EMPOWERING2021 ANNUAL REPORT EXTRAORDINARY FROM THE PRESIDENT A one anotherandlooked for away forward. We our lives butaperiodofsocietal upheaval and only theimpact of theCOVID-19 pandemiconall accepted necessary new realities, looked outfor a partofthem. well-positioned to meet thisnew set ofobstacles system, ouruniversities andallofthosewhoare reckoning withissues ofinequality andinjustice I have never beenmore proud ofouruniversity that for too longhave beenfixtures ofour reality. the UofISystem anditsthree universities were lost, includingsomeofourown. have alsomournedthemany thousandsoflives head-on. Together, we have adapted andlearned, As we pass thisone-year mark, Icansay that Over theyear since then,we have seennot only begunto comprehend. Ialsowrote that new reality—the spread ofaviruswe had year agoIwrote inthisspace CHALLENGE OTHER ofasobering LIKE NO A
deployment ofvitalvaccines. developed at theUniversity ofIllinoisUrbana- Tim Killeen can doand,asIsaidearlier, I’ve never been complete aswe navigate thepandemic.And ever imagined. continued, aswell. coronavirus response. educators adaptingto theirown new normal. Champaign, whichisnow beingwidelyshared advances achieved amidcircumstances at theUniversity ofIllinoisSpringfieldwith K-12 across thestate andbeyond. more proud. more challengeslieahead.ButIhave never performances—with someadjustments, all new friends,watching andlistening to live pursuit ofworld-class education that are at response at theUniversity ofIllinoisChicagoand possible by therevolutionary saliva-based test UI Health,andhelpedinthedevelopment and that challengedusinways few ofushad these accomplishments andmore, extraordinary the core ofourmission continued. Andcollege through thiscrisis,andtransformed challenge life—walking through ourcampuses,making into opportunity. been more confident inwhat theUofI System President, University ofIllinoisSystem The kindofbreakthrough discovery andthe And together we have alsoforged apath On thepagesaheadyou canread about We remain onthat path, ourwork not We shared ourexpertise inonlinelearning We served onthefront linesoftheepidemic We returned to ourcampuses -afeat made But ourachievements were hardly limited to
ARTS &HUMANITIES A HEALTHIER WORLD ACCESS &DIVERSITY ACROSS THESTATE ALUMNI &ADVOCACY GIVING 27 COLLABORATION &INSTITUTES CHICAGO SYSTEM IMPACT SPRINGFIELD 8 OFFICES AND LEADERSHIP SYSTEM UI HEALTH URBANA-CHAMPAIGN IN THECLASSROOM FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT RESEARCH ACROSS THESYSTEM DISCOVERY PARTNERS INSTITUTE &ILLINOISINNOVATION NETWORK PANDEMIC RESPONSE BOARD OFTRUSTEES 22-24 20-21 10-13 14-15 18-19 26 29 28 25 16 17 4 4 6 9 2 5 3 7 To learnmore aboutthestories inthisreport, pleasevisit: PO NUMBER: PRINTING: DESIGN: Steven Martin & Laura Hayes. Lance Long, Brad Cavanaugh, Marc Monaghan,Stephen Boppart,Related Midwest Clayton Stalter andBlake Wood, UISOffice ofCampus relations; Cameron Merrill,Jane Kuntz, Jenny Fontaine, UICOffice Public and of Government Affairs; UIC Creative &DigitalServices; PHOTOGRAPHY/IMAGES: • • • • the Uof ISystem for theiroriginalreporting andassistance withthispublication: COLLABORATORS PROOFREADER EDITORS &CONTRIBUTORS: Center for State Policy andLeadership. Springfield: College Affairs. ofUrbanPlanningandPublic Arts andSciences; College ofArchitecture, Design,andtheArts;College ofMedicine; Engineering; College ofBusiness; Electronic Visualization Laboratory; College ofLiberal Chicago: U ofIExtension. The Grainger College ofEngineering;College ofLiberal ArtsandSciences; News Bureau; Urbana: Office ofBusiness and FinancialServices. Office oftheUniversity ofIllinoisBoard of Trustees; University ofIllinois Foundation; of Academic Affairs; Office ofthe Vice President of Economic Development andInnovation; System: Office ofthe President; Office ofthe Executive Vice President and Vice President College ofACES; College ofFineandAppliedArts;GiesCollege ofBusiness; Premier Print Group News Bureau; UIHealth;College ofAppliedHealthSciences; College of P1196437 Office ofCampus Relations; CollegeofLiberal ArtsandSciences; : Andrew Helregel :
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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TABLE 1 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2021 Annual Report | Report Annual 2021 Chicago Chicago, 2025 Chicago, Jocelyn Bravo* Jocelyn Ricardo Estrada Ricardo (Chair) Ali Mirza* Chicago, 2025 Chicago, Donald J. EdwardsDonald J. Urbana-Champaign Trustees are listed with their home city city home their with listed are Trustees and year of term expiration. *Denotes student trustees, who are listed with the represent. they university Springfield Kareem Dale Kareem Chicago, 2023 Chicago, Austin Verthein* Austin Darien, 2027 Ramón Cepeda Okawville, 2027 Okawville, Trustees oversee all aspects of the U of I all aspects oversee Trustees Tami Craig Schilling Craig Tami System. In addition to focusing on appropriate on appropriate focusing to In addition System. programs for advocate trustees governance, and support diversity that and initiatives universities. all three at sustainability Chicago, 2025 Chicago, Patricia Brown Holmes Brown Patricia Sarah Phalen Sarah Springfield, 2027 Trustees are appointed to serve on a serve to appointed are Trustees voluntary, non-remunerated basis. Members basis. Members non-remunerated voluntary, of Trustees of Illinois Board of the University for the people of Illinois to responsible are the by of funds appropriated the distribution and the administration and for Assembly General of the U of I System. governance Stuart C. KingStuart Champaign, 2023 , and three student trustees (one (one trustees student , and three Urbana, 2023 One of these student trustees is appointed by by is appointed trustees One of these student Naomi D. JakobssonNaomi D. Nine are appointed by the Governor for terms terms for the Governor by appointed Nine are of six years at referenda by elected are each university) from terms. one-year for their universities serves governor The a vote. have to the governor member. as an ex-officio The University of Illinois Board of Trustees Trustees Board of Illinois of University The members, 13 whom of are consists of 11 members. voting is to inspire inspire is to uis.edu/advancement Æ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD ALUMNI RELATIONS SPRINGFIELD ALUMNI in the future of the university. in the future lifelong loyalty, pride and united action through through action pride and united loyalty, lifelong Æ networking, advocacy, support and continuing support and continuing advocacy, networking, education. Ultimately, we aspire to be a catalyst be a catalyst to aspire we Ultimately, education. of alumni and in the lives of change and growth The mission of UIS Alumni Relations of mission The
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SYSTEM LEADERSHIP & OFFICES | 2021 AnnualReport • • • • • • • • of ISystem to government, corporate, and of endeavors occurring throughout theU communicating thebreadth andexcellence across theUniversity ofIllinoisSystem. educational andadministrative challenges to develop strategies andsolutionsto address The president andseniorstaff work together Governmental relations Ethics andcompliance Economic development and innovation Illinois Innovation Network Discovery Partners Institute and Libraries in Illinois Consortium ofAcademic andResearch Business andfinancialservices Audits Academic affairs, programs, andservices System staff are responsible for SYSTEM SERVICES, FUNCTIONS,ANDINITIATIVES
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cross the University of Illinois System, FACING A CRISIS, UIUC TEAM CREATED COVIDSHIELD SALIVA TEST s the pandemic STUDENTS PART OF STUDY THAT Athis has been a year like no other. One of the biggest and earliest challenges “Hundreds of people throughout the Aprogressed, vaccines EXAMINES VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the system and its universities faced during the University of Illinois System worked together in quickly emerged as a possible IN TRYING students, faculty and staff at the three pandemic was how to safely return to campuses. highly innovative ways to transform COVID-19 way to blunt its effects, if not universities with unprecedented challenges, The response in many ways has proven to be testing from defense into offense,” said Martin stop it altogether. and with opportunities they have met with a the signature, breakthrough U of I response to Burke, professor of chemistry at UIUC and a The University of Illinois mix of ingenuity and determination. the coronavirus, the saliva-based test-and-trace member of the SHIELD leadership team. Chicago played a key role, TIMES, THE The search for a path back to our campuses system known as covidSHIELD. Other SHIELD team leaders included Paul Herg participating in trials for two began almost immediately after the decision The system developed by a team at the enrother, Tim Fan, Becky Smith, Nigel Goldenfeld, vaccines, the vaccine developed was made in March 2020 to send most of our University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Sergei Maslov and Bill Sullivan. by Moderna Therapeutics students home. It quickly led to the innovative eliminated the need for the invasive nasal swabs Eventually, covidSHIELD technology was shared and a vaccine from Janssen U OF I SYSTEM covidSHIELD saliva-based COVID-19 test, that were the hallmark of early coronavirus tests, across the state through extensive collaboration Pharmaceutical Companies which allowed some in-person instruction to provided fast and accurate results at on-campus with and support from the office of Gov. J.B. of Johnson & Johnson. resume in August. Through an often-trying labs, used a U of I-built app for quick notification Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Both would eventually prove effective, but fall and winter for the state of Illinois, the test- of results, and included an extensive mechanism Health. And outside Illinois, the system created PODCAST CHRONICLES EXTRAORDINARY the work went far deeper, said Richard Novak, Vaccines provide hope and real help in the RESPONDS IN and-trace system made the three universities for tracing contacts of those who were infected. Shield T3, an organization that has extended RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC CRISIS the head of the Division of Infectious Diseases effort to control the pandemic, but what if some of the safest places to be in Illinois. More than 2.5 million tests have been conducted covidSHIELD’s use to universities, schools and other A few months into the pandemic, something UIC TAKES ON at UI Health. people who have been vaccinated could still Students and faculty also adapted to a at the three universities, helping each to conduct organizations across the country. became clear: In response to unprecedented “Part of that equation is to understand spread the virus? new, hybrid world of education, working hybrid learning that included in-person instruction difficulties, extraordinary things were happening which vaccines are easiest to administer to Unvaccinated students at the University of EXTRAORDINARY both in the classroom and remotely via video while maintaining very low rates of infection. across the University of Illinois System. large amounts of people,” he said. “Another Illinois Urbana-Champaign have the chance to conferencing. To chronicle them and give people across the KEY ROLES part is understanding if certain vaccines just be part of a study examining that question. The Staff members who needed to work SHIELD PROTECTION REACHES FAR STUDENTS ANSWER CALL TO VACCINATE system and beyond an idea of the remarkable work better for different kinds of people.” study is part of a broader, ongoing initiative of remotely quickly adapted. Those whose roles BEYOND U OF I CAMPUSES UIC, CHICAGO COMMUNITY work that has happened, the U of I System UIC faculty also are members of the the National Institutes of Health to determine FASHION required them to be at our universities took The success of the covidSHIELD test-and-trace When long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines arrived worked with Illinois Public Media to produce a Chicago Scientific COVID-19 Vaccine Work whether those who are vaccinated could still on new sets of duties necessary to keep UIUC, system was not limited to the system universities. at UIC, hundreds of students, faculty and staff six-episode podcast, “Rising to the Challenge.” IN VACCINE Group, which evaluates the regulatory review carry and spread the virus that causes COVID-19. UIS and UIC up and running. The saliva-based test earned an emergency helped fill volunteer vaccination shifts for the Host Gwen Macsai and producer and editor of COVID-19 vaccines: Wayne Giles, dean “Getting the vaccine doesn’t mean that you And the state itself turned to U of I use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug campus and the community. Libby Foster – both graduates of the University of the School of Public Health; Phoenix couldn’t pick up the virus and have some level research to make the best decisions about Administration and two entities were created to Volunteers from the Colleges of Dentistry, of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – spent time at Matthews, associate professor of health of viral replication in you, which means that you how to respond across Illinois. spread the technology: SHIELD Illinois for use Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy administered the locations across the system to chronicle the TRIALS systems sciences at the College of Nursing; might be able to pass it on to somebody who’s Hardship and difficulty can also drive inside the state and Shield T3 outside of Illinois. vaccine at UIC’s Credit Union 1 Arena and at the UI pandemic response. and Stephanie Crawford, professor of not vaccinated,” said microbiology professor innovation, firing the quest to find – quite often So far, hundreds of thousands of tests have Health Employee Health clinic. Others from across The podcast brought listeners stories about pharmacy systems, outcomes and policy at Joanna Shisler. out of necessity – a new and different way. been processed and covidSHIELD technology is UIC welcomed and registered people, assembled the development of the covidSHIELD test-and- the College of Pharmacy. Participants are being vaccinated over the The stories on these four pages dedicated helping many public and private universities and information packets and worked with site logistics. trace system, and the role UI Health played in course of the study. to the pandemic response reflect just a community colleges across Illinois safely open “If my volunteering can help get us back to treating those ill with the virus. Other stories fraction of that what that drive has produced. their campuses. normal and be safe, I’m happy to speed up the focused on the steps faculty took to engage ‘SIX FEET APART’: UIC DOCUMENTS LIFE DURING PANDEMIC And on the pages beyond the business of “The University of Illinois System is proud to process,” said Inesa Tshagharyan, a fourth-year students under challenging circumstances. Shortly after the pandemic began, the member from the department of medicine research and education moved forward, even be able to extend covidSHIELD protection across UIC dental student. The podcast also showed some of the many University of Illinois Chicago’s Special Collections wrote about what it was like to experience as the year’s challenges made that more the state,” system President Tim Killeen said. “The response to helping at Credit Union 1 ways the system has been able to help the state and University Archives started collecting the pandemic from the front lines. Images and difficult than ever. The same is true at dozens of primary schools Arena has been incredible. We have had students of Illinois, through the use of covidSHIELD beyond materials to document how the COVID-19 audio recordings from students are also part The pandemic goes on, with further in the state, as well as universities outside Illinois from every level of education and staff and faculty our campuses, and by providing forecasts to help pandemic has affected life at UIC. of the collection. demands ahead. The U of I System stands such as the University of Wisconsin, American across the health sciences colleges respond to our inform the response to the pandemic. “Six Feet Apart: Stories from UIC during “This project is unique in that we are asking ready to meet them, and to continue offering University and Gallaudet University. A number of call for help,” said Virginia Reising, UIC Nursing COVID-19” is an effort to document history as people to tell us in real-time what they’re feeling the life-changing educational experiences private companies are using covidSHIELD, too. clinical assistant professor and co-coordinator of it happens. The aim is to eventually have the and that’s maybe not something that archives and economic and cultural benefits it was By May, more than 120 universities, colleges, the volunteer effort. collection appear online. have always done,” said Leanna Barcelona, University archivist Leanna Barcelona and lecturer David Greenstein built to provide. schools, companies and government entities work in the archives at the University Library. Most are written accounts, including a faculty university archivist and an assistant professor. were relying on covidSHIELD. 12 | 2021 Annual Report 2021 Annual Report | 13
IDENTIFYING RESOURCES FOR BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE PANDEMIC After being forced to hold virtual-only graduations in spring 2020, all The pandemic has created distinct challenges Impact, Disparities and Opportunities for three University of Illinois System universities shifted gears this spring for businesses in Illinois, and the University Black-Owned Businesses.” to allow graduates to have a stage-crossing experience as part of their of Illinois Springfield Office of Economic Early indicators pointed to the possibility that UNIVERSITIES ADAPT commencements. Development and Innovation, College of Business the pandemic could widen the existing economic At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in-person individual, and Management, and College of Public Affairs inequalities in the country. private stage-crossing experiences were planned for 2020 and 2021 and Administration worked together to A group of experts discussed data on business graduates at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. provide resources for a particular segment conditions in the Springfield area, opportunities TO HOLD “We absolutely understand the importance of commencement at Illinois, of those businesses. available to help local Black-owned businesses, and we are committed to doing everything we can to celebrate the success Working with Innovate Springfield, UIS last and success stories. of Illinois graduates while working to maximize the health and safety of our fall hosted a free public webinar on “Economic community,” Chancellor Robert Jones said. STAGE-CROSSING Similarly, the University of Illinois Chicago’s private stage crossings took place at the Isadore & Sadie Dorin Forum. And at the University of Illinois Springfield, private stage crossings for graduates and guests were held at EXPERIENCES the Sangamon Auditorium. “…WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN THE SAFEST PLACE IN ILLINOIS TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF ILLINOIS GRADUATES…” In February, Board of Trustees Chairman Donald J. Edwards authored an essay for Crain’s DPI, UIC AWARDED $1.25 MILLION FOR IGPA TASK FORCE ASSEMBLES ROAD STANDARDIZED TESTS DECLARED ENGINEERING BREAKTHROUGH COULD Chicago Business on the creation of the covidSHIELD test-and-trace system and its success in COVID-DETECTION RESEARCH MAPS TO RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OPTIONAL FOR FRESHMAN ADMISSION MITIGATE CONTAMINATION IN DENTAL allowing system universities to safely resume partial in-person instruction. A condensed version: A Discovery Partners Institute team led by the Just after the pandemic began, the Institute of Due to issues created by the pandemic, all three CLINICS University of Illinois Chicago was awarded $1.25 Government and Public Affairs assembled more universities did not require standardized tests for Leaders at UIC’s College of Dentistry looked hen the pandemic around a fast, reliable saliva test. million by the Walder Foundation to develop than four dozen interdisciplinary faculty experts students applying for fall 2021 freshman admission. for a hand as they worked to stop the spread set in last March, When students returned in August, we a prototype capability for detecting COVID-19 from all three U of I System universities to assess W The U of I Board of Trustees Executive of COVID-19 through the inhalation of aerosols, the University of Illinois saw positivity rates of almost 3 percent. outbreaks in Chicago’s wastewater. COVID-19’s effects on the state. Committee later extended the provision through and they found assistance across campus at the Urbana-Champaign was But with the SHIELD system allowing us The goal of the Chicago Prototype The panel was created at the request of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years. College of Engineering. like every other university to find asymptomatic carriers before they Coronavirus Assessment Network Node, or President Tim Killeen and has collaborated According to the resolution approved by The breakthrough could help stop the spread in the country, sending could pass on the virus, we were able to PCANN, is to create a way to examine community on a series of reports that provide objective, trustees, “The current nationwide COVID-19 of future airborne viruses, as well. students to the safety of quash the breakout early, and the positivity spread of the virus by monitoring its initial evidence-based information to assess the pandemic has prevented large numbers of high A team of UIC faculty engineering and their homes, shifting to rate declined throughout the semester — appearance or changes over time in the city’s evolving situation and the state’s response and school students from taking standardized tests students studied the problem of the aerosol an online learning model, and bracing for the without lockdowns or eliminating in-person wastewater systems. provide a roadmap to recovery. A HOPEFUL, MORE IN-PERSON OUTLOOK FOR FALL 2021 due to various restrictions imposed by states spread of small water droplets generated by unknowns ahead. instruction. The positivity rate at U of I system “SARS-CoV-2 is detectable in human waste This work includes a series of Policy Spotlights After a year of safe hybrid instruction amid the U of I community played a key role in making that not only have closed high schools but also, some dental equipment. The spray generated by Just nine months later, the university universities remained far below the statewide several days prior to symptoms,” said Rachel that range from lessons from the 2008 housing pandemic, the U of I System set plans to expand it happen – from our brilliant researchers in among other things, have prohibited gatherings this equipment can spread COVID-19 if it strikes a completed the fall semester, one in which rate (which rose to double digits), and was Poretsky, the DPI science team leader and an market collapse to the impact of the COVID-19 in-person instruction in the fall of 2021. Urbana-Champaign who created covidSHIELD to of a certain size.” tooth or tissue in the mouth, picks up saliva, and students were able to live on campus and frequently less than 0.5% at UIUC. associate professor of biological sciences at pandemic on state revenues in Illinois and how President Tim Killeen said plans will restore in- our dedicated healthcare team in Chicago that Acceptance is based on information from is released out of the mouth by breath. attend many classes in person, while the We are now working to spread this UIC. “The presence of the virus in wastewater, the pandemic is affecting educators. person learning for a majority of classes and labs hosted trials for vaccines to Springfield faculty other required documents such as high school “What I proposed and demonstrated campus itself remained one of the safest technology and fulfill our mission to benefit then, can provide an early alert to the Chicago Members of the task force continue to be in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield. who shared their leading-edge expertise in transcripts, essays and student GPAs. is that you can completely suppress the places to be in Illinois. the public good. Department of Public Health regarding an ready to consult with state and local officials and The approach is based on the success of the hybrid learning.” formation of sprays using a diluted aqueous The single biggest reason the more than SHIELD is only one example of the game- outbreak or an upward trend in infections.” provide any information they can to assist. breakthrough covidSHIELD test-and-trace The plan includes special hybrid and online polymer solution,” said Alexander Yarin, a UIC 90,000 students at University of Illinois changing innovation that happens at the “This project also exemplifies our goal of system and increases in vaccinations in Illinois provisions for large lecture-style courses, based distinguished professor in mechanical and System universities in Urbana-Champaign, U of I, and it shows how surveillance testing moving research into practice,” added DPI and across the country. on public health guidance. industrial engineering. Chicago and Springfield were able to come can be used to protect our communities from Executive Director Bill Jackson. “We intend to welcome students back to UIC has applied for a patent for its back to school during a pandemic was a the ongoing effects of the pandemic. a more traditional, more personal campus new technology. comprehensive protective system built experience,” Killeen said. “I am proud that the WIDER HORIZONS | 14 | 2021 AnnualReport Tamar Heller, director oftheUIC Institute onDisability and HumanDevelopment. EXCELENCIA SEAL OF EARNS UIC
“unwavering commitment to intentionally T is building skillsfor acareer, notajob, butapath for high school.Animportant feature ofthisprogram get dropped from formal disability services after competitive employment. individuals withintellectual disabilitiesfor cooperative certificate program that willprepare Illinois Chicagowilldevelop apostsecondary Department ofEducation Thanks to a$2.5milliongrant from theU.S. Varelas, UICvice provost for undergraduate graduation andcareer aspirations, student demonstrating specificinclusive strategies, effectiveness, and registering results that experts onLatinx student success highlights of Excelencia, anational certification that support to students, which hasresulted in success isaprimaryfocus at UIC,says Nikos students amongst alloftheirstudents. showed they are intentionally servingLatino serve Latino students, whileservingall.” and allstudents at UIC,” Varelas said.“This an all-timehighgraduation rate for Latinx affairs andacademic programs. recognition by anational organization of recognizes colleges anduniversities for their the alignment ofourmission with practice.” implementing programs withevidence of have earnedExcelencia inEducation’s Seal PAVING AFUTUREPATH FORINTELLECTUALLY DISABLED STUDENTS “Our programs provide multi-dimensional “So many students withintellectual disabilities UIC earnedthedistinction in2020 by From student learningandretention to he University ofIllinoisChicago isoneof just 14highereducation institutions to , theUniversity of expanding theprogram to othersites inIllinois. first cohort beginning fall of2021, eventually building capacity and skills, andcareer pathways. taking classes aboutthe transition to college, they willhave fullstudent status at UICwhile Institute onDisability andHumanDevelopment. Heller, distinguished professor andheadoftheUIC people to seetheirfuture,” saidproject leaderTamar in theUnited States.” of scholars working onissues ofsystemic racism supports, prioritizes, andrecognizes theresearch we seekto transform theway ourown university Jones said.“This initiative isjust thefirst step as but inhighereducation itself,” Chancellor Robert inequities that exist notonlyinourcommunities to prioritize research focused onsystemic racial the criticalneedfor universities across ournation projects andanongoinglecture series. members, anannualsymposium offunded grants to tenured andtenure-track faculty million ayear to supportcompetitively awarded systemic racism. research ofscholars working onissues of transform how theuniversity supportsthe programs andpolicy reforms designedto announced aseriesofactions, investments, The University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign THE UNITEDSTATES.” ISSUES OFSYSTEMIC RACISM IN OF SCHOLARS WORKING ON AND RECOGNIZES THERESEARCH “… JUSTICE ISSUES ON SYSTEMIC RACISM, SOCIAL SUPPORTING FACULTY RESEARCH UIC hopesto enroll 10students inthe During theCo-Op students’ two-year program, “Recent events have once againunderscored The Callto Action initiative isinvesting $2 SUPPORTS, PRIORITIZES,
Latino studies. Torres, aprofessor of Latin Americanand initiative, alongwith MaríadelosÁngeles faculty,” addedChancellor Michael Amiridis. the creation ofarobust pipelinefor new Latinx address key issues inLatinx education, including share acommon vision ofworking together to the growth andsustainability ofLatino studies. will beanimportant first step toward ensuring the group’s strengths andcombining resources Latino studies andpoliticalscience, says pooling for diversity andprofessor ofLatin Americanand Pallares, associate chancellor andvice provost Andrew W. MellonFoundation. national initiative called“Crossing Latinidades.” institutions withhighresearch activity ina new consortium of16top-tier, Hispanic-serving The University ofIllinoisChicago Amalia Pallares, associate chancellor andvice provost for diversity. LATINX FACULTY.” A ROBUST PIPELINEFOR NEW “…INCLUDING THECREATION OF EDUCATION FORGING THEFUTUREOFLATINX He isaco-principal investigator for the “The leaders ofallpartnership institutions The project’s principalinvestigator, Amalia The effort issupported by $150,000 from The is leadinga
hip hop. history andcultural innovations spurred onby the state, teaching youth aboutAfrican-American thebus. African-American studies whohelpedcreate aUIS instructorSaunders, ofsociologyand to beatool for buildingcommunity,” saidTiffani the ArtsandHumanities. Presidential Initiative to Celebrate theImpact of part through UofISystem President Tim Killeen’s Champaign faculty collaboration andfundedin of IllinoisSpringfield-University ofIllinoisUrbana- mobile studio. Itwas created aspartofaUniversity number oflocalartists. Springfield duringthe fall of2020, recording a recording studio The HipHopXpress brought itsmobile FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY.” ALWAYS ENVISIONEDTO BEATOOL “THE HIPHOP XPRESS WAS SPRINGFIELD HIP HOPXPRESS ROLLSINTO The creators planfor thebusto travel across “The HipHopXpress was always envisioned Hip HopXpress isaschoolbusthat serves asa for two inaugural stops in
Jones wrote inaletter supporting theeffort. and chemistry at UIC. in theNatural Sciences andprofessor ofphysics of Liberal ArtsandSciences Distinguished Chair principal investigator, Russell Hemley, College public Research Iuniversities,” saidtheproject’s STEM undergraduate training at otherdiverse of STEM careers orpost-graduate school. on students’ GPAs, timeto graduation andchoice Researchers alsowillevaluate theprogram’s effect students for potential technical careers indefense. veterans andminority students. with afocus onengagingundergraduate student science, technology, engineeringandmathematics undergraduate research-mentoring program in Department ofDefense award to establish an Chicago A research team from theUniversity ofIllinois development, thepursuit ofadvanced degrees dedicated to encouraging active aging. The University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign opportunities for growth,” Chancellor Robert aimed at older adults,includingtheCenter on and practices, aswell asto identify gapsand and conducting research. all guidedby 10core principlesintended and includesdozens ofmemberuniversities, program. university activities. That includescareer framework for distinguishing andevaluating to encourage olderadultsto participate in Lifespan Engagement, Aging andResilience Health, Aging, andDisability andthe Cognition, is now partofaconsortium ofuniversities how we can shapeage-friendlyprograms began in2012 at DublinCity University inIreland ACTIVE AGING &LIFELONG LEARNING STEM DEFENSECAREERS MENTORING FORDIVERSITYIN “The AFUprinciplesprovide avaluable guiding The Age-Friendly University GlobalNetwork “Our program could become ablueprint for UIC’s initiative aimsto prepare andengage UIUC already offers anumberofinitiatives hasbeenawarded a$3millionU.S. ANTIRACISM AND SOCIAL PROJECTS FUNDING JUSTICE U * created thefund. profession,” said DeanDarby Dickerson, who legal education, thelegalsystem andthelegal help dismantle thesystemic racism that exists in explore important yet difficult issues that will with anaccess mission, we have aduty to prisoners for services behindbars. practices, andcorporations that charge reform legislation, indigenoustribalgovernance filled thepositions. underrepresented racial orethnic groups asthey to interview at least two students from social justice projects. Faculty were required student assistants to work onantiracism and and supportsfull-timefaculty members hiring legal themes. represented groups andexplore antiracism provide opportunitiesfor students from under- Chicago SchoolofLaw. Effective July1,2021, the schoolwillbe renamed theUniversity of Illinois “As Chicago’s publiclaw school andaschool Initial projects focus onissues suchaspolice- The fundwas established withdonations new Antiracism andSocialJustice Fund to IC JohnMarshallLaw School*isusinga 2021 AnnualReport |
15 WIDER HORIZONS | HORIZONS WIDER & 16 | 2021 AnnualReport will benefitfrom theinfusion of state funding. DPI’s permanent headquarters, plannedfor Chicago’s SouthLoop, $ RELEASED TO LAUNCH NEW 142 MILLION DPI, IINTO FACILITIES programmatic fundingfrom DPIandIIN. $500 millioninadditionalcapital and funding iscomplemented by more than University ofIllinoisSystem. The state innovation network, whichisledby the develop thestatewide education and by thegovernor andtheLegislature to million instate DPIcapital fundsapproved from around theworld,” Gov. Pritzker said. center that willattract talent to ourstate workforce andresearch anddevelopment focal point for anunparalleled tech a new era for Chicago asanextraordinary Illinois Innovation Network are launching Governors State University. University, Eastern IllinoisUniversity, and University ofIllinoisChicago, Chicago State University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign,the Loop, IINfacilities, andother projects at the permanent headquarters inChicago’s South and IllinoisInnovation Network. funding for theDiscovery Partners Institute released more than$142 millionincapital lllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker inNovember The money isthefirst release from $500 “The Discovery Partners Institute and The money isdedicated to DPI’s planned
production; anddeveloping aSTEM-learning of robotic technologies to supportspecialty crop of anovel Illinoiscancer-mortality index; development for underserved communities inIllinois;development development ofamobilechildvaccination program public universities. collaborative research among thestate’s Illinois program, whichisdesignedto increase protecting Illinois’biodiversity, andmore. strengthening thestate’s teacher pipeline, projects focused onagtech, vaccine distribution, grants to eight research teams, supporting Innovation Network awarded $229,000 in In itssecond round offunding downtown Chicagooffice. and access to corporate partners andDPI’s help withadministration, grant writing, executive director. the very cutting edge,” saidBillJackson, DPI’s put already strong industries intheregion on and arange ofothervitalissues. health care, buildingsafe andethical algorithms, intelligence to improve patient outcomes in autonomous agriculture, usingartificial and development grants. universities withmore than$1 millioninresearch the University ofIllinoisSystem andpartner eight world-class research teams across The Discovery Partners Institute has IIN SEEDGRANTS BACK AG RESEARCH,VACCINE WORK ANDMORE ON THEVERY CUTTING EDGE.” STRONG INDUSTRIES INTHEREGION OUR EFFORTS TO PUTALREADY “THIS ISJUST THEBEGINNING OF MILLION INR&DGRANTS DPI AWARDS MORETHAN$1 The eight newly fundedprojects includethe The fundingispartofIIN’s Sustaining Each team received $125,000, aswell as “This isjust thebeginningofourefforts to The teams includegroups focused on , the Illinois , theIllinois launched
Illinois System andNorthernIllinoisUniversity. seed fundingwas provided by theUniversity of Institute, working to boost Illinois’ economy. The across thestate, includingtheDiscovery Partners ecosystem for teachers. applying engineeringto agriculture. students andcompanies withaninterest in Bill Jackson said. their careers inChicago,” DPIExecutive Director hopefully fall inlove withtheideaofstarting classroom andcorporate experience, and universities willallow students to gainvaluable Chicago technology ecosystem. taking courses that includeaclass onthe to Chicagotech companies andexecutives. University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaignstudents of Engineering’s program to expose exceptional participate inCity Scholars, The Grainger College and theIllinoisInstitute ofTechnology cannow place for anew agriculture-focused initiative. the Discovery Partners Institute. Plansare alsoin include students from universities that are partof The City Scholarsprogram has STUDENTS EXPANDS, OPENSTO UICANDIIT CITY SCHOLARSPROGRAM IIN isagroup of15university-based hubs The plannedagriculture track willconnect “The expansion ofthisprogram to more Top UICandIllinoisTech students are now Students from theUniversity ofIllinoisChicago expanded to engineering at UIUC. Kong, aprofessor ofchemicalandbiomolecular easily crumple,” saidstudy leaderHyunjoon a grand challengebecausethey are fragile and regenerative medicine, andbiosensing. have ahost ofapplications for wound healing, electronics to apatient. rapidly transfers delicate tissue grafts orflexible a device inspired by anoctopus’s sucker that Champaign Researchers at theUniversity ofIllinoisUrbana- requiring general anesthesia. numbers ofchildren inneedofdental procedures Outpatient Care Center. Healthcare Foundation Pediatric Dentistry of Dentistry openedtheIllinoisChildren’s the University ofIllinoisChicagoCollege With plansto serve 1,000 children ayear, OCTOPUS-INSPIRED SUCKERTRANSFERSTISSUE GRAFTS &BIOSENSORS UIC OPENSPEDIATRIC DENTISTRY OUTPATIENT CARECENTER “Handling theselivingsubstances remains Thin tissue grafts andflexible electronics “Many hadto wait many months to get an The center was created to treat increasing Byoungsoo Kimandprofessor Postdoctoral researcher are partofateam that created Hyunjoon Kong.
the softtissue orflexible electronic film. hydrogel expands slightly, creating suction with press itto thesheet andturnofftheheat. The researchers heat thehydrogel to shrinkit,then to anelectric heater. To pickupathinsheet, temperature-responsive softhydrogel attached researchers anidea. wet anddryobjects ofallshapesgave the Illinois, servingalmost 10,000 patients ayear. the largest provider ofpediatric dental care in Department ofPediatric Dentistry. Society Foundation Professor andheadofthe said Marcio daFonseca, ChicagoDental weeks after thechild’s initialappointment,” we hopethat thewait timewillbeonlyafew appointment. Once thecenter isfullyoperational, They designedamanipulator madeof Seeing theway anoctopus canpickupboth The UICDepartment ofPediatric Dentistry is United States. third-largest programs oftheirkindinthe and pancreas transplant programs are the patient recovers faster.” the procedure isminimallyinvasive (and)the Giulianotti said.“By doingthesurgery robotically, normally requires open,invasive surgery,” surgery at UIHealth. chief ofgeneral, minimallyinvasive, androbotic underwent theprocedure inSeptember. severe polycystic kidney disease. a living-donorkidney transplant inapatient with double-kidney removal followed immediately by performed theworld’s first robotic-assisted Surgeons at the University ofIllinoisHospital with Christopher Adamsick. Pier Giulianotti, director oftherobotic surgery program at UIHealth, PATIENT RECOVERS FASTER.” MINIMALLY INVASIVE (AND) THE ROBOTICALLY, THEPROCEDURE IS “BY DOINGTHESURGERY POLYCYSTIC KIDNEYDISEASE TRANSPLANT FORPATIENT WITH FIRST-EVER ROBOTIC KIDNEY UI Health’s combined kidney/pancreas “This isafirst-of-its-kind procedure that The procedure was ledby PierGiulianotti, Christopher Adamsick, 50, ofYorkville, Illinois,
the UICCollege ofPharmacy. professor ofpharmacology andtoxicology at sexually transmitted infections,” saidWaller, a options for safely preventing pregnancy and provide women withmore control andmore more than20 years ago. Development ofthecontraceptive gelbegan Zaneveld ofRushUniversity Medical Center. contraceptive incollaboration withLourens demand to prevent pregnancy. non-hormonal vaginal gelthat can beusedon- achieve FDA approval. fourth drugdeveloped by researchers at UICto by theU.S. Food andDrugAdministration, the the University ofIllinoisChicago was approved A first-of-its-kind contraceptive developed at FOR WOMEN AT UICOFFERSNEWOPTION CONTRACEPTIVE DEVELOPED pharmacology andtoxicology at the UICCollege of Pharmacy. Donald P. Waller, professor of “The driver behindthisinnovation was to UIC’s DonaldWaller developed the The new contraceptive, called Phexxi, isa 2021 AnnualReport |
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CREATIVE EXPRESSION | 18 | 2021 AnnualReport STAPLE MARKS A CENTURY OF MUSIC HAIL TO THECHIMES: ALTGELD
P Altgeld Hallhave now beenastaple ofcampus chimes are maintained by theSchoolofMusic, cables runningupthetower inAltgeld Hall. The celebrate thehistory ofthechimes andhonor concerts inOctober. student inmusicology. Sheandother chimes as well asstudent andlocal volunteers. at Homecoming onOct. 30, 1920. and theuniversity celebrated withaweek of players organized theanniversary events to the legacy oflongtimechimesmaster SueWood. Illinois Urbana-Champaign,thechimesin life for acentury. The bellsare activated by levers that pull The bellswere first dedicated ina concert 2020 was thechimes’100thanniversary, Chimesmaster Tina Horton isagraduate erhaps themost familiar soundto students andothers at theUniversity of Chimesmaster Tina Horton carries onthetradition of playing the Altgeld Chimes.
students andtheChicago community.” excellence, andrepertoire will beavailable to our thrilled that through thisprogramming, hisvoice, Architecture, Design andtheArts.“We are said Rebecca Rugg,deanofUIC’s College of political theater andtheatrical criticism,” Gómez-Peña, oneofthelivingmasters of honored to beindialoguewithGuillermo MediaInstitute,museum andPublic UICis neo-colonialism." pandemics ofracism, sexism, xenophobia and programs by theartist on“the multiple happening throughout 2021. program seriesfeaturing 28MacArthurFellows Program at 40,” amulti-venue exhibition and Art, SocialChange, andtheMacArthurFellows participating in“Toward aCommon Cause: Gómez-Peña asoneofthepartnerinstitutions internationally renowned artist Guillermo University ofIllinoisChicago Jane Addams Hull-HouseMuseumat the history professor Adrian Burgos Jr. was recruited of AmericanHistory. organized by theSmithsonian’s National Museum of “¡Pleibol!,” anartifact collection project in Latino life intheU.S. hasbeenthefocus Over thelast four years, MULTIPLE PANDEMICS PERFORMANCES ADDRESS EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO PROFESSOR PART OFLATINO BASEBALL PROJECT &BOOKFORSMITHSONIAN “With thisuniquepartnership between the The program includedmultilingualaudio University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign the role ofbaseball isworking with
(T.H.I.N.K.) Project. of The Humanities Innovating New Knowledge of theArts&Humanities, andcreated asapart Presidential Initiative to Celebrate theImpact the university, fundedby theUofISystem’s justice andequality. that still needsto be doneto achieve racial the riot’s victims, its lasting impact, andwork UIS alumni. and to executive producer Josh Hester. Bothare served asdirector, cinematographer andeditor, Emmy Award. poem from that site, won a Mid-America Wesley Robinson-McNeese reading hispowerful Springfield Race Riot. owned homethat was burnedduringthe1908 archeological work at theremains ofablack- history, hadanideafor ashortfilmwhiledoing Devin Hunter, UISassistant professor League Baseball. role ofLatinos intheNegro Leagues andMajor Salazar-Porzio. Leagues.” Burgos isaco-author withMargaret N. andtheBig came abook,“¡Pleibol!IntheBarrios early onastheleadconsultant andoutofthat RIOT EARNSEMMY SHORT FILMONHISTORIC RACE “Face to Face” was produced through Hunter hopesthefilmhelpsviewers focus on The Emmy was awarded to Chris Costello, who The resulting film,“Face to Face,” featuring Burgos hasmadeacareer ofstudying the in between,” Burgos said. way through thebigleagues,andall that neighborhoodlevel, allthe baseball, whichrunsliterally from the bookisstory of Latinos in Latino culture. the project andofbaseball’s role in Spanish, thebooktells thestory of “What we’re tryingto capture in Written inbothEnglishand of
on Adam andEve. Vietnam War, and“REV. 23,” acontemporary take in New York City –“The GoodSwimmer,” aboutthe in two othercontemporary operas that premiered contemporary opera. Since then,shehasappeared in “Place” shebecamemore interested in way Ilisten to music.” composition. performance andfor best contemporary classical Grammy for best chambermusic/small ensemble Williams. “Place” was nominated for a2020 work by composer Ted Hearneandpoet Saul vocalists whoperformed in“Place,” a2018 studying lyrictheatre. Shewas oneofsix to hercareer. to two Grammy nominations andafast start a professional oratorio. That opportunity led Urbana-Champaign As afreshman at theUniversity ofIllinois NOMINATED ENSEMBLE MUSIC STUDENT PART OFGRAMMY- Byrd started asajazzmajor, butafter performing "'Place,'" shesaid,“completely changedthe Byrd isnow aseniorat UIUCandasoprano , SophiaByrd sangin Curator Kathryn Koca Polite
celebratory, buttheseare not,shesaid. WPA prints often are seenasnostalgic or exhibition inresponse to the2020 elections. Social Justice in1930s United States.” exhibition, “Pressing Issues: Printmaking as of WPA prints. Many ofthemwere partofthe of IllinoisUrbana-Champaignholdshundreds paper, the Krannert ArtMuseum at theUniversity that remain relevant today. immigration andtheriseoffascism –subjects that dealtwithlaborunrest, racial violence, Administration Printmakers employed by theWorks Progress oratorio “Place,” nominated for two Grammy Awards. Sophia Byrd, aUIUCseniorstudying lyrictheatre, performed inthe "'PLACE' COMPLETELY CHANGEDTHE WAY ILISTEN TO MUSIC,"SHESAID. EXHIBIT EXAMINES WPA PRINTMAKERS’THOUGHTS ONSOCIALJUSTICE Curator Kathryn Koca Polite organized the Among itsstrong collection ofworks on inthe1930s created images action when makingmoral choices. more inclinedto focus ontheharmdoneby an cohesion asrelevant to morality. instance, to view values that promote group in thetwo countries. Sweden, andthat believers shared similar views morality were comparable in the U.S and but notinothers,” Ståhl said. than that ofreligious believers insomerespects, However, itiscalibrated somewhat differently U.S. surveys. Americans andSwedes, andtwo smaller psychology, conducted two surveys comparing people whoare religious. ways andare similarinothers to theviews of beliefs ofatheists andhow they differ insome Chicago New research from aUniversity ofIllinois Koca Polite said. deeply affected peoplepsychologically,” inequalities, worsened working conditions and 1930s –theDepression exacerbated economic social injustices plaguingthecountry duringthe artists produced criticalcommentaries ofvarious FROM BELIEVERS’INSOMEWAYS ATHEISTS’ MORALCOMPASSES DIFFER PSYCHOLOGICALLY.” AND DEEPLY AFFECTED PEOPLE WORSENED WORKING CONDITIONS ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES, “...THE DEPRESSION EXACERBATED Disbelievers from bothcountries alsowere Religious disbelievers were less inclined,for He found religious disbelievers’ views about “Disbelievers dohave amoral compass. Tomas Ståhl, UICassistant professor of “The exhibition islookingat theways that socialpsychologist examines themoral
Endalyn Taylor UIUC Dance professor and faculty research. college’s programming, faculty representation, increase diversity, equity, and inclusioninthe and Afro-diasporic artsand cultures. Itseeks to engagement inthearea ofAfrican American focus inFAA onresearch, teaching, and Arts Initiative. Dean’s Fellow for theyear to leadthe Black the salonseriesandwas selected asanFAA Dance professor EndalynTaylor iscoordinating of police brutality against Blackindividuals. broad issues ofracism andtherecent protests of Blackartists, thenusestheirwork to lookat University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign. by theCollege ofFineandAppliedArtsat the and inclusionlaunchedanew BlackArtsInitiative Black artists andhow they address race, diversity, A five-part salonseries featuring INITIATIVE ARTISTS OPENSBLACK ARTS SALON SERIESFEATURING BLACK The BlackArtsInitiative ispartofastrategic “We Got Next” offers alensinto the research the work of 2021 AnnualReport |
19 CREATIVE EXPRESSION | EXPRESSION CREATIVE IN THE 20 | 2021 AnnualReport chancellor for innovation at UIC. the tech workforce,” saidTJ Augustine, vice professionals ofany experience level enter more live, onlinelearningopportunities to help opportunities, we felt itwas imperative to offer where many are seekingnew career them marketable inaslittle as12weeks. next few years. jobs are expected to openinthe region over the developers inChicago. More than20,000 such demand for cybersecurity workers andsoftware experienced professionals. cybersecurity skillsto bothearly-career and online tech bootcamps to teach coding and Academy begananew partnership to offer The University ofIllinoisChicago to anyone for any reason. over theholidays. Butthecourses were available or whomay have found extra timeontheirhands or lightened theircourse loaddueto COVID-19, students whomay have suspendedtheirstudies a variety ofsubjects were available. and thespringsemester. More than40courses in week accelerated courses duringwinter break University ofIllinoisSpringfieldoffered eight- to reach theireducational goalsfaster, the Providing students auniqueopportunity BOOTCAMPS FORPROFESSIONALS CREATING ONLINETECH OR FINISHTHEIREDUCATION.” FOR NEWUIS STUDENTS TO START “THIS ISAGREAT OPPORTUNITY FAST-TRACKING GOALS THROUGHACCELERATED UISCOURSES “In today’s increasingly digitalenvironment, The bootcamps teach students skillsthat make The program was created to helpmeet the The courses were primarilyintended to help and Fullstack reality, augmented reality orblockchain. on anemerging technology, suchasvirtual projects involving interdisciplinary teams focused leaders for success together.” and we lookforward to preparing business are natural collaborators for usinthisendeavor, disruption,” said DeanJefferey R.Brown. “They on bothrecognizing andsucceeding through world –isevident intheimportance they place between Giesand its corporate partners. project alsowillbuildandstrengthen relationships existing campusresources innew ways. The entrepreneurial opportunitiesthat connect learning opportunitiesfor students, creating social change. rapidly reshaped by technological innovation and to prepare students for success inaworld being College ofBusiness haslaunchedanew initiative University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign’s Gies Working withErnst &Young shorter periodoftime.” course loadandpotentially earntheir degree in a a chance for current students to addto their UIS Interim Chancellor Karen Whitney. “It’s also students to start orfinishtheireducation,” said STUDENTS TO CHANGINGREALITIES NEW LABAIMSTO EXPOSE BUSINESS The DisruptionLabwillfocus onstudent “EY’s purpose–to buildabetter working The DisruptionLabwillprovide extracurricular “This isagreat opportunity for new UIS LLP (EY),the Rummel (left)andMahomet-Seymour schooldistrict Superintendent Lindsey Hall. UIUC socialwork professor Kevin Tan (right), Mahomet-Seymour schooldistrict Director ofInstruction Nicole HEAL RACIAL PROJECTS WOUNDS WAYS TO TO WAYS EXPLORE T Tan said. development initiative for socialwork students. on race relations andequity initiatives, aswell can play inaddressing racism inschoolsand explore therole social-emotional learning(SEL) seek understanding andexplore solutionswith students andothers. as collaborating withstudents, parents, and regards to race relations andsocialjustice issues,” programs for parents, schooladministrators, Seymour Community UnitSchoolDistrict No. 3 mending broader racial divides. teachers intwo schoolsinChicago. Durriyyah Kemp, anIllinoisExtension educator in whichyouths andadultscome together to based inCook County, have organized the “Transformative SELisacollaborative process The project also includesaprofessional Their efforts include work withtheMahomet- Kevin Tan, aprofessor ofsocialwork, and wo University ofIllinoisUrbanaChampaign scholars are spearheading aneffort to surgeons ofall expertise levels to use. Direct including several robotic units, are available for robotic surgery. Modern surgical training tools, with particular emphasisonmicrosurgery and neurosurgery, robotic andcraniofacial surgery, disciplines. provides hands-on training for allsurgical Laboratory (SITL), a17,000-square-foot facility unveiled itsnew Surgical Innovation &Training The University of IllinoisCollege of Medicine while wearing tracking markers. themselves performing a10-to 15-second dance best dancer intheirhousehold by recording principles ofmovement-analysis research. them learnthescience ofbiomechanicsandthe dance videosonvideo-sharingsite TikTok helped of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign,creating short Grainger College ofEngineeringat theUniversity attended avirtualsummercamphosted by The For hundreds ofhighschoolstudents seated, usesrobotic scissors Surgical Innovation &Training to cuttheribbonto openthe Laboratory. UIC Chancellor MichaelAmiridis, COLLEGE OFMEDICINEOPENSSURGICAL INNOVATION &TRAININGLABORATORY AN INTRODUCTIONTO BIOMECHANICSUSINGTIKTOK SITL features advanced simulation in Campers were challengedto identify the who
Chancellor MichaelAmiridis. across thecountry andtheworld,” saidUIC also allow usto train thousandsofsurgeons patients throughout ChicagoandIllinois,it will can provide state-of-the-art healthcare to our only establishes new andadvanced ways we accommodate 200learners. modular units,whichwhencombined can transmitted to alarge classroom withthree feeds from the lab’s operating rooms canbe dancers invideosprovided to thecampers. friend, afamily memberoroneofthree celebrity the sameactions. The modeldancer could bea motions to thoseofamodeldancer performing comparing therange andsmoothness oftheir log oftheirtwo-dimensional movements and identified andtracked themarkers, creating a “This isavery important occasion asitnot Using asoftware plug-in,thecampers developed avirtualsummercamp. (shown onlaptop screen, right), professor Jennifer Amos Burks,andbioengineering Gabriel postdoctoral research associate coordinator Lara Hebert,left, Outreach andpublicengagement synchronous andasynchronous are now partof learning. “Terms like eLearning, onlineeducation, director ofonlineprofessional andengaged in education,” saidVickie Cook, UISexecutive adjust andthrive. give parents thetools to helptheirchildren Parent’s Guideto Remote Learning” aimedto remote learningduringthe COVID-19 pandemic. children asthey navigated thenew world of free webinar seriesto helpparents guidetheir Continuing andProfessional Education useda The University of Illinois Springfield narrow window, it canhave lasting effects,” said quickly. Ifthey donotreceive services duringthat because young children grow anddevelop so due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. occupational therapy anddevelopmental therapy challenges obtainingservices suchasspeech, disabilities ordelays wholackonlineaccess face visits withtheirchildren’s therapists. equipment they needto participate inlive video helping many families across thestate obtainthe the University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaignis Illinois EarlyIntervention Clearinghouseat A technology loanprogram provided HELPING PARENTS SUPPORTTHEIRCHILDRENDURINGREMOTE LEARNING UIUC PROGRAM FAMILIES RECEIVEEARLY CHILDHOODSERVICES ONLINETHROUGH “We are faced withanunprecedented time The series“SupportingYour Student: A “Early intervention services are critical Many families ofinfants andtoddlers with Office of by the help parents answer thoughthisseries.” student succeed? Those are questions we hopeto and –more importantly –how canthishelpyour our householdlexicons. Butwhat doesitallmean, services to them. families and6,000 professionals whoprovide a statewide lendinglibrary for 20,000 Illinois Collective at theUofI,clearinghouseis borrow tablet computers. while families whoneeddigitaldevices can internet access canborrow Wi-Fi hotspots, who have smartphonesorcomputers butlack librarian Sarah Isaacs. visiting project coordinator andclearinghouse Operated by theEarlyChildhood Families obtainingearlyintervention services Clearinghouse, and specialist JillTompkins. Sarah Isaacs,who research information Early Intervention is librarian at the
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21 IN THE IN EXPLORATION | 22 | 2021 AnnualReport temperature of methane by about half. Using thecatalyst lowers thecombustion reduce thecombustion temperature ofmethane. other elements that eachhastheability to and industrial engineering. Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, professor ofmechanical greenhouse gasandpollutants itproduces,” said and theless energy we useto burnit,theless natural gas. greenhouse gasesandpollutants produced by of IllinoisChicagoresearcher could help cut the developed by agroup that includesaUniversity made upofavariety ofdifferent elements A cutting-edge “Swiss Army knife” catalyst as isJohnM.Davis, professor ofpsychiatry. health information sciences, isonthe2020 list, head ofthedepartment ofbiomedicaland the department ofphysical therapy andinterim Professor of Plant BiologyandCrop Sciences. Plant Biology; andDonaldOrt,theRobert Emerson Stanley O. Ikenberry ChairofCrop Sciences and Hoffmann, a Founder Professor; Stephen Long, the materials science andengineeringProfessor Axel citation data from 2009-2019. world basedonjournalarticlepublication and sciences andsocialsciences from around the Researchers list. the 2020 Clarivate AnalyticsHighlyCited the University ofIllinoisChicagoare partof Illinois Urbana-Champaign Three faculty membersat theUniversity of BURN CLEANER CATALYST CANMAKENATURAL GAS MOST INFLUENTIAL RANK AMONGWORLD’S FIVE SYSTEM FACULTY The catalyst ismadeupofoxygen plus10 “The more efficiently weburn methane At UIC,Ross Arena, professor andheadof The three UIUCscientists on2020 list are The list recognizes leadingresearchers inthe andtwo from
‘Zombie’ cells come to life after thedeath ofthehumanbrain. brain tissue collected duringsurgery inwhat are cures for somecommon disorders. implications for thesearch for treatments and remain active after death, adiscovery that has Chicago New research from theUniversity ofIllinois ‘ZOMBIE’ GENES? RESEARCH SHOWS SOME GENESAREACTIVE INTHEBRAINAFTERDEATH ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH Researchers analyzed geneexpression in & HANDS-ONLEARNING shows that certain humanbrain cells RADAR TRANSFORMING DOPPLER MOBILE or cell activity, saidJeffrey Loeb, the JohnS. account for thepost-mortem geneexpression schizophrenia, andAlzheimer’s diseasedoesnot the search for ways to treat orcure autism, increased. Somegrow significantly. called glialcells andfound that activity actually Most research that uses brain tissues in T near theground andthree weather balloonlaunchsystems. meteorological sensors for observingmeteorological conditions and other phenomena. used to observe thestructure andevolution ofweather systems Jeff Trapp, headofthedepartment. to cutting-edge meteorological resources ofthisscope,” said of theatmosphere. expand outreach efforts to demonstrate scientific observation its research, offer hands-on field training for students, and radar andinstrumentation facility that isexpected to transform The acquisition alsoincludesthree vehicles equippedwith The equipment includesthree truck-mounted X-band radars “At noother university dostudents andfaculty have access of IllinoisUrbana-Champaignhasanew mobileDoppler he Department ofAtmospheric Sciences at theUniversity research onhuman brain tissues.” said. “Our findingswill beneeded to interpret brain stops when theheartstops beating,” Loeb corresponding authoronthepaper. rehabilitation at theUICCollege ofMedicineand ProfessorGarvin andheadofneurology and “Most studies assume that everything inthe Jeffrey Loeb
engineering professor, was chosento leadthe improve defenses against solarstorms. development ofa$75 millionsatellite that could Urbana-Champaign NASA haschosenaUniversity ofIllinois BY UIUCSCIENTIST $75 MILLION NASA MISSION LED Artist’s rendering ofNASA’s Europa Clipper computer engineering spacecraft. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech Laura Waldrop, assistant professor ofelectrical & Lara Waldrop, anelectrical andcomputer
scientist to leadthe SCIENTIST SELECTED FOR NASAMISSION RESEARCH TEAM
electric power distribution, andeven airtravel. satellite electronics, radio communication, and mitigate space weather’s disruptionof Waldrop said. to investigate thiskey atmospheric region,” known asspace weather. Earth’s recovery from solar-driven disturbances emissions are akey piece inbetter understanding by hydrogen atoms inEarth’s exosphere. These and willmeasure thefar ultraviolet light emitted or GLIDE. Lyman-alpha ImageroftheDynamic Exosphere,” Opportunity basedonherproposal, “Global Solar Terrestrial Probes Science Mission of AS SPACE WEATHER. DRIVEN DISTURBANCES KNOWN EARTH’S RECOVERY FROM SOLAR- PIECE INBETTERUNDERSTANDING THESE EMISSIONS ARE A KEY The data willprovide better ways to forecast “GLIDE isthefirst mission designed explicitly GLIDE isexpected to belaunchedin2025 PLANETARY
U same could betruefor Europa,” hesaid. places to findmicrobial life onEarth,andperhapsthe Hydrothermal systems nearundersea volcanoes are great of volcanism ontherocky floorundertheocean. Europa’s ocean world. gravity anomaliesto lookat thewater-rock interface of sciences, was chosenafter proposing to useline-of-sight than allofEarth’s oceans combined. global ocean underitsicy surface withmore liquidwater for conditions that might supportlife. Europa contains a 2020s andwillexplore Jupiter’s moon,Europa, looking Clipper mission. science team for NASA’s plannedEuropa “We willbelookingfor indirect evidence Dombard, whoisaprofessor ofEarthandenvironmental The expedition istentatively set to launchinthemid- Andrew Dombard willjointhegravity/radio niversity ofIllinoisChicago Professor challenges theirbeliefs,” Yang said. making peopleless receptive to information that the mediaandthat canpromote polarization by increased exposure andstill detectable ayear later. press, beginningduringthefirst several weeks of a declineintheirconfidence inthemainstream and theleft-leaning Huffington Post experienced influence onpoliticalbeliefs. during the2018-19 midterm election hadlittle The research found that onlinepartisanmedia mainstream press. or left-leaning media can erode trust inthe professor findsthat greater exposure to right- of IllinoisUrbana-Champaigncommunication electorate, butnew research from aUniversity news coverage for polarization ofthenation’s Some recent studies have blamed IN MAINSTREAM PRESS SWAY OPINIONS, BUTERODE TRUST PARTISAN MEDIASITESMAY NOT “We saw alowering intheiroverall trust of But consumers ofbothright-leaning Fox News JungHwan Yang isaco-author ofthestudy. partisan
solar cells. in biosensors; andthecreation ofmore effective hydrogen infuelcells; more efficient reactions practical applications: water-splitting to generate scientist onthestudy. Song, aresearch assistant at UICandalead better thangeneral metal particles,” saidBob nanoparticles are ableto resist oxidation much material andreduces itsusefulness. resisted oxidation, aprocess that degrades while servingascatalysts. These particles platinum display highstability anddurability metals suchascobalt, copper, nickel, and discovered that, nanoparticlesmadeofmultiple Chicago andtheArgonne National Laboratory scientists develop more efficient catalysts. Understanding theseprocesses could help detergent, buthow they work isoften amystery. to everything from batteries to beerandlaundry Catalysts are integral to chemical reactions Andrew Dombard, professor ofEarthandenvironmental sciences MADE OFMULTIPLE ELEMENTS APPLICATIONS OFNANOPARTICLES SCIENTISTS DISCOVER The nanoparticlesstudied could have many “We found that thehigh-entropy alloy A recent study from University ofIllinois 2021 AnnualReport | vital
23 EXPLORATION | EXPLORATION EXPLORATION | 24 24 | 2021 AnnualReport and socialchange,” Fishersaid. differences are telling usaboutancient societies standardized, andto understand what those products andothers that were muchless skilled toolmakers madehighlystandardized quarries andminesvary, includingsomewhere southern Germany incontext. to putherown excavations ofaquarryin Foundation. The project is fundedby theGermanScience Archaeological State MuseumSchloss Gottorf. andScandinavianBaltic Archaeology, andthe between theUniversity ofKiel,theCentre for 2021. The project ispartofacollaboration University ofKielinGermany inthefall of Fellowship for archaeological research at the project ontechnological change. ancient technologies to acollaborative German professor Lynn Fisher University ofIllinoisSpringfieldassociate SOCIETAL CHANGE TO FLINTMINESFORCLUES ABOUT PROFESSOR’S RESEARCHLOOKS “My hopeisto learnalotmore abouthow Fisher plansto study flint minesandquarries Fisher hasbeenawarded aMercator willapplyherexpertise in
of theworld’s greatest challengesand places dedication and determination to solve some 1,800 research projects. 9,400 faculty, students andstaff working on jump from FY2018. The 2020 fundingsupports more thantheprevious year andan18percent mark inannualsponsored research. of IllinoisChicagohastopped the$400million For thefirst timeinitshistory UIC REACHES RECORD $410 MILLIONINANNUAL SPONSOREDRESEARCHAWARDS “(This) furtherdemonstrates ourresearchers’ The $410 millionfor FY2020 was 7percent SURFACES ON WATERPROOF THE HORIZON INSPIRED CICADA- , theUniversity N Latinx students inSTEM. from theU.S. Department ofEducation to mentor study ofMonarch butterflies, and million $1.3 undergraduate STEM engagement usingthe the National Science Foundation to improve Translational Science efforts, $2.5millionfrom National Institutes ofHealthfor UIC’s Clinicaland world,” Chancellor MichaelAmiridis said. UIC amongthetop research universities inthe outstanding ability to repel water,” said called nanoimprinting lithography to make of researchers from theUniversity ofIllinois establishing ontheirsurfaces, andagroup who co-led thestudy. work demonstrates how thecomplex species ofcicada because ourpast a template ofthecomplex pillar-shaped nanostructures ontheirwingsprovide an pruinosus, acicada found inthecentral U.S. nanostructures onthewingsofNeotibicen reproduce thosestructures. Urbana-Champaign andelsewhere can now Marianne Alleyne, anentomology professor is economical andwillhelpfabricate future high-tech waterproof materials. “We choseto work withwingsofthis The team usedafabrication process The researchers saidthenew technique Funding included $3.6millionfrom the anostructures helpCicada wings repel water andprevent bacteria from A drugwidelyusedto defective ionchannelinthelungsthat leaves of Iowa planto determine whether amphotericin of lungtissue from cystic fibrosis patients. cystic fibrosis ina recent study that included College ofMedicine. associate dean for research for theCarleIllinois a new way to treat allpeoplewithcystic fibrosis,” amphotericin Bincreased ionsecretion incultures said Burke, professor ofchemistry andthe showed promise asapotential treatment for patients vulnerable to infections. Inthe new study, researchers from theUniversity ofIllinois Urbana-Champaign. function andimmuneresponse. Martin D. Burke’s group confirmed that thedrug increased ouroptimismthat (this) could provide inhaled directly to thelungswould improve lung Engineering MIEPhDstudent Rafael Granda “WE HAVE ALONG WAY TO ANTIFUNGAL DRUGIMPROVES KEY CLINICAL STUDY CYSTIC FIBROSIS BIOMARKERSIN GO, BUT THISHAS INCREASED OUR OPTIMISM “We have alongway to go, butthishas Cystic fibrosis iscaused by amissing or Next, researchers at UIUCandtheUniversity … treat fungalinfections ”
lead to new microbial drugsordiagnostic tools, partnership agreement. between thetwo universities since a2019 The teams are amongthefirst collaborations development through innovative technologies. research teams to accelerate economic of Jerusalemare launching interdisciplinary and itsuniversities. links abroad for theUniversity ofIllinoisSystem Two international partnerships are building Killeen said. and foster innovation, system President Tim opportunities for more Mexican students initiative willprovide life-changing educational & Mexican-American Students (I-MMÁS) agencies, andprivate industry inMexico. partnerships withuniversities, government students aswell asacademicandresearch seeking to increase enrollment ofMexican an initiative to expand connections withMexico, The University of IllinoisSystem BORDER PARTNERSHIPS OPENDOORSFORINTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION INITIATIVE LAUNCHED TO INCREASE MEXICANENROLLMENT, PARTNERSHIP The teams’ projects includework that could The UofISystem andThe Hebrew University The University ofIllinoisSystem Mexican has launched
new The Great Lakes HigherEducation Consortium linkstheUofISystem with the Council ofthe Great Lakes Region andtheUniversity ofToronto. environmental issues. on regionally significant socioeconomic and for higher education institutions to work together Higher Education Consortium. signed anagreement to form theGreat Lakes Great Lakes Region andtheUniversity ofToronto controller that mimicsflyinginsects. inflammatory response, andanAI-basedflight improved fruityields,abetter understanding of students enrolled system-wide in2020. to nearly17percent of the more than90,000 American enrollment. Latinx enrollment grew the system’s universities to increase Mexican- recruiting andalumniengagement. office ever in Mexico City tosupport student founding –to openourdoors wide,” Killeensaid. bedrock mission that we have carriedsince our The new partnership willcreate opportunities Elsewhere, thesystem, theCouncil ofthe I-MMÁS alsowillenhance ongoing efforts by The initiative alsowillopen thesystem’s first “This important initiative isrooted inthe programs inpsychology. bachelor’s inbusiness programs andbachelor’s bachelor’s programs for veterans and11thinboth percent at No. 34. UISwas ranked 23rd among bachelor’s programs were alsointhetop 10 among bachelor’s inbusiness programs. of IllinoisChicagorose to No. 2.UICwas ranked No. 7 in mechanicalengineering. engineering, andNo. 3amongmaster’s programs for veterans, No. 1inmaster’s programs incivil 1 spotinonlinemaster’s education programs engineering. UIUC’s rankings includetheNo. master’s programs inbotheducation and is ranked inthetop 10nationwide for online universities for excellence. recognize allthree University ofIllinoisSystem Report’s 2021 Best OnlinePrograms rankings became thenormfor somany, U.S. News &World In apandemicyear where BACHELOR’S INBUSINESS PROGRAMS. TO UICWAS NO. 2. RANKED NO. 7AMONG THE UNIVERSITY OFILLINOISCHICAGO ROSE AMONG ONLINEBACHELOR’S PROGRAMS, REFLECT EXCELLENCE ONLINE PROGRAMRANKINGS The University ofIllinoisSpringfield’s online Among onlinebachelor’s programs, theUniversity The University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign online learning F summer of 2021. and policies. assistant vice president ofacademic initiatives much highersuccess rate,” saidSarah Zehr, on content andapproach, resulting in a Project staff provides invaluable coaching through thecourse oftheyear. The OpEd members who publishedmultiplepieces the New York DailyNews andarange ofothers. Scientific American, CNN, the Chicago Tribune, the second cohort, withpieces publishedby more than40pieces had beenpublishedby publication. Through mid-springof2021, mentoring onsubmitting opinionpieces for academic year. been at work through the2020-21 experts. The second cohort ofwriters has to elevate thevoices ofunderrepresented Project, anational organization that aims effort between the system and The OpEd VoicesPublic Fellowship isacollaborative Public Voices Fellowship. climate change, andracism through The to issues asdiverse asCRISPRtechnology, ISSUES IDEAS TO VOICES AND ADDING The third cohort willbechoseninthe ”This year’s cohort includedseveral faculty Each cohort isprovided training and Launched across thesystem in2019, the Illinois System have lent theirvoices aculty from across theUniversity of
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25 & 26 26 | 2021 AnnualReport will continue itswork supportingclinicaland for Clinical andTranslational Science The University ofIllinoisChicago’s Center PATIENTS ANDCOMMUNITIES". COMMITMENT TO TRANSLATIONAL DISCOVERY THAT DIRECTLY BENEFITS OUR “THE CONTINUED FUNDINGOFTHE CCTS UNDERSCORES UIC’S DEEP-ROOTED $22 MILLIONFROMNIHKEEPSUICCENTERAT WORK FORHEALTH RESEARCH TO CARRYON NEW CENTER LINCOLN’S LEGACY (CCTS) O Institutes ofHealth. to $22million innew fundingfrom the National translational healthresearch programs thanks center. “He is anexample ofanordinary man opening for thenew Center for Lincoln said AnneMoseley, acting director ofthe a quarter century ofhislife, and to connect made extraordinary.” about Lincoln's life, leadershipandlegacy. Studies isto encourage continued research on Studies. The center willbeanational base the character ofLincoln to thenation today. that madehiminto icon we admire today,” failures, sadness andjoy throughout hislife Lincoln andhistimeinIllinois,where hespent Illinois Springfieldheldavirtualgrand for scholarship, teaching andpublichistory “Just like allofus,Lincoln hadsuccess, The goaloftheUISCenter for Lincoln n President Abraham Lincoln’s 212th birthday, Feb. 12,theUniversity of vice chancellor for healthaffairs at UIC. patients andcommunities,” saidRobert Barish, translational discovery that directly benefitsour underscores UIC’s deep-rooted commitment to hundreds ofUICfaculty, researchers andstaff. CCTS hasprovided training andsupportto Gillaspy said. revolution,” NSFProgram Director JohnD. a faster move toward aquantum computing Success from theseresearchers would mean as analternative to more complex, larger ones. creating networks ofsmallquantum computers the country. five-year award. Itwillbeoneofonlythree in and government labs. the University ofWisconsin, aswell asindustry that willincludetheUniversity ofChicagoand Quantum Architectures andNetworks (HQAN) Quantum Leap ChallengeInstitute for Hybrid Center willlaunchaNational Science Foundation Quantum Information Science andTechnology it to quantum computing. might ofthree Midwest powerhouses andapply Urbana-Champaign A new institute ledby theUniversity ofIllinois COMPUTING REVOLUTION.” FASTER MOVE TOWARD AQUANTUM RESEARCHERS WOULD MEANA “SUCCESS FROM THESE BY UIUC INFORMATION INSTITUTE LED NEW MIDWEST QUANTUM CCTS isoneofmore than50centers inthe “The continued fundingoftheCCTS After aninitialround ofNIHfundingin2009, “This center willexplore thefeasibility of The NSFestablished HQAN witha$25million, The Grainger College ofEngineering’s Illinois willcombine theresearch
such asengineering andliberal artsandsciences. social work —andcomplementary UICcolleges medicine, nursing, pharmacy, publichealthand colleges —appliedhealthsciences, dentistry, to includeprograms from seven healthsciences research. Itisalsooneofthe few research hubs country to befunded asahubofbiomedical highest impact ofAIindesignandconstruction. institute. They planto identify areas for the Carnegie MellonUniversity to designthenew investment willjoinresearchers from UIUCand technology providers, andventure capital architecture, engineering,construction, owner, computer science. principal investigator andassociate professor of shift inAIresearch,” saidDerek Hoiem,co- construction problems willproduce aseismic broader science ofAIresearch. the application ofAIinconstruction andthe at theUniversity ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign. Institute for ArtificialIntelligence in Construction Institute are supportingaplannedNational and theUofISystem’s Discovery Partners Funding from theNational Science Foundation BROADER RESEARCH IN CONSTRUCTION, ADVANCE INSTITUTE WILLEXPAND AIUSE More than40industry partners from “We believe applyingAImethods to Researchers hopetheinitiative will advance
FUNDRAISING $ 2.25 BILLION GOAL AYEAR SURPASSES EARLY UIUC T 2017 andtheuniversity's largest ever, isfar from generosity istrulyinspirational and contributes to avery bright future for the continue to step upwiththeirtremendous especially intheseuniquelychallenging education isgreater thanever before, commitments by March 2021. campaign passed itstarget ayear aheadof vice chancellor for institutional advancement, support, andother initiatives. student scholarships, faculty andstaff securing additional private resources for said theuniversity isalsocommitted to schedule, reaching $2.268 billioningiftsand attributed to nearly730,000 giftsofallsizes are sograteful to ouralumniandfriendswho passion andpridefor theuniversity. Their finished. “With Illinois”will continue into 2022 University ofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign.” from over 158,000 Benson, donors. Barry funds, thesuccess ofthecampaign can be times,” Chancellor Robert J. Jonessaid.“We to address avariety ofongoingneeds. “The needfor private supportinhigher Officials in now say the campaign,launched From namedcolleges to COVID-19-relief Champaign’s “With Illinois”fundraising he University ofIllinoisUrbana- The $2.25billion“With Illinois”campaign was launchedinOctober 2017. Innovation inMedia. and Leslie Frank Center for Leadership and in thecollege’s history, willestablish the Richard and amaster’s degree intech leadership. machine learning,artificialintelligence and5G, the workforce, includingexecutive education in effort to improve theskillsofpeoplealready in and emergency financialsupport;andsecond, an additional guidance counseling, andfinancialaid demand skills,internship placement, mentorship, which includesadditionalinstruction inhigh- programs: first, ahighschool-to-career pathway, and peopleofcolor secure high-paying tech jobs. changing economy, andhelpthousandsofwomen better adaptto achallengingandquickly Talent Labsat DPI,whichwillhelpIllinoisworkers more-diverse tech talent inIllinois. (DPI) to supportanddevelop promising and over five years to The Discovery Partners Institute The Pritzker Foundation isgiving Rich andLeslie Frank $7.5 MILLIONGIFTESTABLISHES CENTERFOR LEADERSHIP&INNOVATION INMEDIA HIGH-PAYING TECH JOBS. AND PEOPLE OFCOLOR SECURE … TECH TALENT MILLION TO DEVELOP MORE-INCLUSIVE PRITZKER FOUNDATION DONATES $10 The Pritzker Tech Talent Labswilllaunchtwo The fundingwillestablish thePritzker Tech HELP THOUSANDS OFWOMEN Frank. The gift,thelargest gift by RichandLeslie thanks to a$7.5 million professional experiences from asuite ofenhanced Champaign of IllinoisUrbana- of Mediaat theUniversity Students at theCollege willbenefit $10 million and production. technologies andoffer space for mediaediting will beoutfitted to accommodate new the existing RichmondStudio. Two classrooms create astate-of-the-art broadcast facility within that would have animpact for generations. said they wanted to make aninvestment inthe an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist, and agraduate ofUIUC,and Leslie (Miller) Frank, the UofIFoundation. university,” saidJimMoore, president andCEO of fact, they continued to invest generously inthe pandemic, UISdonors didnotwaiver andin continues through 2022. the $40milliongoalfor thecampaign,which Chancellor Karen Whitney. to improve access for students,” saidUISInterim expertise andservice, butforemost istheintent will helpUISfurtherdevelop several areas of community impact, andfacilities andtechnology. excellence, theUISCenter for Lincoln Studies, million ingiftsto supportscholarships, academic during fiscal year 2020, securing approximately $5 fundraisingStellar” campaignmadegreat strides The University ofIllinoisSpringfield The “Reaching fundraising Stellar” campaign at UIShasraised 92 percent ofits$40milliongoalandrunsthrough 2022. STELLAR SUPPORTFORUIS A portionoftheFranks’ giftwillbeused to Rich Frank, former president ofDisney Studios “Despite thedisruptionscausedby theglobal As oflast fall, UIShasraised 92 percent of “The Reaching Stellar campaignultimately “Reaching 2021 AnnualReport |
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The total FY 2021 operating budget* for the University of Illinois System is $6.74 billion. IN FIRST 50 YEARS, UIS CREATES The UIC-led agreement could help protect the monarch on up to 26 million acres in the United States. BOLD LEGACY, PATH TOWARD BRIGHT *Includes $1.7 billion in payments made on behalf of the system for employee benefits and $42.9 million for the Academic Facilities FUTURE Maintenance Fund Assessment (AFMFA) PROTECTING THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY The 2020-21 academic year is the 50th anniversary for the University of Illinois Springfield, providing The population of monarch butterflies in the an opportunity to reflect on the rich history already eastern United States has declined by more than ick Holonyak Jr., renowned for his created and the path ahead. 80% over the past two decades. The University of creation of the first visible-spectrum Billboards featuring UIS’ 50th anniversary logo Illinois Chicago has led the creation of a first-of- N LED and an icon at the University of Illinois and tagline “Bold Legacy. Bright Future.” were its-kind agreement to help the species recover. Urbana-Champaign, was recognized for his displayed around Springfield and virtual events UIC has partnered with dozens of energy PIONEER OF groundbreaking achievement with the 2021 marked the occasion. companies and transportation agencies Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. As Interim Chancellor Karen Whitney noted, to develop the first nationwide Candidate The award praised Holonyak “for the UIS began as Sangamon State University in Conservation Agreement with Assurances, or creation and development of LED lighting, a temporary building and is now U.S. News & CCAA. Under the CCAA, issued in April 2020, the LED LIGHTING which forms the basis of all solid-state World Report’s No. 1 public regional university U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and non-federal lighting technology.” Holonyak’s LED, first in Illinois. property owners and land managers agree to demonstrated in 1962, is now commonly used “Our unconventional start, our culture of take steps to protect the monarch on up to 26 in light bulbs, device displays, and lasers. thinking outside the box, our stamina and grit – million acres of land. AWARDED Holonyak is the John Bardeen Endowed these qualities continue to propel us forward,” “This unprecedented agreement encourages Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Whitney said. land managers to take immediate, proactive steps Engineering and Physics. He shares the prize Now UIS awards well over 1,000 degrees a to support the monarch butterfly so that we can with his former students and Illinois alumni M. year in more than 50 programs, enrolls more than turn its decline around,” said Iris Caldwell, program George Craford and Russell Dupuis, as well 4,100 students, has more than 230 faculty, and QUEEN BY THE manager at UIC’s Energy Resources Center. as blue-LED pioneers Isamu Akasaki and fields 15 NCAA Division II teams. WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM HOW IS THE MONEY SPENT The CCAA encourages practices such as Shuji Nakamura. Instructional & Departmental Research 20% habitat set-asides, timed mowing to avoid peak State Payments On Behalf 21% Holonyak was the first in his family to pursue “OUR UNCONVENTIONAL START, Hospital Operations 16% monarch periods, and vegetation management Student Tuition & Fees 21% higher education. He received his bachelor’s, Separately Budgeted Research 16% ELIZABETH 1 to promote beneficial plants like milkweed. OUR CULTURE OF THINKING Earnings, Miscellaneous 16% master’s, and doctoral degrees from UIUC, Academic Support 11% US Grants & Contracts/Federal Appropriations 13% where he was the first graduate student of two- OUTSIDE THE BOX, OUR STAMINA Extension & Public Service 8% Auxiliary & Departmental Operations2 11% time Nobel laureate John Bardeen. Auxiliary & Independent Enterprise 8% AND GRIT – THESE QUALITIES State Appropriation 9% PRIZE Student Aid 7% Institutional Funds 6% CONTINUE TO PROPEL US Administration & General 6% Private Gifts 3% FORWARD.” Physical Plant 5% 1 e.g. hospital & medical services plans | 2 e.g. bookstores, housing Student Services 3% NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Office of the President CHAMPAIGN, IL 364 Henry Administration Building PERMIT NO. 453 506 South Wright Street Urbana, IL 61801-3689
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