat model. Rats make ultrasonic vocal- expert Dorothy Espelage led the in the Midwest completed ques- engaging in other deviant behav- Johnson said in a healthy, young larynx izations that are above the range of human research, which indicated that tionnaires that assessed their lev- iors, such as substance abuse.” indicated that girls report higher and adolescent substance abuse the vocal folds completely close and open hearing, but special recording equipment photo by L. Brian Stauffer verbal and physical aggression els of substance abuse, and fight- Females exposed to familial levels of internalizing symptoms for girls. during vibration. This creates little puffs of and a computer that lowers the frequency ‘Singing’ rats A new study by U. of I. speech and hearing sciences professor Aaron between and among siblings may ing and bullying perpetration. Par- violence reported higher levels such as anxiety and depression, The co-authors of the study are air we hear as sound. In people with presby- of the rat calls allows humans to perceive Johnson and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin shows that the vocal training be as detrimental to children as ticipants also were asked about the of alcohol and drug use over time Espelage and her co-authors theo- Sabina Low, Arizona State Uni- phonia, however, the atrophied vocal folds them. (They sound a bit like bird calls.) of older rats reduces some of the voice problems related to their aging. The researchers exposure to interparental domestic types and frequency of conflict in but independent of bullying and rize that depression – rather than versity; Mrinalini A. Rao and Jun do not close properly, resulting in a gap dur- Because rats and humans utilize similar hope that in the future, this animal model will lead to voice therapy for aging humans violence. However, few research- their households, including teas- fighting perpetration. peer aggression – may be the me- Sung Hong, U. of I.; and Todd D. ing vocal fold vibration. neuromuscular mechanisms to vocalize, the to help improve their quality of life. ers, particularly in the U.S., have ing, arguing and physical aggres- Because other studies have diator between family violence Little, University of Kansas. X Degradation of the neuromuscular junc- rats make ideal subjects for the study of hu- tion, or the interface between the nerve that man vocal characteristics, Johnson said. researchers measured the intensity of the side that is on the muscle itself,” Johnson BLUE WATERS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 signals the vocal muscle to work and the Both the treatment and control groups rats’ vocalizations and analyzed the ani- said. “We found that in the older rats that Q Gustavo Caetano-Anolles, crop sci- Application to Face Verification” QNancy Makri, chemistry, “Quantum- Highly Parallel LBM-based Simulation tool muscle itself, also contributes to the symp- contained old and young male rats. In the mals’ larynges to see whether the training received training, it wasn’t as dispersed.” ences and Institute for Genomic Biology, QAtul Jain, atmospheric sciences, “Ef- Classical Path Integral Simulation of Pro- (PRATHAM) for Meso- as well as Large- toms of presbyphonia, Johnson said. In a treatment group, a female rat was placed had any effect on the condition of their neu- These “singing rats” are the “first evi- “The Dynamics of Protein Disorder and its ficient Scalable Climate Simulations in an ton and Electron Transfer” Scale Laminar and Turbulent Flow and healthy human, when the signal reaches the into a cage with a male rat. When the male romuscular junctions. dence that vocal use and vocal training can Evolution” Earth System Model via an Adaptive Paral- QArif Masud, civil and environmental Heat Transfer” neuromuscular junction, it triggers a release expressed interest in her, the female was The researchers found the trained old change the neuromuscular system of the QLarry Di Girolamo, atmospheric sci- lel Runtime System” engineering, “Variational Multiscale Meth- Q Albert Valocchi, civil and environ- of chemicals that signal the muscle to con- removed from the cage, causing the male and young rats had similar average vo- larynx,” Johnson said. ences, “New Advances in Cloud Modeling: Q Victor Jongeneel, Institute for Ge- ods for Non-Newtonian Viscoelastic Blood mental engineering, “Exploring the Phys- tract. But an age-related decline in the neu- rat to vocalize. The male was rewarded cal intensities, but the untrained older rats “While this isn’t a human study, I think How 3-D Radiation Impacts Cloud Dynam- nomic Biology, “Accurate Sequence Align- Flow Modeling: Application to Clot For- ics of Geological Sequestration of Carbon romuscular junction can cause weakness with food for these vocalizations, and after had lower average intensities than both the this tells us that we can train ourselves to ics and Properties” ment Using Distributed Filtering on GPU mation and Dissolution in Patient Specific Dioxide Using High-Resolution Pore-Scale and fatigue in the muscle, and may result eight weeks of this operant conditioning in trained rats and the young rats that had not use our voices and not only reduce the ef- Q Christopher Fields, Institute for Ge- Clusters” Models” Simulation” in a person having a breathy or weak voice which rewards were only given for certain been trained. They also found several age- fects of age on the muscles of our voices, nomic Biology, “Benchmarking the Human QAthol Kemball, astronomy, “Radio In- Q Marc Snir, computer science, “An Each year that Blue Waters is in operation, and to become fatigued as a result of the responses, all of the rats in the treatment related differences within the groups’ neu- but actually improve voices that have de- Variation Calling Pipeline” terferometric Imaging in the Petascale Era: Extreme-Scale Computational Approach to about 3 million to 4 million node-hours will extra effort needed to communicate. group had been trained to increase their romuscular mechanisms. graded,” Johnson said. Q Thomas Huang, electrical and com- New Opportunities and Challenges” Redistricting Optimization” be allocated to projects from the U. of I. Surgery and injections may help cor- number of vocalizations during a training “Other research has found that in the Johnson is also affiliated with the Beck- puter engineering, “Feature Learning by Q Lijun Liu, geology, “4-D Dynamic Q Rizwan Uddin, nuclear, plasma and Proposals will be accepted on an annual rect the gap between the vocal folds seen session. elderly, there is a dispersion, or breaking man Institute for Advanced Science and Large-Scale Heterogeneous Networks With Evolution of North American Continent” radiological engineering, “Scaling up of a basis. X in presbyphonia, but these invasive pro- At the end of the eight-week period, the apart, of the neuromuscular junction at the Technology at Illinois. X Campus projects awarded access to Blue Waters he U. of I. has awarded access to the wide range of challenging problems in en- tion of Second Generation Biofuels” Blue Waters supercomputer – which gineering and the sciences, and we expect Q Aida X El-Khadra, physics, “Sem- ON THE WEB is capable of performing quadril- these projects to make significant contribu- ileptonic Kaon Decay Form Factors at the parallel.illinois.edu/allocation-time- lions of calculations every second tions to their fields of study.” Physical Point” blue-waters-uiuc Tand of working with quadrillions of bytes Eight investigators and their teams re- QZaida Luthey-Schulten, chemistry, “C. of data – to 22 campus research teams. ceived substantial awards of time on Blue Crescentus Cell Division Using its In-house pact Binary Mergers: General Relativistic The computing and data capabilities of Waters to enable them to make significant Lattice Microbe Simulation Program” and Simulations at the Petascale” Blue Waters, operated by the National Cen- progress in their research: “Interactions Between Ribosomal Signa- QShaowen Wang, geography and geo- ter for Supercomputing Application, will Q Oleksii Aksimentiev, physics, “Mo- tures and 5’ and Central Domain of the Ri- graphic information science: “An Extreme- assist researchers in their work on under- lecular Mechanism of DNA Exchange” bosomal Small Subunit Using NAMD 2.9 Scale Computational Approach to Redis- standing DNA, developing biofuels, simu- Q Narayana Aluru, mechanical science Accelerated by GPUs” tricting Optimization” lating climate and more. and engineering, “Quantum Monte Carlo Q Greg McFarquhar, atmospheric sci- Fourteen teams received exploratory Ads removed for “These allocations will allow researchers Calculations of Water-Graphene and Water- ences, “Calculations of Single-scattering awards designed to help them explore the to address a variety of scientific problems at h-BN Interfaces” Properties of Randomly Oriented Small use of Blue Waters for their research chal- scales and levels of fidelity that would not QIsaac Cann, animal sciences and mi- Atmospheric Ice Crystals to Improve Rep- lenges: otherwise be possible,” said William Gropp, crobiology, Institute for Genomic Biology, resentations of Ice Clouds in Satellite Re- Q Robert Brunner, astronomy, “Ex- online version the director of Illinois’ Parallel Computing “Simulations of Cellulosomal Subunits: trieval Algorithms and Numerical Models” treme-Scale Astronomical Image Composi- Institute and the Thomas M. 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Ads removed for online version PAGE 10 InsideIllinois July 18, 2013 July 18, 2013 InsideIllinois PAGE 11 Famed composer among guest artists at music festival briefnotes Concertos are focus of piano institute By Dusty Rhodes CUDO and Krannert Center Arts and Humanities ON THE WEB By Dusty Rhodes n an effort to make a good krannertcenter.com PechaKucha Night is July 20 Arts and Humanities thing even better, the peren- allertonmusicbarn.com Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and the Cham- his year’s Summer Piano Institute at the U. of I. nially popular Allerton Mu- Bachrach by photo paign-Urbana Design Organization will host PechaKucha will focus on the art of performing concertos – Scully is a former principal horn Night on July 20 in the Krannert Center lobby. those virtuosic, multimovement works that typi- sic Barn Festival has been Schaaf Peter by photo Imoved from its traditional Labor player for the Saint Paul Cham- Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with presentations beginning at cally feature a soloist accompanied by an orches-

Day weekend slot to Sept. 19-22 ber Orchestra, and he toured and 8:20 p.m. Admission is free. Ttra. Ian Hobson, an Illinois professor emeritus interna- Ehlen courtesy Timothy photo (Thursday through Sunday). Jef- recorded with the Canadian Brass. First devised by a pair of Tokyo architects in 2003, the tionally known for his concerts, recordings, conducting frey Magee, the director of the Wuna Meng, the student win- PechaKucha format has become an international phenom- and adjudicating, chose to emphasize concertos partly U. of I. School of Music, said the ner of the Jupiter Quartet’s inau- enon. Presenters have 20 images and 20 seconds per image because the collaborative nature of these works requires shift is mainly to try to avoid un- gural chamber music competition, Gunther Schuller to share their ideas, work and passion for a total of six min- special abilities, and partly because concertos are a cru- comfortable temperatures in the will join the group for Franck’s utes and 40 seconds. cial component in most piano competitions. restored 19th-century Dutch hay Quintet for Piano and Strings. The In addition to nine speakers, the night will include DJ “It’s a different skill set than solo playing,” he said, Ian Hobson barn, which is well-ventilated, recipient of the Charles Ross Fel- Mertz at Stage 5 beginning at 7:30 p.m. and beer specials “and competitions put great store on concertos. The Timothy Ehlen though not air-conditioned. lowship at Illinois, Meng was the throughout the night. Topics and perspectives vary widely, public loves the gladiatorial aspect of pianist versus or- “We have always had good 2012 Krannert Center Debut Art- so adult language is possible. chestra.” On Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m., Hobson will perform a recital of turnouts,” Magee said, “but we ist and a finalist for the 2011 Artist For a list of presenters, visit go.illinois.edu/PKN13. Twenty current and former Illinois piano students have music by Brahms, Chopin and Schumann. On Aug. 2 at want to make sure this remains an Presentation Society competition Peplowski courtesy Ken photo signed up for the Summer Piano Institute, and each will 7:30 p.m., Ehlen will perform Beethoven’s Piano Con- Graduate College audience-friendly event.” in St. Louis. photo by L. Brian Stauffer receive a private lesson from Hobson and piano professor certo No. 4, and Hobson will perform Brahms’ Piano The festival has attracted sold- On Sept. 20 (Friday), the Il- String theory The Jupiter String Quartet, U. of I. artists-in-residence, Grant to fund financial education Timothy Ehlen, who won the 1987 World Piano Compe- Concerto No. 1. The students will perform on Aug. 3, out crowds since its inception in linois Concert Jazz Band, led by will open the 2013 Allerton Music Barn Festival with two guest artists. The U. of I. is one of 15 universities to receive a grant tition and has performed recitals around the world. The beginning at 6:30 p.m. 2006, and this year’s lineup was Chip McNeill, will observe the from the Council of Graduate Schools to develop financial students will receive further coaching from Hobson and Samir Golescu, who is scheduled to receive his doc- selected partly in response to au- 75th anniversary of Benny Good- piano professor William Heiles You,” which won the 1937 Pu- Ken Peplowski education programs for graduate and undergraduate stu- Ehlen during master classes, 2:30 to 5 p.m. each day July toral degree in music next year, will use keyboard tran- dience tastes. Like last year, the man’s landmark 1938 Carnegie will perform Bach’s English Suite litzer, and the screenplay for the dents. The grants were awarded as part of the council’s En- 31 through Aug. 3. These sessions are open to the public, scriptions of the orchestral parts to accompany all of the festival will open with the U. of Hall concert. Sitting in with the No. 1 in A major, Schumann’s Marx Brothers movie “A Night at hancing Student Financial Education project, co-sponsored free of charge, offering a peek into the preparation pro- concertos, both for students and for Hobson and Ehlen. I.’s artists-in-residence, the Jupiter band will be clarinetist Ken Pep- iconic “Kinderszenen” (“Scenes the Opera.”) by TIAA-CREF. cess for a concert performance. “Samir was my student, and he is an experienced ac- String Quartet, in a concert they lowski, who played tenor saxo- From Childhood”) and the showy Magee described “Of Thee I “The decline in public funding for education and in- “I think it will be fascinating for music lovers,” Hob- companist with encyclopedic knowledge of piano mu- have named Jupiter Plus, with phone with Goodman’s band and “Carnaval” suite, with 20 short Sing” as a “kind of zany and mad- creased cost to students means that the financial decisions son said. sic,” Hobson said. two pieces featuring guest artists. has collaborated with a range of pieces depicting various compos- cap” spoof of American presiden- students make while in school – at both the undergraduate In addition to the master classes, the public is invited All events will take place in Smith Memorial Recital

Renowned American composer musicians, including Mel Torme, ers and a few other characters. tial campaigns. “It’s George and courtesy School of Music photo and graduate level – can impact their future economic and to attend three evening performances, also free of charge. Hall. u Gunther Schuller will give a pre- Madonna, Leon Redbone and Ce- The rousing response to last Ira Gershwin, so of course it’s got educational opportunities,” said Deba Dutta, the dean of the concert talk at 6:30 p.m. before dar Walton. year’s Gilbert and Sullivan per- great tunes, but it also feels a bit Graduate College. “With this grant, the Graduate College the quartet performs his Quintet “They’ll be playing arrange- formance inspired Magee to close like Gilbert and Sullivan, which will partner with campus units to increase engagement with for Horn and Strings with Illinois ments from that period, but it’s not this year’s festival with “Of Thee I people loved last year,” he said. financial resources and create specialized programming achievements horn professor Bernhard Scully. going to be an exact re-creation,” Sing,” George and Ira Gershwin’s Theater instructor J.W. Morris- William Heiles that benefits our students and postdocs, helping prepare A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members Schuller, a former president of Magee said. spicy political romp and the first sette will be the stage director and 7:30 p.m. Beverages, including them to make informed financial decisions.” the New England Conservatory of The Concert Jazz Band also musical to be awarded the Pulit- Aaron Kaplan will be the music wine, will be available an hour An additional 19 universities will participate in the proj- University Archives “(Robinson’s) world-class research and leadership of the Music, has composed more than will play selections from their zer Prize for drama. The book the director in this joint effort of the before shows and at intermission. ect as affiliate partners. Together, the award recipients and Ellen Swain, a professor of library administration and IGB give him the kind of international stature which made 180 solo, orchestral, operatic and forthcoming CD of music by bari- musical was based on was written School of Music and the depart- Audience members are welcome affiliates are taking the national lead on a critical issue fac- an archivist for student life and culture, will be inducted as him such a great choice for this honor,” said David Miller, jazz works. He has won a MacAr- tone sax legend Pepper Adams, by George S. Kaufman and Mor- ment of theatre. to bring picnic suppers to enjoy ing graduate education. Students are in a tougher financial a fellow into the Society of American Archivists at the joint the president and CEO of iBIO. thur Foundation “genius” grant, who played with Goodman, John rie Ryskind, who collaborated on The musical will be presented on the grounds outside the barn. position today than ever before, as rising student loan debt annual meeting of the Council of State Archivists and SAA The iBIO Institute, established in 2003 by the Illinois a lifetime achievement award Coltrane, Charles Mingus and “Animal Crackers,” starring the at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. on Tickets are available through the has become a barrier to graduate study and degree com- in New Orleans, Aug. 11–17. Biotechnology Industry Organization, works to educate from Down Beat Magazine and Donald Byrd. Marx Brothers. (Kaufman also Sept. 22 (Sunday). All other fes- Krannert Center for the Perform- pletion. Ensuring a pipeline of highly educated graduate The distinction of fellow is the highest honor bestowed students and teachers about the biotech industry as well as a Pulitzer Prize for composition. On Sept. 21 (Saturday), Illinois wrote “You Can’t Take It With tival performances will begin at ing Arts box office. u students is essential to the research enterprise and a U.S. on individuals by SAA and is awarded for outstanding con- provide specialized resources for Illinois-based startups. economy that depends on high-level skills. tributions to the archives profession. The Enhancing Student Financial Education project will “Swain’s progressive commitment to educational pro- Education identify best practices for preparing students to make in- gramming has had a profound impact on professional ar- Sarah Lubienski, a professor of curriculum and instruc- formed financial decisions that advance their academic and chives organizations, particularly SAA and the Midwest tion, and Joseph Robinson, a professor of educational career goals. Archives Conference,” a news release from the organiza- psychology, recently taught the American Educational Re- The Graduate College will work with the Office of the tion said. search Association’s Institute on Statistical Analysis for Provost as well as other campus units to develop the pro- Education Policy May 20-23 in Washington, D.C., where gram. IGB Lubienski again served as director and Robinson repeated Gene Robinson, the director of the Institute for Ge- his role as faculty of the institute. Excellence Award for Graduate Contacts nomic Biology, will receive the iBIO Institute’s 2013 iCON This was their second year leading the institute, which Graduate College announces new award Innovator Award for excellence in teaching and scholarship addressed intersections of mathematics education and The Graduate College has announced a new award – Ex- at an October ceremony in Chicago. equity. u cellence Award for Graduate Contacts – that will recognize staff members in disciplinary units who have enhanced the SEA SLUGS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 Ads Ads experiences of graduate students and/or made a positive shawl even 72 hours later. not good so you can decide whether or not to take the risk impact on the operations of graduate programs. This showed that Pleurobranchaea was selective in its or of attacking certain types of prey,” he said. Nominations are due Sept. 15. The winner will be an- food choices, but only on a case-by-case basis; the sea slugs These findings show that the “simple” Pleurobranchaea removed removed nounced at the 2013 annual workshop for directors of grad- already trained to avoid the Spanish shawl would readily is much more complex than originally thought. uate study and graduate program contacts on Oct. 8. eat a species closely related to Flabellina called Hermis- “We already knew the neuronal circuitry that mediates The recipient will receive $500 for personal use and a senda crassicornis. this kind of decision,” Gillette said. “Finding this highly plaque commemorating the award. Such behaviors come in handy in Pleurobranchaea’s selective type of learning enlarges our perspective of func- for online for online Details, including the online submission form, eligibil- natural environment, Gillette said. tion, in terms of the animal’s ability to make cost-benefit ity and criteria are online at grad.illinois.edu/contacts-ex- “If you’re a generalist like Pleurobranchaea, it’s highly decisions that place it on a rather higher plane of cognitive version version cellence-award. u strategic and advantageous to learn what’s good and what’s ability than previously thought for many sea slugs.” u

Ads removed for online version PAGE 12 InsideIllinois July 18, 2013 Cancer, treatment side effect: Stronger mother-daughter ties By Sharita Forrest ‘grew’ the daughters.” News Editor Anticipating what the future could bring bout with cancer can be the cata- and the possible impact on their daughters, lyst for growth and healing in these mothers were inspired to endure even mother-daughter relationships, when their cancer treatment was difficult. suggests a new study by a U. of I. A few of the women said that they had socialA work professor. been able to mend troubled relationships The research, published recently in the with their daughters by openly listening to journal Psycho-Oncology, explored the the girls’ feelings, maintaining positive at- challenges that cancer treatment posed to titudes and being willing to relax some of women’s relationships with their young the traditional parent-child boundaries such daughters and the relational skills that as strict discipline. helped families overcome these difficulties. Only three of the 29 mothers said that The women that participated in the study, they had not become closer to their daugh- who ranged in age from 27 to 45 years, were ters during their battle with cancer. undergoing or had recently completed can- “Their daughters were preadolescents or cer treatment at two large teaching hospitals early adolescents, and there wasn’t a lot of in the northeastern U.S. and had at least one mutuality, meaning the mother would take daughter. The daughters ranged in age from all the initiative to demonstrate caring but 9 months to 18 years. the daughter wouldn’t reciprocate by taking “Young girls are going through a lot of on chores or providing emotional support,” developmental challenges, and adolescence photo by L. Brian Stauffer Bekteshi said. “And these mothers would is a really essential phase for them,” said Mother-daughter bond Social work professor Venera Bekteshi has found that get very disappointed that there wasn’t an professor Venera Bekteshi, the lead author a bout with cancer can be the catalyst for growth and healing in mother-daughter exchange of services.“ of the study. “Having a parent with cancer relationships. These mothers also reported feeling dis- can really add to those challenges and affect connected and depleted and that they were girls’ futures overall – their success, their mote empathy and caring in their daughters being also enabled parent and child to be- coping poorly with their disease. social functioning and how they relate to as well as skills that fostered empowerment come more comfortable with emotional Bekteshi observed that these mothers others when they’re adults.” and autonomy. Most of the women said that expression and with revealing their inner often appeared to be too accommodating to While all of their relationships are im- their daughters became more affectionate selves. their daughters, expecting little support and portant to women’s well-being, the quality during the mother’s illness, expressed in- Nearly half of the 29 mothers in the shouldering sole responsibility for the prob- of their mother-daughter bonds have par- spiring or encouraging words or provided study reported openly discussing their ill- lems in their relationships. ticular significance, Bekteshi said. spiritual support. ness with their daughters, which included Karen Kayser, the Dr. Renato LaRocca The mother-daughter pairs whose rela- Anticipatory empathy – or awareness using the word “cancer” or talking about the Endowed Chair in Oncology Social Work at tionships thrived during the mother’s illness of how their behavior and actions affected possibility of death. However, the mothers the Kent School of Social Work at the Uni- were those that utilized four relational skills the other person and providing care for tempered these discussions with sensitivity versity of Louisville, was a co-author of the that social scientists have identified as criti- them – was a critical first step to the moth- and awareness of the daughter’s ability to study. u cal to women’s success at relationships and er-daughter pairs’ becoming closer to one understand and cope with the information. on the job: anticipatory empathy, authentic- another after the mother’s diagnosis. As a “Oftentimes, we think that we need to ity, mutual empathy and empowerment. result of having increased awareness of the cover up some aspects of the disease and @Illinois Mothers in the study emphasized both the consequences of their actions, many of the not tell our children because we don’t want To view job postings, apply for civil service or academic jobs at importance of providing emotional support, daughters began avoiding behaviors that to make them fearful and cause them to dis- Illinois, or to update your application caring and affection to their daughters and might exacerbate the parent’s emotional tance themselves from us,” Bekteshi said. jobs information: receiving it from their child. These mothers distress or physical discomfort. “But being authentic was really beneficial jobs.illinois.edu said that they made concerted efforts to pro- Mutual concern about each other’s well- to the mother-daughter relationships. It

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