Feb. 6, 2014 Vol. 33, No. 14 InsideFor Faculty and Staff, University of IIllinoisllinois at Urbana-Champaign • http://news.illinois.edu/ii No-till soybean f ields give (even some rare) birds a foothold By Diana Yates study. “I was surprised to Life Sciences Editor The team found more bird nests see all the different birds esearchers report in a and greater species diversity in that are using these agri- new study that several the no-till fields than in the tilled cultural fields – especially bird species – some of soybeans. Nest losses were high, during spring migration,” them relatively rare – however. About 80 percent of said Kelly VanBeek, a Rare making extensive use of soy- nests in the no-till fields and more wildlife biologist at the bean fields in Illinois. The team than 90 percent in tilled fields Wisconsin Department of found significantly more birds and failed as a result of predation or Natural Resources who a greater diversity of bird species the onset of farm operations be- conducted the study while nesting, roosting and feeding in fore eggs hatched or young birds a graduate student at the no-till soybean fields than in tilled were ready to fly. U. of I. “I was shocked fields. High mortality is fairly com- by the variety of sparrow photo by Kelly VanBeek The team spent about 13 weeks mon in bird nests, however, and species that we saw – Bird behavior Many species, each spring and summer in 2011 while the losses in no-till soybean white-crowned sparrows including ring-necked pheasants, vesper and 2012 scouring a total of 24 fields were greater than those seen and white-throated spar- sparrows and the upland sandpiper, fields (12 per year) in two counties in pristine grasslands, they were rows, for example.” pictured, were found nesting in greater in Central Illinois. The fields were not much worse, the researchers Some of the birds us- abundance in no-till than in tilled 18 to 20 hectares (44-49 acres) said. ing no-till fields are grass- soybean fields. The upland sandpiper is on average, and the researchers A paper describing the research land species that have a rare grassland species. photo by Mary Kay Rubey walked roughly 3,200 kilometers appears in the journal Agriculture, been in decline across (1,988 miles) in the course of the Ecosystems and Environment. the Midwest for decades, said abundance and diversity, said nat- ient, they’re very resourceful and Michael Ward, a professor of nat- ural resources and environmental they’re very flexible, and we can ural resources and environmental sciences professor and department take advantage of that.” sciences at Illinois and an author head Jeffrey Brawn, a co-author Of the nests that failed, 65.1 of the study. One species found of the study. percent were raided by predators nesting in a no-till soybean field, “Generally row crops are not and 24.4 percent were lost to farm the upland sandpiper, was an ex- good for wildlife,” Brawn said. machinery during crop planting. citing find. “They’re just not. But this paper Continuously recording cameras “The upland sandpiper is a shows that in situ agricultural pro- trained on nests showed that coy- state-endangered species. It’s do- duction – depending on how you otes were the primary predators of ing badly throughout its range,” do it – can have some benefits for the ground-level nests – another Ward said. “Historically, it proba- wildlife.” surprise. bly followed bison herds and liked The team also found other “This just shows that we do really short grass, but we don’t grassland species that are in de- have predators in these land- have that anymore. We found that cline – Eastern meadowlarks, scapes, which is a good thing,” it’s going to these no-till fields ring-necked pheasants and field VanBeek said. “Several decades where the herbaceous cover early sparrows – nesting in no-till fields. ago, we didn’t have coyotes here; in the year is not that thick – which “If you look at birds in general we had completely lost those is what it likes – and we actually or wildlife in general, the ones predator species that bring some photo by L. Brian Stauffer found a nest.” that did occupy grassland habitat ecological balance. We may not be Nesting preferences Natural resources and environmental The study adds to the evidence are the ones whose populations in a balanced situation yet, but at sciences professors Jeffrey Brawn, left, and Michael Ward conducted that agricultural practices can have tanked the most,” Brawn least they’re present.” a study of bird abundance and diversity on soybean fields in Central have a broad influence on bird said. “But birds are very resil- SEE NO-TILL FIELDS, PAGE 2 Illinois. Safety training credited for giving co-worker a second chance By Mike Helenthal power plant, where he knew an automated ex- Assistant Editor ternal defibrillator was kept. f the 24 hours that passed on Jan. 8, The sense of panic was evident among the one hour in particular plays over in co-workers in the trailer, and Hart said he didn’t an endless loop in the minds of Ja- know what to do but continue CPR until para- son Hart and Dashon Jones. medics arrived. OIt’s the hour where they were forced into Jones, a two-year employee and chief util- action to assist a U. of I. building service ity clerk, grabbed the AED and sprinted back worker who had collapsed from a heart attack across the icy lot. in the meeting room of a work trailer outside “When I got back to her I opened up the Abbott Power Plant. AED and turned it on right away,” he said. “We were working on something together The AED is computerized and gives users and I was walking back and forth between our a simple list of commands for use on a heart offices,” said Hart, a nine-year employee and attack victim. the utilities pipefitting foreman for Facilities “It tells you what to do and how to set it up,” and Services. “I remember seeing her sitting Jones said. “It worked like it was supposed to, there, taking a break, but I didn’t see anything but things were just going a thousand-miles-a- out of the ordinary.” minute in my mind.” “Then there was this loud banging noise,” At that point firefighters arrived to take over, said Hart. “We both heard it. I peeked around just as Jones was preparing to use the device on the corner to see if everything was all right.” the victim. photo by L. Brian Stauffer It wasn’t. The woman had collapsed and “My heart was racing,” he said. “She wasn’t Life savers U. of I. Facilities and Services employees Dashon Jones, left, was unresponsive. She wasn’t breathing and reacting and I think we all thought she was and Jason Hart sit in the meeting room of a work trailer outside Abbott Power already was starting to turn blue. dead.” Plant where a co-worker suffered a heart attack Jan. 8. Because of the quick After calling 911, they turned the woman “It was definitely a deer-in-the-headlights actions of the two men, the victim is recovering. The men say CPR and other onto her back, and Hart started administering feeling,” Hart said. safety training made them more confident to act. CPR while Jones sprinted across the lot to the SEE SAFETY, PAGE 5

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ON THE JOB 3 In Inside Illinois Online: news.illinois.edu/ii/ • To subscribe: go.illinois.edu/iiSubscribe PAGE 2 InsideIllinois Feb. 6, 2014 SEC report: Budget procedures sound, challenges abound By Mike Helenthal tinue to impact the university negatively, he Sandretto said recent changes to the Assistant Editor said. state’s pension plans will substantially re- ON THE WEB report presented at the Feb. 3 Sandretto said the university’s pensions duce the unfunded amounts, but there is not http://senate.illinois.edu Senate Executive Committee are maintained by the State Universities enough information to know by how much. meeting says that while the uni- Retirement System, which also manages He said unlike corporate pension funds, are fully depreciated, and under accounting versity continues to face budget pensions for some of the other state uni- the state employee pension system is not rules, the university cannot record deprecia- challenges,A the methods it uses to prepare versities. Pension rules are complicated, insured. If the old plan had been kept, “a tion expenses for those buildings. annual financial statements are transparent controversial and substantially different for reasonable estimate is that SURS would Even after the adjustments to restricted and sound. governmental units than for corporations. have completely run out of cash in about 15 cash and to the surpluses, the university “My feeling is we’re about where we Under governmental accounting standards, years,” he said. “If the fund were allowed does have resources to provide a supple- should be – the process seems OK,” said SURS reports that the pension fund is un- to run out, employees who are still work- mental pension plan to cover the substan- Michael Sandretto, an accounting lecturer derfunded by about $20 billion (SURS pen- ing would receive absolutely nothing from tial reduction in pension benefits under the and the chair of the SEC Budget Commit- sion fund liabilities are $20 billion greater SURS — nothing from the state’s contri- state’s revised pension plan, he said. The tee. than SURS pension fund assets). Under the bution and nothing of what an employee cost of any supplemental plan is highly “There have been some concerns that the rules that govern corporate pension plans, contributed. The pension plan will either speculative at this point because so many university publishes (complicated) docu- the underfunding could be as much as $50 change, or at some point, SURS will run variables are involved. Depending on the ments to obfuscate the budget,” said the re- billion. He said the difference is because of out of cash.” supplemental plan, the annual cost could port. “The level in both the Budget Request how pension fund assets and liabilities are The state appropriates funds for the uni- easily be in excess of $100 million for the and Budget Summary (120 and 145 pages reported. versity, but because the state’s financial three campuses. respectively) seems entirely reasonable.” The amount shown for pension fund as- condition is weak, payments from the state Another issue is that new accounting The report said the detail is necessary sets is reasonably close to their current val- to the university are made later than in the rules will go into effect in 2015 that will because of the “incredibly complex” opera- ue, he said, but the amount shown for the past. Though the state does send the entire require the university to include part of tions of the U. of I. pension fund liabilities is not what SURS amount appropriated to the university, both the unfunded pension liability on its bal- The report, which also expounds on is required to pay retirees; instead, it is the the timing and amounts of individual pay- ance sheet. It is difficult to know the effect other university financial issues including present value of those payments. That is ments are uncertain. That makes month-to- because under the state’s revised pension pensions, was requested by SEC Chair and entirely reasonable, he said, because some month planning difficult and it requires that plan, the reported underfunding of about computer science professor Roy Campbell payments will be made 70 years in the fu- the university maintain large cash balances $20 billion will be significantly reduced. It and will be presented at an upcoming meet- ture. By investing a very small amount now, to cover the uncertain payments. is possible the liabilities on the university’s ing of the Urbana Academic Senate. there would be enough to pay a very large He said the university has significant balance sheet could be from $2.7 billion to Sandretto’s report also supports the uni- amount in 70 years. There is not enough unrestricted cash balances on its balance as much as $10 billion, although that is a versity’s practice of loosely held budget public information to know the amounts sheet, but that not all restrictions on the use speculative estimate. “That might make the control. He said the size and scope of the SURS expects to pay out over the next 70 of cash are reported as such on the balance university financial statements the weak- university make a tighter, month-to-month years; that amount could be $180 billion. sheet because they may not meet accepted est of any major research university in the accounting extremely difficult for research- SURS would need about $34 billion in accounting rules for what is considered re- nation, although rating agencies may have ers and others in the three-campus opera- assets to be able to pay the $180 billion stricted cash. already taken this into account,” Sandretto tion. because much of it will be paid far in the He also said the university has had a sig- said. Despite adequate controls and oversight future. However, with only about $15 bil- nificant operating surplus for the past two Benefits Committee chair John Kindt by the university in the budget process, the lion in assets, SURS would need to earn years. However, those operating surpluses said that the pension problem continues to state’s financial woes, such as underfunding extremely high returns to cover future pay- are probably too low, he said, because the be confusing and could become more so the pension system and late payments, con- ments. university has many older buildings that SEE FINANCIALS, PAGE 5

NO-TILL FIELDS, FROM PAGE 1 Emergency Action Plan submissions lagging The study points to a major opportunity By Mike Helenthal “but with 450 occupied buildings on cam- it’s the right thing to do and it’s something for bird conservation, Ward said. Rather Assistant Editor pus, there are still a lot of plans that need to that could save lives.” than buying up modest tracts of land for here are plenty of reasons to com- be completed.” Under the initiative, Short and his team wildlife preservation, an approach that is plete a building emergency action The numbers are concerning enough to create the plan alongside a building’s em- minimally effective, he said, farmers and plan. Chancellor Phyllis M. Wise that last week ployees, noting strategic locations in which conservationists could work together to First, completing the plan is re- she made a plea to the Senate Executive to gather or hazards to avoid in an emer- maximize the ecological role that no-till Tquired by law, and therefore, it’s a high Committee, asking members to get the gency situation. Once the plan is complet- lands are already playing in the Midwest. campus priority. word out about the importance of the plans ed, employees in the building are asked If farmers could be convinced to plant Second, it’s a great way to meet every- in securing campus during an emergency to attend a one-hour training session that their soybeans a few days later in the one in your building. situation. emphasizes actions to take during different spring, for example, it would increase And third, the life you save by complet- “So far we’ve gotten very little buy-in,” types of emergency situations. Training ses- the nesting success of several bird spe- ing a plan could be your own. she said, noting that two other Illinois uni- sions are tailored to a building’s individual cies that are out there now, Ward said. A “Considering the nature and frequen- versities recently were subjected to a sur- action plan. pilot program in Indiana is testing this ap- cy of events that have been occurring at prise state inspection set up to test their Short said the department has completed proach, compensating farmers for losses schools throughout the country, it’s safe to readiness. She said fines for non-compli- 78 additional plans for campus certified that stem from the planting delay, he said. say we’re living in a different world these ance could reach $10,000 per day for each housing, though that number is not included “There’s so much land in agricul- days,” said Todd Short, a U. of I. police person on campus not covered by a plan. in the 450 campus building count. ture that if only 3 or 4 percent of farm- lieutenant and the director of emergency Wise said that last year safety officials “We feel like we’re heading down the ers adopted this approach, it would have planning in the Division of Public Safety. urged professors in a campus email to in- right path,” he said, “but we’d really like to a greater effect than all the land that we “We all need to know what to do during clude a classroom message making students see an increase in participation.” have in wildlife preserves in Illinois,” he a crisis situation.” aware of protective actions they could take Once a plan is completed, regulations said. Short and a small group of public safety in the event of an emergency. call for it to be updated annually. Short said According to the U.S. Department of employees have been charged with ensur- “We asked them to read it before class the annual update is relatively easy and Agriculture, in 2009 (the most recent year ing campus compliance with federal and but didn’t get a lot of cooperation,” she employees only need to be trained once on for which data are available) 35.5 percent state law by working with various campus said. “Now we are going to insist that this their plan, unless the employee’s responsi- of U.S. cropland, some 88 million acres, groups to complete individual Building be done. This is serious; I urge you to con- bilities in the plan change or there is a sub- were in no-till production. Emergency Action Plans. Once a plan is vey to your people how important this is.” stantial change in the operational aspects of “Most people, they drive past corn completed, Short is responsible for training She said she would be delivering a simi- the plan. and soybean fields in Illinois and they employees who work in the building on the lar message urging greater participation at “Once the initial plan is completed and say there’s no way there’s value for wild- contents of their respective plan. an upcoming Council of Deans meeting. submitted it gets much easier,” he said. life in those,” VanBeek said. “But we’ve So far, representatives for approximately “We understand this is a huge undertaking Short said the police department is con- proved there is. These agricultural fields 180 buildings have submitted a plan. and that people are busy,” Short said. “But fident it will obtain additional resources to are not ecological wastelands. There’s “That’s not a bad number,” Short said, it’s not just that it’s a legal requirement – ensure campus compliance is met as quick- some value there.” X ly as possible. X InsideIllinois Editor Doris K. Dahl Inside Illinois is an employee publication of the Inside Illinois accepts display advertising and CAMPUS 217-333-2895, [email protected] Urbana-Champaign campus of the University pre-printed inserts. Ad reservations are due Assistant Editor Mike Helenthal of Illinois. It is published on the first and third one week prior to the issue date, but earlier UPDATES Photographer L. Brian Stauffer Thursday of each month by the News Bureau of reservations are encouraged. For rates and ad News Bureau Intern Chelsey B. Coombs the campus Office of Public Affairs, administered dimensions, contact the editor or visit Inside Subscribe to our online by the associate chancellor for public affairs. 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Assistant Editor “I’m a fireman here – I put out a lot of o Anne Stites, an administrative as- fires every day,” she said. “My job, really, sistant in academic programs in the is to solve the little problems so they don’t College of Agricultural, Consumer become big problems.” and Environmental Sciences, recall- In her current position, Stites manages Ting her career at the U. of I. is like recount- the associate and assistant deans’ calendars, ing a family timeline. plans meetings, coordinates office traffic She started working at McKinley Health and works with the ACES Student Council Center as an office support associate in and other related organizations. She said 1979, but left in 1983 when she lost her day the variety is enjoyable and that each month care provider. In that time off she had her brings a different focus to her job, whether third child. it’s student recruiting or admitting, or some In 1988 she came back to the U. of I. as other recurring event. extra help and soon settled in as a full-timer It’s difficult to have a conversation with at McKinley. Stites that lasts very long because it’s inevi- Then came the house fire in 1991 that tably interrupted by a phone call or a visitor turned the Stites’ lives upside down. It was with a question. a difficult time, but the outpouring she re- And while she has become profession- ceived from co-workers made the loss a ally satisfied, she also has learned that the little more bearable. family feeling she had at McKinley extends photo by L. Brian Stauffer Fighting fires Anne Stites, an administrative assistant in academic programs “It was just unbelievable how many fel- to other corners of the U. of I. as well. in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, has plenty of low employees stepped up to help or of- “It’s been nice because I’ve developed delineated duties – but “putting out fires” is a big a part of her daily work. Outside of a fer their support,” she said. “Everybody I some really close relationships with some few years away to raise her children, Stites has worked at the U. of I. since 1979, when worked with there was like family. Every- of the students who have come through she was hired as an office support associate at McKinley Health Center. one knew everyone. It was very casual and here,” she said. everyone went out of their way to help each Stites remains friends with a few for- other.” mer students and has watched from afar as “No,” she said. “Now is the time to enjoy this year is considering a trip out West – That’s what made the move to ACES several student friendships have blossomed the grandchildren.” though Stites said her dream is to vacation more difficult for her. She said she enjoyed into marriage proposals. One couple still She said her office is much roomier than in Hawaii for their 35th wedding anniver- the job and liked the people there, but knew sends photos of their kids to Stites, which her past job locations and that it comes with sary. that there was no comparable position to she proudly displays in her office. a perk that is hard to match: “The best thing They also are known for taking weekend advance to at McKinley. “They teach me things pretty regularly,” about this office is that I control the heat.” trips with any combination of their three “I knew I would not grow unless I she said, “and getting to know some of Stites has been married for 34 years to children and two grandchildren. moved,” she said. these kids has been pretty special.” Mark and they live near Bondville in rural Closer to home, Stites is taking classes The move paid off. Since arriving in Stites knows a little about the student ex- Champaign County. Both have lived in the to train the family’s two new puppies and ACES in 1991, she has advanced from a perience, having earned her bachelor’s de- area their entire lives. can’t wait for the weather to improve so she secretary IV position to administrative aide gree through an Eastern Illinois University Stites has several interests when she can focus on yard work. to her current position – an administrative program offered at Parkland College. leaves work and loves to travel with her “It’s definitely been a long winter,” she assistant serving the associate dean of aca- “I enjoy learning and wanted to earn my husband – preferably to a spot that has a said, “but a little sun will make us all forget demic programs. degree before I turned 50,” she said. “So at beach and plenty of sun. about it.” u “I like to take on new things and to be 46 I decided this was something I had to “Being in a nice beach town and loung- challenged in my job,” she said. “I want to do. It was four long years, but I graduated ing and shopping may be the best thing On the Job features U. of I. staff do something different every day.” in 2010.” in the world,” she said. “There are just so members. To nominate a civil service The ACES job has fit that bill perfectly. Does she have plans to add more classes many beautiful places to go.” employee, email [email protected]. She said it’s expanded her horizons and in the future? The couple has taken tropical cruises and Easter to better define president’s role for successor search By Mike Henlenthal Easter said there are plans this spring to He said faculty members should help “Our goal would be to help the whole Assistant Editor initiate a formal campus budget review pro- lead the search for the next president and region grow and become a money genera- ecommendations from a yearlong cess that will include the input of campus that he thinks more clearly defining the ex- tor as opposed to a money user,” she said. review of university administra- and faculty leaders. A process already is un- pectations of his office will help match the “This study makes it clear that as our com- tive functions will be revealed derway to study the structure of the univer- new president to the university’s needs. munity grows stronger, our ability to attract soon, U. of I. President Bob Eas- sity’s health system and it was a topic at last “What should (the president) go about and retain outstanding faculty – to build Rter said on Jan. 27 in his annual meeting month’s board retreat. doing on a daily basis?” he asked rhetori- broader collaborative networks, and to with the Senate Executive Committee on With a board policy that ties tuition in- cally. Easter said his presidency has been build our research infrastructure – are also the Urbana campus. creases to the rate of inflation, lagging state heavy on external leadership, considering greatly enhanced.” Easter said the recommendations are the support and reductions in federal grant all the legislative issues affecting the uni- Naturally occurring local clusters identi- result of work completed by seven review funding, the president said financial plan- versity that have needed attention. He said fied in the report include data analytics and teams that met to consider all administra- ning is more important than ever in preserv- much of his tenure has found him in Spring- management, and computing; biomedical tive units and their functions. Units also ing the university’s academic mission. field and Chicago, meeting with govern- and bioengineering; and energy. were given the opportunity to respond to “We do have enough information to ment and business leaders. The report said six key community as- the review teams’ findings. make reasonable projections over the next “There is a need for us to be at the table sets and resources provide a strong founda- The final report has been reviewed by few years,” he said, noting that Pierre is when there are significant conversations go- tion for all three clusters. They are: the U. of the administrative review steering commit- formulating a three-year budget projection. ing on throughout the state,” he said. “Not I; the technical talent pool; the hospitals; the tee and Vice President for Academic Affairs Easter said he is committed to offering being there takes you out of that.” entrepreneurial ecosystem; the Research Christophe Pierre, as well as by campus annual merit salary increases for employ- He said a board of trustees retreat sched- Park and its already established corporate provosts and chancellors. ees, as well as a supplemental pension plan uled for July likely would be used to further relationships; and the culture of entrepre- Easter said he plans to meet with U. of in an effort to remain competitive in hiring discuss how to better define the president’s neurship in Illinois. I. Board of Trustees Chairman Christopher with peer institutions. He said the addition- role. “Overall, the consensus is leveraging the Kennedy before revealing the recommen- al money to support those programs would “I don’t think we can be in a holding pat- assets and reputation of the U. of I. is key dations and a timeline to implement them. have to come from both inside and outside tern for the next 1 1/2 years until someone to economic development in the community “It’s been a very valuable process,” Eas- the university. else comes in,” he said. and growing the targeted clusters,” the re- ter said. “There have been a lot of voices “We’re looking for ways to control our Chancellor Phyllis M. Wise shared the port said. involved and some really great suggestions costs and increase (funding) opportunities,” findings of a report prepared by consultant Wise said developing the clusters and ideas for how to identify outdated or he said. Business Cluster Development, which she through university partnerships and even redundant functions within the university He warned that if the temporary increase said supports the Visioning Future Excel- active business recruitment would have a administration.” in the state’s personal income tax rate ex- lence theme of economic development. The positive affect not just on the Central Illi- He said the recommendations “recon- pires next year as scheduled, it could lead to report was commissioned by the chancel- nois region. sider administrative roles” and address “onerous cuts” to the state education bud- lor’s Economic Development Advisory “If you want flowers to grow in Chicago, ambiguities in the administrative reporting get and further exacerbate the university’s Group, which is comprised of campus and you’ve got to keep planting seeds, fertil- structure to ensure the administration “is re- financial challenges. local business leaders. izing and watering them down here,” she sponsive to the core business of academic Easter said he also is working to more Titled “Identification of Technology said. “We need to find ways to build in these programs.” clearly define the role of the presidency, Clusters for the U. of I.,” the report says that areas in a complementary way.” u “The hope is to create a sense of own- ahead of a search scheduled to begin later focusing on and developing those clusters ership on the campuses” when it comes to this year for a new president. Easter’s term can drive both a community and campus long-range university decision making. ends June 30, 2015. that are working in unison. PAGE 4 InsideIllinois Feb. 6, 2014 Board approves increase in tuition, fee, housing rates By Christy Levy four years. maintenance, renovations and utilities. secretary; and Walter Knorr, comptroller. UIC News “The University of Illinois was founded Undergraduate housing costs at Urbana n The board approved a three-year con- niversity trustees approved a 1.7 to provide an affordable, high-quality edu- will increase $201 (2 percent) to $10,180 tract extension for Mike Thomas, the direc- percent tuition increase for in- cation for the children of all classes, and we per year, based on the standard two-student tor of athletics, through 2019. coming freshmen that matches will do everything we can to fulfill that crit- room and 14-meal-per-week plan. Housing “In his tenure at Illinois, Mike Thomas last year’s increase – both the ical mission through our ongoing efforts to rates will rise $257 at UIC and $300 at UIS. has kept his focus squarely on the ‘student’ Usmallest since 1994. control costs and increase private giving,” Other business when it comes to our student-athletes,” Tuition for the 2014-15 academic year said U. of I. President Bob Easter. n Trustees re-elected Christopher Ken- Chancellor Phyllis M. Wise said. “He has for in-state freshmen increases to $12,036 Student fees and housing rates also nedy as chair during the annual election developed a leadership team of coaches, ad- per year at Urbana, $10,584 at UIC and will increase in fall 2014. At Urbana, fees of officers. He has been chair since his ap- ministrators and advancement officers who $9,405 at UIS. will increase $68 per year (2.3 percent) to pointment to the board in 2009. are dedicated to building a sustainable and “We are following the board of trustees $2,984 per year. At UIC, student fees will “All of us who are associated with the nationally recognized program that ensures policy and proposing a tuition increase that rise $52 (1.7 percent) and students at UIS university feel lucky to be part of the great- our student-athletes’ success on the playing is in line with increases of cost of living and will pay an additional $78 per year in fees est institution of its kind,” Kennedy said. field and in the classroom. He understands inflation,” Christophe Pierre, the vice presi- (4.1 percent). Trustees Edward McMillan and Pamela that the Illinois experience for these stu- dent for academic affairs, told trustees Jan. Student fees provide funding for campus Strobel were re-elected to serve with Ken- dents is one that isn’t measured in years of 23 at their meeting at UIC. recreational facilities, student centers, ca- nedy on the board’s executive committee. eligibility but in preparing them for lives of Under the state’s guaranteed tuition law, reer services, athletics, counseling centers The board also re-elected Thomas Bear- impact.” u passed in 2004, tuition rates are fixed for and libraries. They also help pay for facility rows, university legal counsel; Susan Kies, Board discusses new pension law’s impact on U. of I. By Christy Levy versity to remain competitive in the higher tive date, said Richard Dye, an economist rate. While the national unemployment rate UIC News Bureau education marketplace, which will require in the Institute of Government and Public has declined to 7 percent, the jobless rate t the Jan. 22 meeting of the U. the university to consider implementation Affairs. in Illinois is currently 8.7 percent, he said. of I. Board of Trustees, trustees of supplemental programs and options to The pension law isn’t enough to tackle “There’s slower improvement in Illinois,” directed university administra- address the changes made by the state’s the state’s budget shortfall, Dye told trustees. he said. “Labor markets are problematic.” tors to seek options for preserv- pension reform,” said a board resolution “Even if the law passes constitutional The state has shown a temporary im- ingA employee retirement benefits in light of passed unanimously at the meeting on the muster and we add on top of that maintain- provement in its delay in paying bills, Dye recent pension legislation. UIC campus. ing higher tax rates, the state still has a size- said, but “the future is ominous.” The new pension law, passed by the University administrators will make able fiscal gap,” he said. The state made the remainder of its fis- General Assembly on Dec. 3, reduces cost- their recommendations to the board before “Pension reform still leaves us in an in- cal year 2013 payments to the university in of-living adjustments, increases the retire- the law’s June 1 effective date. creasingly unbalanced situation going for- September but still owes $386 million of its ment age for some employees and puts a Two lawsuits have been filed challeng- ward.” $669 million fiscal year 2014 appropriation, cap on pensionable earnings. ing the constitutionality of the pension leg- The state faces other fiscal challenges, said Walter Knorr, the university vice presi- “It is the highest priority for the uni- islation, which likely will delay that effec- Dye said, including its high unemployment dent and comptroller. u deaths

Charles Henry Beiger Jr., 85, died Jan. paign, IL 61820, www.vfw5520.org. her Champaign home. Kresca worked at the died Jan. 28 at Carle Foundation Hospital, 18 at Presence Covenant Medical Center, Jorjan Day, 62, died Jan. 17 at her home in U. of I. Bureau of Economic and Business Urbana. She worked in food service at the Urbana. Beiger was a scientific artist for the Thomasboro. Day was a clerk for Campus Research from 1940-47. Memorials: St. U. of I. for 31 years, starting as a cook and School of Life Sciences from 1955-1968. Parking and had worked at the U. of I. since John Lutheran Church, 509 S. Mattis Ave., later becoming a supervisor for University Memorials: First Presbyterian Church of 1987. Memorials: American Cancer Soci- Champaign, IL 61821. Housing. Memorials: American Cancer So- Champaign, 302 W. Church St., Cham- ety, cancer.org. Glenn McLaughlin Jr., 57, died Jan. 18 at ciety, cancer.org. paign, IL 61820. John J. Desmond, 87, died Jan. 23. Des- Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He re- William Edward Tiner III, 49, died Jan. 21 Alfredia Brent, 81, died Jan. 21 at Carle mond worked at the U. of I. for 31 years, re- tired from the U. of I. in 2011 after 30 years in Bad Wildbad, Germany. He was an Army Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Brent was an tiring in 1986 as the associate director of the of service as a building service worker for ROTC instructor at the U. of I. from 2001- extra help food-service worker for Univer- Engineering Experiment Station at the U. of Facilities and Services. Memorials: Ameri- 2010. sity Housing from 1999-2003. I. Memorials: Champaign Park District. can Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Memorial Service Marianne “Manni” Brun, 84, died Jan. 6. Judy Jordean Dollins, 71, died Jan. 27. She Ave., NW, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. A celebration of the life of Jack Sherman Brun worked at the U. of I. for 11 years. She was a staff nurse at McKinley Health Cen- 20004, lung.org. Baker will be from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 22 at helped create the artist-in-resident program ter from 1995-2003. Memorials: American John Glen Mosson, 82, died Jan. 15 at Car- Temple Hoyne Buell Architecture Gallery at Unit One in Allen Hall and was the pro- Cancer Society, cancer.org. le Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He worked in the Architecture Building. The event gram’s director until 1986 when she retired. Lois Lorraine Gepner, 89, died Jan. 24 at at the U. of I. for 28 years, retiring in 1991 will include friends and colleagues sharing Gene Paul “Dick” Chesnut, 70, died Jan. her Urbana home. Gepner worked at the as a construction laborer at the Physical perspectives on the different areas of life 23. He worked at the U. of I. for 23 years, U. of I. for 16 years, retiring in 1990 as a Plant. Memorials: Champaign County Hu- influenced by Baker. An exhibition of his retiring in 2004 as a farm foreman for ani- clerk III for the Office of Admissions and mane Society, 1911 E. Main St., Urbana, IL work will be on display, and monographs mal sciences. Memorials: Sidney Fire Pro- Records. 61802, cuhumane.org. of his work will be available for those at- tection District, 302 S. David St., Sidney, IL Paul Edwin Hemp, 91, died Jan. 26 at Pres- Henry Raymond “Hank” Spies, 81, died tending. Baker, 93, died Nov. 24 in Cham- 61877, sidneyfire.org; or the Sidney Lions ence Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. He Jan. 23. Spies served on the faculty of the paign. He was a professor of architecture Club, lionsclubs.org. was a faculty member for 25 years, retiring U. of I. Small Homes Research Council for 44 years, retiring in 1990. Memorials: Patricia Crawford, 78, died Jan. 20 at in 1983 as a professor and chair of agricul- for 30 years, retiring in 1990. He also was www.go.illinois.edu/JackBakerMemorial. Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. She tural education in the College of Education. well known for his monthly radio program Checks, made payable to UIF/Jack S. Baker worked at the U. of I. for 28 years, retiring Memorials: St. Peter’s United Church of on home maintenance and repair on WILL- Memorial Fund, may be mailed to Jack S. in 1993 as a main desk attendant for the Il- Christ Endowment Fund, 905 S. Russell St., AM that was broadcast for more than 20 Baker Memorial Fund, U. of I. Foundation, lini Union. Memorials: VFW Honor Guard Champaign, IL 61821, stpetersucc.com/. years. 1305 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801, MC- Post 5520, 609 Edgebrook Drive, Cham- Betty Marie Kresca, 93, died Jan. 24 at Augusta Bernadean “Bea” Strozak, 85, 386. u

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SAFETY, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Both men had completed CPR training of whom hold jobs that involve operating improved. This incident will help our whole “You start components – Hart through his apprentice- heavy equipment and being placed in poten- organization raise the bar.” questioning ship with Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local tially dangerous situations. One of the safety components involves the things you 149, Jones while earning his bachelor’s “In this facility, the potential for danger a post-incident review where all involved did and wheth- degree in sports management – as well as is already higher than in most other (build- discuss the incident and how it could have er you could in-house safety training. But neither consid- ings) on campus,” he said, “but this incident been managed more effectively. Hart and have done L. Brian Stauffer by photo ered the likelihood of ever having to use the teaches you there are things you can do on a Jones agree that, while the outcome this something dif- training in a real-life situation. daily basis to raise your awareness and look time was a positive one, there always is ferently. I was “The training tells you to just go with out for one another.” room for improvement. looking at ev- the plan and not give up,” Hart said. “The Much of the training is required through “Once you go through something like erything we whole goal is to help as much as you can. state or federal programs. The utilities pro- this, you see things differently,” Jones said. did wrong but If you were down, you’d want someone to duction division of F&S has both a safety “What seems like a little thing can be a re- now I’m look- help you and not give up.” engineer and training coordinator to en- ally big thing.” ing at it a little Mike Larson Paramedics were able to revive the sure all of those rules and regulations are “It’s given us a whole new perspective on more positive- woman and she was admitted to a local hos- followed. To further supplement the staff the importance of CPR training,” Hart said. ly, as a learning experience.” pital and underwent surgery later that night. training efforts, the department recently “It’s changed my outlook on how I see the Larson said the experience, especially She’s still in serious condition and has med- purchased and implemented specialized workplace. I look at people’s body language the lessons learned from it, would help in- ical challenges, but doctors are optimistic training software for Abbott employees that and demeanor a little differently now.” form and lead future safety training. about her recovery. covers plant equipment and standard oper- For one thing, Larson said additional “You have a responsibility to point Mike Larson, the director of utility op- ating procedures, as well as safety topics. AEDs have been ordered to cover more something out when it doesn’t add up,” he erations for the campus’s Utility and Energy In addition, the department regularly offers work sites and buildings. The two AEDs said. “If you don’t stop and tell a co-worker, Services Division, said he was impressed presentations and seminars hosted by sub- initially were placed at each end of Abbott you’ve failed. If you’ve learned something with the way the men kept cool in such a ject matter experts, as well as university to cover as many workers as possible. and don’t go and implement it, you’ve high-stress situation – and how they instinc- staff members, to keep the information up After the incident, both men had plenty failed. The training gave these guys the con- tively reverted to their training. to date. of time to think the worst. When paramed- fidence to act.” “We really preach the fact that safety “We’ve been trying to supplement their ics placed the woman in the ambulance, she Jones and Hart recently were rewarded training is a big deal,” said Larson, “but it training as much as we can,” Larson said. wasn’t breathing and it wasn’t until four for their efforts following a happy reunion has to become a mindset. It’s got to be part “Safety is a component of everything we do hours later the men were informed at home with the woman’s grateful husband. of your culture.” and it’s always evolving. I think the culture that the woman had been revived and was “When he came in he gave us both a big Larson said safety issues are especially here has changed significantly in the last undergoing surgery. hug,” Jones said. “He said he was happy we important for workers at Abbott, many five or 10 years and our proficiencies have “It was a huge load lifted,” Hart said. were there and took action.” u

FINANCIALS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 once the recent legislative changes are chal- for campus academic leaders to admit more rest going to university administration and members pointed out that tuition revenue is lenged in court. (or fewer) students in some colleges and to then indirectly reallocated to the colleges. substantially less than published because of “We don’t know what’s going to hap- offer more (or fewer) courses in some col- The rate is 23 percent for nonresident stu- scholarships and other grants, which reduce pen,” said Kindt, a professor emeritus of leges. He said the basic method was estab- dents. tuition income. They also pointed out that business and legal policy. “I wouldn’t start lished many years ago and that rates had “With more revenue directly allocated the scholarships and grants have increased setting (retirement plans) in concrete.” been increased over the years. to colleges, colleges might decide they are substantially in recent years. A recommendation in Sandretto’s report However, as the system stands, “That better off financially if they increase fac- Major discussion topics on the Feb. 10 calls for a closer look at the university’s use process gives colleges little incentive to ac- ulty and admit more students in some de- senate agenda include an update on the uni- of transfer pricing – the price that one unit cept additional students; it also gives them partments,” he said, “and better off if they versity’s foray into massive open online charges another unit for students who take little incentive to accept students from other increase faculty and admit more students courses and a proposal by the Office of the courses outside their unit. colleges into their most popular courses.” from other departments. It’s something you Provost that would make changes in the He said studying the practice and recal- He said 51 percent of resident tuition is may want to look at because transfer prices campus policy on Specialized Faculty. u culating the rate might provide incentives directly allocated to the colleges, with the influence behavior.” Several committee

Ads removed for online version PAGE 6 InsideIllinois Feb. 6, 2014 Cultural sensitivity necessary for global business leaders By Phil Ciciora from hundreds of countries, the results can Business and Law Editor be generalized.” lobal business leaders must adapt The researchers found that while global their behavior to the country in leaders across the world display similar pat- which they are doing business terns of leadership behavior, there are sig- or risk being perceived as inef- nificant differences in some behavior that Gfective and unable to handle complexity, can be attributed to cultural origins, and change and ambiguity, says a paper co- which have implications for leadership ef- written by a U. of I. business professor. fectiveness. With different cultures placing different “Is there a great global leader who could relative value on certain leadership behav- parachute in and be effective anywhere? iors and styles, cultural sensitivity and a We find that that’s not so,” Agrawal said. holistic approach to people are necessary “In some cultures, some particular traits qualities for executives working outside the of leadership are stronger. But it’s not pos- U.S., says Anupam Agrawal, a professor of sible to have a person who is strong in ev- business administration at Illinois. erything. There are differences depending “Most major firms are grappling with upon where you come from, and differenc- this issue – how to have managers and lead- es manifest themselves because of culture.” ers who are sensitive to cultural differences According to the research, leaders who while also being effective employees when are mindful of cultural differences are working abroad,” Agrawal said. deemed more effective by the people they The paper, co-written by Caroline Rook, lead. photo by L. Brian Stauffer of INSEAD and Anglia Ruskin University, “A secondary point is that it’s best to Global leaders Cultural sensitivity and a holistic approach to individuals are compared the leadership evaluations of accept that differences will be there and necessary qualities for executives working abroad, says Anupam Agrawal, a professor 1,748 global leaders by superiors, peers and then work from there instead of saying this of business administration at Illinois. subordinates in 10 national clusters to see works where I’m from, therefore it must whether global leadership styles differ be- work here, too,” Agrawal said. ever you’re posted.” According to Agrawal, the research is tween cultures. The research also found that there are Agrawal is quick to caution that value especially relevant to successful employees The study used data collected through definite differences between the two big judgments play no role in the paper’s con- who work for large, multinational firms. the Global Executive Leadership Inventory, geographical clusters, which Agrawal and clusions. “As businesses are becoming more glob- which measures global leadership behavior Rook labeled “East” and “West.” “We’re not saying this certain character- al, the chances are good that if you wish to across 12 dimensions, to gain insight into “For example, visioning is an impor- istic is good or bad – our focus is on ex- advance in a multinational firm, you will whether the effectiveness of global leaders tant leadership capability in all countries, ploring comparative leadership from differ- need to work abroad in a leadership posi- differs on the basis of their cultural origins. but leaders from southeast Asian countries ent cultures,” he said. “To be an effective tion for an extended period of time,” he “We wanted to answer the question, ‘Do showed visioning more than leaders from a global leader, it’s imperative to be mindful said. “There’s a much greater need for peo- global leaders in the Eastern Hemisphere country of the Anglo-cluster, which seems of something called a cultural context. If ple who can not only work where they are display different leadership behavioral pat- to indicate a greater expectation for this you’re not cognizant of that, chances are comfortable, but also work in unfamiliar terns from their counterparts in the West- behavior,” he said. “Essentially, that means that you might not be an effective leader.” situations, surroundings and geographies, ern Hemisphere?’ ” Agrawal said. “As an if you’re from the U.S. and your job is to For aspiring global leaders, the key take- and with people who don’t speak their na- input, 360-degree feedback is useful in manage a team in Malaysia you should be away from the research is that leadership tive language. And they need to possess the that it allows us to evaluate global leader- careful of the fact that your followers would is culturally and context-driven, Agrawal humility to accept differences as well as the ship behaviors from multiple perspectives: expect you to behave in a way that they’re said. wisdom to be able to do business in differ- from the leaders themselves, as well as their used to their leaders behaving. And that “It’s not something that’s developed in ent cultures.” superiors, peers and subordinates. This re- may not be your style. isolation,” he said. “It’s not something that The paper will be published as a chapter search is based on those feedback loops. “If you’re mindful of that, you’ll be able can be deployed everywhere in the same in a forthcoming book. u And since there’s a huge database of leaders to be much more effective as a leader, wher- way, because it doesn’t work that way.” Expert offers ways to prevent challenging child behaviors By Sharita Forrest News Editor ON THE WEB reschoolers who engage in chal- Young Exceptional Children lenging behaviors – patterns of behavior that interfere with learn- monograph series ing and social interaction – are at go.illinois.edu/ Pincreased risk of academic failure and peer YEC_MonographSeries rejection, among other poor outcomes. A new monograph, co-edited by an ex- pert in early childhood special education at Model, which promotes social-emotional the U. of I., presents research-based prac- skills, and Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for tices that families, teachers and practitio- Young Children, a practice that focuses on ners can use to address and prevent problem positive behavior support techniques for behaviors. toddlers and preschoolers. Along with de- Each of the strategies has been tested in tailed explanations of the interventions, au- classroom and home settings and has shown thors provide guidance on implementation promise in promoting positive social-emo- and assessment. tional development and preventing chal- All of the researchers emphasize the lenging behavior from recurring or persist- importance of forming collaborative part- ing. nerships between families and educators “Challenging behavior” can take a va- to develop interventions that are consistent riety of forms but is generally used to de- with each family’s goals and priorities for scribe actions that pose potential injury to their child. photo by L. Brian Stauffer the child or others, cause damage to the Additionally, the significance of design- Challenging behavior A new monograph, co-edited by Michaelene M. Ostrosky, physical environment, interfere with skill ing culturally responsive behavioral sup- an expert in early childhood special education at Illinois, presents research-based acquisition or lead to isolation. ports is explored in an article by Erin E. practices that families, teachers and practitioners can use to address and prevent Regardless of how the behavior mani- Barton and Rashida Banerjee, faculty mem- problem behaviors. fests itself, prevention and intervention bers at the University of Colorado-Denver strategies are a significant concern for edu- and the University of Northern Colorado, and Lori Erbrederis Meyer also offer guid- Ostrosky’s co-editor on the monograph cators, practitioners and families, according respectively. ance on communicating with parents to pro- is Susan R. Sandall, a professor of educa- to Michaelene M. Ostrosky, a co-editor of Ostrosky is a co-author of an article that mote understanding of inclusive education tion at the University of Washington. the monograph. recommends strategies that early childhood and the importance of respecting differing The monograph, titled “Young Excep- Ostrosky is the head of the department teachers can use to help children understand abilities and behaviors. tional Children: Addressing Children’s of special education, a unit in the College of and accept classmates that exhibit problem “Addressing challenging behavior is a Challenging Behaviors,” is the most recent Education at Illinois. behaviors. In addition to classroom-based significant concern of educators, families in a series of 15 monographs focused on In the monograph’s seven articles, ex- activities for students, the authors recom- and practitioners,” Ostrosky said. “The early childhood published by the Division perts from prominent U.S. universities ex- mend self-reflection by teachers to consider monograph conveys evidence-based prac- for Early Childhood of the Council for Ex- plore several forms and levels of targeted how their beliefs, attitudes and responses tices in an accessible format and offers ceptional Children. The council is an inter- interventions, including those at the indi- may influence students’, families’ and col- guidance on how to implement them. It also national professional organization dedicat- vidual, classroom and family levels. leagues’ perceptions. provides readers with an index of free, on- ed to improving educational outcomes for These interventions include the Pyramid Ostrosky and co-authors SeonYeong Yu line resources.” individuals with special needs. u 2013 CAMPUS CHARITABLE FUND DRIVE

AGENCY NAME DONATIONS TOTAL

American Cancer Society 627 $72,282 America’s Charities 673 $53,582 Black United Fund of Illinois 148 $13,282 Community Health Charities of Illinois 651 $65,554 Community Shares of Illinois 906 $97,270 EarthShare Illinois 730 $63,456 Global Impact 593 $75,694 Independent Charities of America 794 $81,866 Special Olympics 212 $17,666 United Negro College Fund 156 $18,154 United Way of Champaign County 3013 $747,424

Total 8,503 $1,306,231

SECTION NAME TOTAL GIFTS DONORS GOAL %

Administrative Information Technology Services (AITS) $15,167 27 $12,869 117.9 Alumni Relations and Records $5,723 23 $8,587 66.7 Armed Forces $1,448 2 $80 1803.9 Beckman Institute $8,516 19 $8,366 101.8 Business and Financial Services $33,803 150 $30,477 110.9 Chief Information Officer $8,661 23 $17,539 49.4 College of Ag, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences $72,722 184 $237,193 30.7 Campus Community, College of Applied Health Sciences $15,236 36 $14,978 101.7 College of Business $63,408 92 $65,118 97.4 Our 2013 Campus Charitable Fund Drive (CCFD) was highly College of Education $51,936 75 $61,524 84.4 successful with over $1.3 million raised for local, national, and global College of Engineering - East $59,625 75 $62,318 95.7 charities. An increase of $34,035 in gifts over 2012 totals demonstrates College of Engineering - West $82,171 148 $94,908 86.6 the compassionate spirit and continued generosity of our campus. College of Fine and Applied Arts $43,016 121 $49,910 86.2 I am deeply grateful for the support of a broad range of donors College of Law $36,073 23 $40,323 89.5 including faculty, staff, and retirees without whom the success of our College of Liberal Arts and Sciences $224,505 395 $271,376 82.7 2013 fund drive would not have been possible. Gifts to the eleven College of Media $8,596 34 $9,769 88 participating agencies benefit our community in countless ways, College of Veterinary Medicine $28,068 68 $28,459 98.6 providing support to those who need it most. Division of General Studies $1,877 9 $1,888 99.4 Division of Intercollegiate Athletics $18,705 38 $24,404 76.6 Executive Offices $11,929 25 $12,832 93 I would like to thank the volunteer unit and section leaders who worked Facilities and Services $36,764 190 $52,328 70.3 tirelessly throughout the drive to coordinate our efforts, assisting and Graduate College $6,230 27 $5,398 115.4 encouraging donors. The CCFD Advisory Board would also like to Graduate School of Library and Information Science $29,681 30 $31,642 93.8 thank the Office of the Chancellor, which provides financial support for Institute of Aviation $2,645 6 $4,630 57.1 the drive, insuring that every dollar pledged goes directly to charitable International Programs and Studies $2,950 12 $4,842 60.9 agencies. Finally, I am grateful to the hard-working staff of participating Medicine at UIUC $17,068 23 $16,145 105.7 agencies that insure gifts reach people in need. Office of the Chancellor $25,267 55 $21,727 116.3 Online and Continuing Education $4,707 17 $4,525 104 With sincere appreciation, Provost Academic Programs $500 1 $524 95.3 Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs $57,351 135 $48,196 119 Ed Slazinik Public Affairs $2,358 9 $1,427 165.2 Chair, CCFD Advisory Board School of Labor and Employment Relations $5,951 19 $4,400 135.2 Associate Vice Chancellor and Director, Auxiliary Services Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs School of Social Work $11,688 24 $14,024 83.3 Survey Research Laboratory $2,569 4 $644 398.9 ccfd.illinois.edu Treasury Operations $8,362 27 $5,497 152.1 University Audits $1,936 10 $2,082 93 University Library $36,120 88 $35,842 100.8 University of Illinois Foundation $4,013 24 $15,309 26.2 University Office for Human Resources $2,086 9 $1,587 131.4 Plan Now: University Office for Planning and Budgeting $2,210 6 $1,674 132 Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement $7,717 20 $7,650 100.9 CCFD 2014 is Vice Chancellor for Research $73,149 184 $88,338 82.3 September 8 - NovemberNovem 7 Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs $85,817 399 $82,191 104.4 Vice President and Chief Financial Officer $24 1 $23 105.1 Vice President for Academic Affairs $26,776 30 $26,805 99.9 Vice President for Research $9,778 21 $12,962 75.4 Other $51,330 60

TOTAL $1,306,231

Sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor and managed by the Office of Public Engagement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Campus Charitable Fund Drive is the annual, eight-week employee fund drive that supports charitable organizations. PAGE 8 InsideIllinois Feb. 6, 2014 Illinois design professors make sustainable paper By Dusty Rhodes Arts and Humanities Editor hile most artists aspire to ONLINE VIDEO have their best work hung Illinois art professors on the walls of galleries and talk about their hopes to museums, two professors in revolutionize the paper Wthe U. of I. School of Art and Design have industry with paper made a different dream: They hope their work from prairie grasses and might provide corrugated cardboard, lami- agricultural waste. nated building materials, or maybe the in- sulation hidden behind the art gallery walls. go.illinois.edu/ Eric Benson, a professor of graphic design, fresh_press and Steve Kostell, a professor of art and de- sign, are collaborators in Fresh Press – a re- search project focused on using indigenous ON THE WEB fibers and agricultural waste to make envi- freshpress.illinois.edu ronmentally friendly paper products. They have already produced a variety of papers using corn stalks, soybean vines, to- In their pole barn studio, they file sam- mato plants and sunflower stems, as well as ples of each type of paper they’ve produced, rye, Miscanthus giganteus and big bluestem along with meticulous “recipes” of the fiber prairie grasses. “Any long-fiber plant can blends, cooking and beating times, with test

be a viable paper material,” Kostell said. In results indicating how the paper responds photo by L. Brian Stauffer fact, many papermakers experimented with to various printing processes and inks. “We Paradigm shift Steve Kostell, left, and Eric Benson, professors in the School of Art similar fiber sources through the late 19th can use our papers for screenprint, letter- and Design, hope to change the paper industry with their Fresh Press project, using century, losing interest in these crops only press, inkjet printers, digital offset printers indigenous grasses and agricultural waste to make paper products. after a method for using tree pulp was per- and Xerox iGen, so I think it has contending fected in 1890. viability in the marketplace,” Benson said. “beater” (similar to a meat grinder) for Their project has received grants from “We’re going back to that and saying The fiber sources, however, are just the about an hour to further break down the fi- the U. of I.’s Student Sustainability Com- maybe they shouldn’t have stopped re- first step of the transformation. Benson and bers, then mixed into a vat of water. When mittee, the Campus Research Board, and searching those fibers,” Kostell said. “Prai- Kostell constantly tweak the entire paper- a mould and deckle (a rectangular framed the College of Fine and Applied Arts. Fresh rie grass makes some pretty amazing paper, making process to make it as environmen- mesh screen) is dragged through the vat, fi- Press won a 2013 (Re)Design Award from we’ve found.” tally sustainable as possible. It begins at the bers adhere to the mesh, creating a watery AIGA, the professional association for de- Kostell has been making paper since U. of I.’s Sustainable Student Farm, where sheet of paper. Over the next 24 hours, each sign. They have fulfilled commissions from 2001, and incorporates papermaking in the farm director Zack Grant supplies them with sheet gets squeezed, pressed and dried. the U. of I.’s Rare Book and Manuscript Li- art and design curriculum at Illinois; Ben- bales of agricultural waste. Instead of using Benson and Kostell collect rainwater brary, Krannert Center for the Performing son’s expertise is in environmentally sus- additives to blanch their fibers, they lighten to cook the fibers, and recycle the water Arts and the office of the university presi- tainable design. Fresh Press merges their the color through “ultraviolet bleaching” from the fiber vats using a micro-filtering dent. Their largest job so far was producing respective specialties into a concept that (letting vines sit out in the sun) or blend process developed by the Prairie Research more than 250 sheets of 12-by-18 inch prai- they believe could eventually transform the it with naturally white cotton fiber (scraps Institute’s Sustainable Technology Center. rie grass paper for the Student Sustainabil- paper industry. from a textile manufacturer’s waste stream). They are currently researching ways to use ity Committee. The paper was sent to the “We’re really interested in changing They also produce papers with earthy hues solar energy or bio-char to fuel the cook- university’s document services shop, where the system of papermaking,” Benson said. instead of bright white. “There are all these ers, and plan to use the Sustainable Student a Xerox iGen quartered and trimmed the “Currently, the system is based on harvest- beautiful tones that people could be using,” Farm’s electric tractor for chipping as soon sheets, yielding more than a thousand cards. ing trees, and we find that to be a very en- Kostell said, “especially if they’re not doing as they’re able to expand the Fresh Press Benson and Kostell believe their venture vironmentally unfriendly method of paper- much but printing black ink on it.” operation. could eventually aid the local economy by making.” The grasses, vines and stalks have to be “One of the things we’re trying to do paying farmers for their agricultural waste. “What we want to do is cause a para- dried, chipped and then boiled with soda with this fiber investigation is model a “Using that existing stream of fiber will be digm shift in where our fibers come from ash to neutralize the acids and remove the closed-loop system,” Kostell said, “reduc- a lot more of a socially and environmentally and responsible use of materials,” Kostell pithy material that surrounds the long fibers. ing our reliance on municipal water and friendly way of stewarding the land,” Ben- said. The resulting slurry is circulated through a fossil fuel as much as we can.” son said. X

Illinois team seeks source of body louse pathology By Diana Yates epidemic typhus,” said U. of I. entomology insects responded to the infection. Life Sciences Editor professor Barry Pittendrigh, who led the re- “Our experiments suggest that the head new study seeks to determine search. In a previous study, Pittendrigh and louse immune system is fairly effective in how one parasitic species can his colleagues compared the sequences of fighting off the bacteria that cause trench give rise to two drastically differ- all protein-coding genes in head and body fever,” Pittendrigh said. “However, the ent outcomes in its host: The hu- lice and determined that the two belonged body lice don’t seem to have as good an im- manA body louse (Pediculus humanus) can to the same species – despite the fact that mune response.” transmit dangerous bacterial infections to body lice are bigger than head lice, cling The researchers discovered that several humans, while the human head louse (also to clothing instead of hair, and can transmit immune genes were regulated differently in Pediculus humanus) does not. disease. head and body lice after infection with the A report of the new study appears in the Since the early 2000s, Pittendrigh has bacteria, and the infection progressed fur- journal Insect Molecular Biology. worked with John M. Clark, a professor ther in body lice over time. “Body louse-transmitted diseases in- of environmental toxicology and chemis- “By eight days post-infection, head lice clude trench fever, relapsing fever and try at the University of Massachusetts, on had killed or contained the invading B. the molecular biol- quintana, whereas the bacteria were still ogy and genomics of proliferating and spreading in body lice,” lice. Clark was a col- the researchers reported. laborator on the 2012 The team cannot yet say why head and study, and the two body louse immune responses differ from have had “a long- one another, but Pittendrigh hypothesizes term goal of trying to that the body louse has a reason to be more solve this question of tolerant of bacterial infection. photo by L. Brian Stauffer why body lice trans- “Head and body lice have beneficial bac- New study Entomology professor Barry mit bacterial diseases teria living inside them,” he said. “These Pittendrigh and his colleagues analyzed and head lice don’t,” bacteria make vitamins that the lice need to the factors that make human body lice Pittendrigh said. grow and survive. Body lice tend to grow susceptible to bacterial infections, which In the new study, larger than head lice. It may be that a sup- they can pass to their hosts. Clark’s group infect- pressed immune system allows body lice ed head and body lice to grow more of the bacteria that make the trench fever bacteria and pass the disease to with Bartonella quin- vitamins they need, and they grow larger.” humans,” Pittendrigh said. tana, the bacterium The body louse’s dampened immune The study team also includes research- photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that causes trench fe- response would allow other invading bac- ers from Purdue University, Seoul National One species, two outcomes The human head louse, left, ver. Pittendrigh’s lab- teria, such as those that cause disease in University, the University of California at and body louse, right, are the same species, but differ in their oratory then looked humans, to also survive in its gut, he said. San Francisco, the University of Massachu- ability to transmit disease to their host. Researchers now think at gene expression in “So body lice may grow bigger, but they setts and the U. of I. department of animal they know why. each to see how the also are more likely to get sick with the biology. X Feb. 6, 2014 InsideIllinois PAGE 9 Munching microbes dominate deep sandstone formations By Diana Yates a sandstone reservoir 1.8 kilome- Life Sciences Editor ters (1.1 miles) below the surface. alomonas are a hardy The team used a probe devel- breed of bacteria. They oped by the oilfield services com- can withstand heat, high pany Schlumberger that reduces salinity, low oxygen, or eliminates contamination from Hutter darkness and pressures that mud and microbes at intermediate would kill most other organisms. depths. The researchers sampled These traits enable these microbes sandstone deposits of the Illinois to eke out a living in deep sand- Basin, a vast, subterranean bowl stone formations that also happen underlying much of Illinois and to be useful for hydrocarbon ex- parts of Indiana, Kentucky and traction and carbon sequestration, Tennessee, and a rich source of researchers report in a new study. coal and oil. The analysis, the first unob- A genomic study and analysis structed view of the microbial of the microbes the team recov- life of sandstone formations more ered revealed “a low-diversity mi- than a mile below the surface, ap- crobial community dominated by pears in the journal Environmen- Halomonas sulfidaeris-like bacte- tal Microbiology. ria that have evolved several strat- “We are using new DNA tech- egies to cope with and survive the nologies to understand the distri- high-pressure, high-temperature bution of life in extreme natural and nutrient deprived deep sub- environments,” said study leader surface environment,” Fouke said. Bruce Fouke, a U. of I. professor An analysis of the microbes’ photo by Tom Murphy of geology and of microbiology. metabolism found that these bac- Extreme environments Study leader Bruce Fouke conducts research on microbes in extreme Fouke also is an investigator with teria are able to utilize iron and environments. His work in Yellowstone offers a basis for interpreting new research on subterranean the Energy Biosciences Institute, nitrogen from their surroundings microbes. which funded the research, and and recycle scarce nutrients to an affiliate of the Institute for Ge- meet their metabolic needs. (An- Fouke said. nomic Biology at Illinois. other member of the same group, A better understanding of the Underground microbes are at Halomonas titanicae, is so named microbial life of the subterranean least as diverse as their surface- because it is consuming the iron world will “enhance our ability dwelling counterparts, Fouke superstructure of the Titanic.) to explore for and recover oil and said, and that diversity has gone Perhaps most importantly, the gas, and to make more environ- largely unstudied. team found that the microbes liv- mentally sound choices for sub- “Astonishingly little is known ing in the deep sandstone deposits surface gas storage,” he said. of this vast subsurface reservoir of the Illinois Basin were capable The research team also includ- of biodiversity, despite our civi- of metabolizing aromatic com- ed scientists from The Institute lization’s regular access to and pounds, a common component of for Systems Biology, in Seattle; exploitation of subterranean envi- petroleum. the Mayo Clinic; the Asia Pacific ronments,” he said. “This means that these indig- Center for Theoretical Physics in To address this gap in knowl- enous microbes would have the South Korea; Shell Oil Company; edge, Fouke and his colleagues adaptive edge if hydrocarbon mi- Argonne National Laboratory; collected microbial samples from gration eventually does occur,” four U. of I. departments: chemi- cal and biomolecular engineering, Metal munchers civil and environmental engineer- Halomonas bacteria ing, natural resources and envi- are well-known for ronmental sciences, and animal consuming the metal sciences; and the Illinois State parts of the Titanic. Geological Survey at the Prairie Researchers now have Research Institute at Illinois. found Halomonas in The Energy Biosciences In- sandstone formations stitute is a research collaboration deep underground involving the U. of I., the Uni- versity of California at Berkeley, photo by Jared Walker / Schlumberger the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and BP, the energy Deep research The researches collected microbial samples more than a mile below the surface using a project well in Decatur, Ill. photo by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration company that funds the work. X

Swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before By Liz Ahlberg Physical Sciences Editor ONLINE VIDEOS he alien world of aquatic micro- Animation of bio-bots in motion organisms just got new residents: go.illinois.edu/biobots_animation synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. Video of free swimming bot TA team of engineers has developed a go.illinois.edu/freeswimming_bot class of tiny bio-hybrid machines that swim Science and Technology Advanced like sperm, the first synthetic structures that This self-organization is a remarkable can traverse the viscous fluids of biological emergent phenomenon, Saif said, and how the cells communicate with each other on

environments on their own. Led by Taher for Beckman Institute Roman, Alex Jerez graphic by Saif, the U. of I. Gutgsell Professor of me- the flexible polymer tail is yet to be fully chanical science and engineering, the team understood. But the cells must beat togeth- published its work in the journal Nature er, in the right direction, for the tail to move. Communications. “It’s the minimal amount of engineering – Free style Engineers developed the first tiny, synthetic machines that “Micro-organisms have a whole world just a head and a wire,” Saif said. “Then the can swim by themselves, powered by beating heart cells. that we only glimpse through the micro- cells come in, interact with the structure, scope,” Saif said. “This is the first time that and make it functional.” Saif, who is also part of the Beckman Insti- bio-bots developed at Illinois in 2012. an engineered system has reached this un- See an animation of the bio-bots in mo- tute for Advanced Science and Technology “The most intriguing aspect of this work derworld.” tion and a video of a free-swimming bot at the U. of I. “Could we make elementary is that it demonstrates the capability to use The bio-bots are modeled after single- online. structures and seed them with stem cells that computational modeling in conjunction celled creatures with long tails called fla- The team also built two-tailed bots, would differentiate into smart structures to with biological design to optimize perfor- gella – for example, sperm. The researchers which they found can swim even faster. deliver drugs, perform minimally invasive mance, or design entirely different types of begin by creating the body of the bio-bot Multiple tails also opens up the possibility surgery or target cancer?” swimming bio-bots,” said center director from a flexible polymer. Then they culture of navigation. The researchers envision fu- The swimming bio-bot project is part of Roger Kamm, a professor of biological and heart cells near the junction of the head and ture bots that could sense chemicals or light a larger National Science Foundation-sup- mechanical engineering at the Massachu- the tail. The cells self-align and synchronize and navigate toward a target for medical or ported Science and Technology Center on setts Institute of Technology. “This opens to beat together, sending a wave down the environmental applications. Emergent Behaviors in Integrated Cellular the field up to a tremendous diversity of tail that propels the bio-bot forward. “The long-term vision is simple,” said Systems, which also produced the walking possibilities. Truly an exciting advance.” X PAGE 10 InsideIllinois Feb. 6, 2014 Off-the-shelf materials lead to self-healing polymers By Liz Ahlberg polymer, they can make the bonds Physical Sciences Editor ONLINE VIDEO between the molecules longer ook out, super glue and so that they can more easily pull paint thinner. Thanks to go.illinois.edu/ apart and stick back together – the new dynamic materials SelfHealing_Video key for healing. This molecular- developed at the U. of I., level re-bonding is called dynamic Lremovable paint and self-healing ings, elastics and plastics. chemistry. plastics soon could be household After the polymer is cut or Dynamic chemistry has been products. torn, the researchers press the two explored in some other polymers, U. of I. materials science and pieces back together and let the but those materials tend to be for engineering professor Jianjun sample sit for about a day to heal specialized applications or labora- Cheng, graduate student Hanze – no extra chemicals or catalysts tory settings, rather than the con- Ying and postdoctoral researcher required. The materials can heal ventional polymers used commer- Yanfeng Zhang published their at room temperature, but the pro- cially. By focusing on consumer work in the journal Nature Com- cess can be sped up by curing at materials and using readily avail- photo by Anne Lukeman munications. slightly higher temperatures (37 able ingredients, the researchers Self-healing A close-up of an elastic polymer that was cut in two “The key advantage of using degrees Celsius, or about body hope that manufacturers could eas- and healed overnight. this material is that it’s catalyst- temperature). The polymer bonds ily integrate dynamic materials. free and low-temperature, and can back together on the molecular “We just buy commercial ma- so that a polyurethane coating or The National Science Founda- be healed multiple times,” Cheng level nearly as strongly as before terials and mix them together, paint could be removable. tion and the National Institutes of said. “These are very nice mate- it was cut. In fact, tests found that no fancy controls or special ap- “In some areas, when it’s not Health supported this research. rials for internal cracks. This can some healed samples, stretched paratus,” Cheng said. “It’s a very necessary for the coating to be Cheng also is affiliated with the heal the crack before it causes ma- to their limits, tore in a new place simple, low-cost, inexpensive pro- permanent and you want it to be departments of chemistry and jor problems by propagating.” rather than the healed spot, evi- cess. Anybody can do this on any removable, this chemistry may be of bioengineering, the Beckman Other self-healing material sys- dence that the samples had healed scale.” applied to existing coating materi- Institute for Advanced Science tems have focused on solid, strong completely. Now that they’ve established als to make it reversible,” Cheng and Technology, the Institute for materials. However, the new study The researchers use commer- the chemistry required, the re- said. “In general, polyurea and Genomic Biology, the Frederick uses softer elastic materials made cially available ingredients to searchers are exploring how dy- polyurethane are widely used. Seitz Materials Research Labo- of polyurea, one of the most wide- create their polymer. By slightly namic polyurea could bolster dif- This chemistry could modify ex- ratory and the Micro and Nano ly used classes of polymers in con- tweaking the structure of the mol- ferent applications. For example, isting materials to make them Technology Laboratory at the U. sumer goods such as paints, coat- ecules that join up to make the they could fine-tune the mixture more dynamic, healable.” of I. X Ebert honored with lifetime journalism achievement award By Craig Chamberlain Social Sciences Editor ON THE WEB oger Ebert, who was a Pulit- media.illinois.edu/

zer Prize-winning film critic journalism/illinois-prize Reuters by photo and journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times, as well as an influ- and one of the most beloved critics of all Rential and groundbreaking film critic on time, he is richly deserving of this award.” television, will be honored posthumously Raised in Urbana, Ebert became the film with the 2014 Illinois Prize for Lifetime critic of the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967 and Achievement in Journalism. remained there for 46 years, until his death. The prize, awarded by U. of I. journal- In 1975 he became the first film critic to be ism faculty members, will be accepted by awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Ebert’s wife, Chaz, on Feb. 11 at the Uni- That same year, Ebert and Gene Siskel versity Club in Chicago, following a recep- invented a new genre of television with tion and dinner. their movie review show “Coming Soon to Ebert, a 1964 Illinois journalism gradu- a Theater Near You” for Chicago’s public ate who died April 4 last year, is the sixth station WTTW. It would eventually become journalist and first alumnus to receive the Il- the nationally syndicated “Siskel and Eb- linois Prize. Ben Bradlee, Seymour Hersh, ert at the Movies” and Ebert would review Gay Talese, Nina Totenberg and Mike Wal- movies on television for more than three High honors Roger Ebert, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for the lace won previously. decades. Chicago Sun-Times and co-host of the popular review program “Siskel and Ebert at The award honors work that has consis- Ebert also was a lecturer on film for the the Movies,” has been chosen by U. of I. journalism faculty members to receive the tently served as a beacon for other journal- University of Chicago Enrichment Program 2014 Illinois Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism. ists, set the highest standards of excellence from 1970 until 2006 and an adjunct profes- in the field, and placed the public good and sor in the department of journalism at Illi- writers Guild and received honorary de- Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival, public awareness before all else. nois, and recorded shot-by-shot commentar- grees from the American Film Institute, the now called Roger Ebert’s Film Festival and “Roger’s accomplishments rank with ies for the DVDs of “Citizen Kane,” “Casa- Art Institute of Chicago School of Film, and known as “Ebertfest,” an annual event pre- all of those distinguished journalists,” said blanca,” “Floating Weeds” and “Dark City.” the University of Colorado at Boulder. sented every April in Champaign-Urbana. Rich Martin, the head of the department of He was named a member of the Chicago In 2001, he received the highest honor In 2009, the Eberts established the en- journalism. “As the first film critic to win Journalism Hall of Fame, an honorary life bestowed by the state of Illinois, the Or- dowment for the Roger Ebert Program in the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, the only film member of the Directors Guild of America, der of Lincoln, and in 2006 he received the Film Studies in the College of Media. The critic honored with a star on the Hollywood and an honorary member of the Society of Alumni Achievement Award from the U. of program will house the annual film festival, Walk of Fame, the author of more than 20 Cinematographers. He was awarded the I. Alumni Association. as well as other programming throughout books, and, without question, the greatest Lifetime Achievement Award of the Screen- In 1999, Ebert and his wife created the year. X

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Russia expert Diane Koenker A Minute With … TM Archives on the Winter Olympics at the beach Recent interviews with Editor’s note: The Winter Olympics coming Feb. 7 to U. of I. experts Sochi, Russia, are the most expensive by far (more n Branding and advertising

than $50 billion), perhaps the most vulnerable (due L. Brian Stauffer by photo expert Jan Slater on to terrorist threats from a nearby insurgent region) advertising during the Super and the first to be held at a beach resort (it’s Russia’s Bowl. Is it worth the cost? version of Florida, though there are ski slopes inland Jan. 29, 2014 from the coast). Illinois history chair Diane Koenker, n an expert on the Soviet Union and modern Russia, knows Sochi well from research Criminal law and information for her recent book “Club Red,” which chronicled the history of the Soviet vacation privacy expert Stephen Rushin system, of which Sochi was the crown jewel. She spoke with News Bureau social on overhauling the National sciences editor Craig Chamberlain. Security Agency’s controversial phone data collection Given the terrorist threat from the they feel it is unique in the world. president to his strong stance against these program. nearby North Caucasus region and How real is the threat of violence? separatists. Jan. 28, 2014 Sochi’s sub-tropical climate, why would What’s the source of grievance of those Putin has been at the center of almost n Business and public policy the Russians even consider the city as threatening terrorism? everything connected with these expert Jeffrey R. Brown on the site for a winter games? The threat of violence is very real, but games, from selling Sochi as a site to Illinois’ pension reform plan. For Soviet citizens, beginning in the the security measures in and around Sochi supplying the massive funding, and Will it work? 1930s when Soviet Premier Joseph Sta- are extremely tight, with about 100,000 the apparently massive corruption that Dec. 19, 2013 lin made it his vacation home, the resort security troops and police in the Olympic went with it. What does his role, and A Minute With ...™ is provided by at Sochi represented a magical medical areas and in the town. Terrorists will be the process, say about the state of the U. of I. News Bureau. For playground. Soviet vacations emphasized unlikely to strike in Sochi itself, but there Russia and its politics? archived interviews, visit the purposefulness of medical therapy are many “soft targets” in Russia within Speaking of the Olympic games in go.illinois.edu/amw. and culture, and the pleasure of rest and easy reach of the terrorist groups operating 2006, a Sochi taxi driver told me, “If luxury. Sochi gained the aura of a mysti- in the Caucasus. Putin wants it, it will happen.” Putin has cal, Shangri-La-like destination, with its The grievances underlying this terror- amassed great popular authority because What’s at stake for Putin in the combination of subtropical coastline and ism go back to the 1800s, when the Rus- he led the country in its recovery from outcome of these games? For Russia? the majestic Caucasus mountains, with a sian tsarist government forcibly annexed the crisis years of the 1990s under Boris For Putin and for Russia, the games are monumental architecture that incorporated the Caucasus region. Hundreds of thou- Yeltsin, when Russia’s economy and inter- meant to demonstrate that “Russia is back” exotic Eastern motifs. sands of native Circassians were forced national prestige plummeted. in its role as an economic and political su- Filmmakers loved to shoot their films into exile, living today in Syria and Tur- But Putin has not modernized Russia’s perpower. “Russia is a land of possibility” in Sochi, cosmonauts recuperated from key. Stalin considered many of the peoples political system even while his author- is their new slogan, and the Sochi Olym- their space trips there, foreign dignitar- of the Caucasus potentially disloyal and ity has increased. It is a system based on pics are designed to show that anything is ies were treated to its spa treatments, and had them forcibly relocated during World informal networks of power, including possible in Russia. Whatever they decide athletes began to train there. It was the one War II – this included the entire population close relations among the government, to do, they can do: build stadiums and rail- place everyone dreamed of visiting, even if of Chechnya, who were eventually permit- state-owned enterprise and private enter- ways, and mount lavish spectacles. A suc- just once in their lives. Russian President ted to return. prise. We see in Sochi how this has led cessful, peaceful Olympics will reinforce Vladimir Putin continued the tradition by Since the end of the Soviet Union, there to extraordinary corruption, with huge Putin’s authority at home and in the region, establishing his own vacation residence in have been numerous separatist movements cost overruns lining the pockets of Putin’s and Putin believes that this will show the Sochi, and by skiing the slopes of Kras- in the Caucasus – in Chechnya, Dagestan friends and allies. It is a system that pri- world that Russia deserves and commands naya Poliana, a mountain valley 28 miles and elsewhere – that are using violence oritizes short-term profit at the expense respect. u from the Black Sea, at an elevation of and terror to intimidate the Russian re- of long-term economic sustainability, and 1,840 feet. For Russians, Sochi is Switzer- gime into granting them independence. personal loyalty at the expense of profes- land and the Riviera rolled into one, and Putin owes much of his own popularity as sionalism.

Ads removed for online version PAGE 12 InsideIllinois Feb. 6, 2014 briefnotes ATAM Archaeological science featured Feb. 21 AsiaLENS spring film series begins Feb. 11 with ‘Mulberry Child’ The Illinois State Archaeological Survey and the Pro- he spring AsiaLENS film series begins gram on Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materi- at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 with a screening of als will host the third Science and Archaeology Symposium T“Mulberry Child” in the Knight Au- from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 21 on the third floor of Levis ditorium at Spurlock Museum. The series Center. will focus on documentary films address- Archaeological science, or archaeometry, is the interface ing the Cultural Revolution in China from between archaeology and the natural and physical sciences. distinctly different, personal perspectives. This interdisciplinary field encompasses both the study of The films also have a secondary theme ex- early technologies (flint knapping, ceramics, textiles, etc.) ploring broadcast journalism in and about and analyses of archaeological and historic materials using China. modern instrumental techniques. Research and applications “Mulberry Child,” a 2011 film by Susan include isotope and chemical analysis of environment, diet Morgan Cooper, is based on the eponymous and migration, compositional and sourcing studies, ancient memoir by Jian Ping, which was written DNA evidence of population history, remote sensing and to introduce her American-raised daugh- satellite imaging, and 3-D imaging and digital-enhance- ter, Lisa Xia, to the persecution her family ment technologies. faced in China during the Cultural Revolu- The symposium will provide an opportunity for students tion. Through re-enactments and stock foot- and professionals in archaeology and other fields to share age, the devastating effects of this period on Generation gap “Mulberry Child” will be screened at 7 p.m. innovative research that addresses archaeological ques- Ping’s family are recounted, while current Feb. 11 at Spurlock Museum. The film is based on a memoir by tions. The symposium will include 15-minute paper presen- day footage of mother and daughter in the Jian Ping, which was written to introduce her American-raised tations and a poster session. The schedule of papers with United States illustrates a tenuous relation- daughter, Lisa Xia, to the persecution their family faced in China. abstracts is available online at www.isas.illinois.edu/atam/ ship resulting from their cultural divide. Mother and daughter will introduce the film and participate in sciandarch2014.html. On the day of the screening, Xia, a U. two other campus events related to the screening. For questions about the symposium or the ATAM pro- of I. journalism alumna (2007), will talk at gram, contact Kristin Hedman: [email protected]. noon at the Asian American Cultural Center. A discus- will introduce the film and participate in a post-screen- This symposium is free and open to the public; however, sion with Ping and Xia – “Mulberry Child: Bridging a ing discussion. In addition, a lecture and discussion with registration is encouraged. Register online at https://illinois. Cultural Divide From Memoir to Film” – will take place Drasnin on making the film and how it relates to China edu/fb/sec/8135932. at 3 p.m. at the museum. Mother and daughter will be today will take place at 4 p.m. April 9 at Spurlock Mu- present at the 7 p.m. screening to introduce the film and seum. His career in documentary filmmaking and broad- Child Development Laboratory participate in a post-screening discussion. cast journalism includes 35 years at CBS News and in Tours offered for child care programs The series continues March 11 with “High Tech, Low public television with extensive experience in China. The Child Development Laboratory is accepting ap- Life,” which follows two of China’s citizen-reporters, AsiaLENS is presented by Asian Educational Me- plications for the 2014-15 school year. Full-day child care who utilize micro-blogging to document the underside dia Service, an outreach program of the Center for East programs for children age 6 weeks to 4 years are in ses- of the country’s rapid economic development, navigate Asian and Pacific Studies; Spurlock Museum; and Illi- sion from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday China’s evolving censorship regulations and challenge nois Program for Research in the Humanities. It is co- year-round. the boundaries of free speech. This screening is present- sponsored by the Asian American Cultural Center; East Tours of both facilities are offered each week. Hourlong ed in collaboration with “POV,” an independent docu- Asian Languages and Cultures; the School of Litera- tours depart from the lobby of the Early Child Development mentary film series on PBS. tures, Cultures and Linguistics and the departments of Lab Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. On April 8, the series concludes with “The Revolu- English and of media and cinema studies. More infor- Use the Lincoln Avenue entrance off of the Jimmy John’s tionary,” a documentary about the Maoist era and Sidney mation is available online at aems.illinois.edu. u parking lot. There are no tours during the enrollment month Rittenberg, an American who assumed an unprecedented of May. role for a foreigner in Chinese politics. Irv Drasnin, a ON THE WEB To complete an online enrollment application, go to cdl. producer, writer, interviewer and narrator of the film, aems.illinois.edu illinois.edu. For more information or to schedule a tour, call 217-333-2550. For full consideration, applications should sevier, Wiley and Springer, the CIC’s effort now focuses all other communities in America’s Midwest,” according be submitted by May 1. on content that is already available online. As the U. of I. to Scott Schwartz, the director of the Sousa Archives and begins this program locally, it will begin withdrawing du- Center for American Music. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities plicate copies of titles from these publishers as copies are In January, the Sousa Archives acquired a second col- Prizes for humanities research offered verified as being both held within the shared print reposi- lection of materials related to Rubel, his family and the The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities tory and available to U. of I. users through the library’s pur- Champaign-Urbana rock music scene, from Rubel’s sister, has recognized outstanding humanities research in numer- chases of digitized backfiles. The effort to remove duplicate artist Sasha Rubel. The collection includes photographs, T- ous ways during its 16-year existence. The IPRH Prizes copies will make valuable space available for more scarcely shirts and albums released by local artists. These materials for Research in the Humanities celebrates excellence in held materials. will supplement the Pogo recordings, as well as other col- humanities scholarship, and submissions and nominations “After a thorough examination of duplicate titles held lections related to local popular music located at the Sousa are being solicited for the 2013–14 academic year. These within the repository, we are reducing our local physical Archives. prizes recognize outstanding humanities research at the U. holdings to one copy with the intent of identifying addi- After processing is completed by staff members of the of I., with awards given at the undergraduate, graduate and tional shelving to house more uncommon monographs and Sousa Archives and the Library Preservation Department, faculty levels. The awards will be presented at a reception print-only publications,” said Tom Teper, the associate uni- both collections will be preserved in climate-controlled li- on May 6. Applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. March versity librarian for collections and technical services and brary storage, and made available for use by researchers at 15 and are invited from scholars in all sectors of the univer- the assistant dean of libraries. “These materials comprise a the Sousa Archives. sity with focus on the humanities and humanities-inflected significant part of the cultural record that research libraries “These recordings, business records and photographs of research. like ours preserve, and as an institution of record, dedicat- the many music ensembles and performers that were re- The awards are open to all full-time U. of I. students ing our space to housing rarely held items enhances our corded by Pogo Studio will provide scholars with tremen- and tenured and tenure-track faculty members. All submis- ability to preserve those resources.” dous primary source information about America’s popular sions must be accompanied by a completed nomination Materials held in common by the CIC will be available music culture between 1983 and 2013,” Schwartz said. form, which can be downloaded from the IPRH website, for borrowing from its storage facility at Indiana University. Student Employee of the Year iprh.illinois.edu. The submissions must contain no refer- For more information about the CIC shared print repository, ences to the applicant’s name or other identifying details. visit cic.net/projects/library/shared-print-repository. Contest to recognize student employees Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will be dis- Each year, the Office of Student Financial Aid coordi- Sousa Archives qualified. For specific funding information and application nates the U. of I. Student Employee of the Year contest and guidelines for each application category, consult the IPRH Pogo Studio recordings to be preserved recognition event. Both are designed to recognize outstand- website (under “Programs”). The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, ing contributions made by the more than 10,000 undergrad- Questions about these awards and the nomination pro- part of the U. of I. Library, has acquired two archival col- uate student employees on campus. cedures should be addressed to Nancy Castro: ncastro@ lections that document the legacy of Champaign-Urbana’s At the event, the U. of I. Student Employee of the Year, illinois.edu. landmark Pogo Studio and Mark Rubel, its owner-operator. a runner-up and two honorable mention winners are an- Pogo Studio operated in downtown Champaign for al- nounced along with the Champaign and Urbana America University Library most 30 years and recorded albums by musical artists such Reads/America Counts Tutors of the Year. The winning CIC members develop print repository as Adrian Belew, Alison Krauss, Amasong, Hum, Menthol, Student Employee of the Year receives a scholarship and The U. of I. Library is working with the Committee on Shiner, Starcastle and The Vertebrats, as well as capturing is considered for state, regional and national recognition. Institutional Cooperation to develop and contribute to a performances by ensembles from the U. of I., Eastern Il- Each year, the contest relies on faculty and staff mem- shared print repository for widely duplicated journal litera- linois University and Parkland College. Pogo discontinued bers to nominate their student employees for the award. ture. Over the last decade, research libraries have sought to recording sessions last month, in preparation for a move Undergraduate student employees are eligible to be nomi- maximize their institutional investments in physical space. to Nashville, Tenn., later this year. In December, the Sousa nated if they are currently employed on campus and have This has become an easier task as journals moved online, Archives took custody of 2,600 audio reels and digital tapes been (or will have been) for at least six months between libraries acquired more digital backfile content and research recorded and stored at Pogo Studio, as well as documents July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Candidates will be evalu- followed. Recently, the CIC libraries collaborated to estab- describing the contents of each tape and the details of each ated based on their reliability, quality of work, initiative, lish a print journal repository that will hold materials in recording session. professionalism and uniqueness of contribution as deter- common for the membership, allowing individual institu- “The historical significance of the Pogo Studio record- mined through the nomination letters. Nomination forms tions to make retention decisions with the assurance that a ings is quite remarkable because these materials provide a and letters are due by Feb. 17. Submission guidelines are print copy will be retained to serve the needs of scholars. vivid snapshot of the dynamic and vital music scene that online at osfa.illinois.edu/aid/employment/seoty.html. Focusing initially on content from publishers such as El- has distinguished the Urbana-Champaign community from SEE BRIEFS, PAGE 13 Feb. 6, 2014 InsideIllinois PAGE 13

BRIEFS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 University YMCA Renowned scientist Gene E. Robinson to deliver CAS lecture Feb. 19 Exhibition features LGBTQ clergy By Dusty Rhodes fellowships, a National A new exhibition at the University YMCA’s Murphy Arts and Humanities Editor Institutes of Health Pio- Gallery explores the experiences of LGBTQ clergy and ene E. Robinson, the Swanlund Chair of ento- neer Award, and the Ani- religious leaders from many traditions and denominations. mology and the director of the Institute for Ge- mal Behavior Society’s “We Have Faith: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender nomic Biology at the U. of I., has been selected 2013 Distinguished Ani-

G L. Brian Stauffer by photo People of Faith Speak Out” is the latest touring photo-text to deliver the Center for Advanced Study’s 23rd Annual mal Behaviorist award. exhibition created by Family Diversity Projects. The ex- Lecture, continuing the center’s tradition of showcasing He is a member of the hibit includes interviews by Peggy Gillespie of leading the university’s most distinguished scholars. Robinson’s American Academy of LGBTQ clergy, allied people and people of faith, with pho- lecture, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at Spurlock Arts and Sciences, the tographs by Gigi Kaeser. Museum, is free and open to the public. National Academy of The exhibition is on display through March 2. Robinson pioneered the study of how genes, hor- Sciences and the En- mones and neurochemicals influence the evolution of tomological Society of Illini Union Art Gallery social behavior, using the Western honey bee as his prin- America. He has written Gene E. Robinson Student’s photographs featured cipal model system. He leads the Honey Bee Genome or co-written more than The Illini Union Art Gallery will host an opening re- Sequencing Consortium and the Illinois Bee Research 250 publications, and has been named a University ception for the exhibit “The World Through My Eyes,” by Facility. Scholar and a G. William Arends Professor of Integra- Windy Zhao, at 5 p.m. Feb. 7. Light refreshments will be In his lecture, titled “Me to We: Searching for the Ge- tive Biology. served. netic Roots of Sociality,” Robinson will use the honey The Center for Advanced Study supports and pro- Zhao is a doctoral candidate in the School of Architec- bee and related species to demonstrate how researchers motes exemplary scholarship in all areas of knowledge ture at Illinois. She earned her master’s degree in archi- who have used genomics to study the social life of in- at the university. Top professors become permanent tecture at Syracuse University and subsequently taught in sects in molecular terms have documented mechanisms members of CAS through nomination and a rigorous the field for many years. During this time, she also actively that regulate selfish behavior. They also have document- election process. Robinson has been a member since pursued her passion for photography during her extensive ed connections between socially responsive genomes 2009. u travels. and human health. ON THE WEB The exhibition is a comprehensive view into the vari- Robinson has received Fulbright and Guggenheim cas.illinois.edu ous towns and locations she has explored. Each photograph represents a city or village she has visited, accompanied by a personal narration of the experience. laboratory for students majoring in hospitality management loss, master portion control, maximize success by keeping The exhibition will be on display through Feb. 28. This in the department of food science and human nutrition. a food log, create realistic goals, become active, and shop, is a free show open to the public. The art gallery is located “Our students benefit from working side-by-side with cook and eat out healthfully. in the northwest wing of the building. successful and talented industry professionals in manag- The Freedom From Smoking program will meet Thurs- ing a restaurant,” said Jill Craft, the instructor of the Spice day evenings from 5:15-6:45 beginning Feb. 20. The pro- Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Box course (FSHN 443). “They also experience managing gram uses a systematic and personalized approach to help Reading groups wanted for 2014-15 a team of fellow students that make up their staff.” people overcome tobacco addiction. Topics addressed in- The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities in- “The broad spectrum of menus and themes offer diners clude identifying and overcoming triggers to smoking, us- vites applications from continuing and new reading groups a new, fine dining experience with each meal,” Craft said. ing cessation medication effectively, creating a personal- for the 2014-15 academic year. These themes include It’s Amore: Italian Inspired Cuisine, ized quit plan that works, dealing with high-risk situations, Reading Groups may be formed around any topic or Into the North: Cuisine from the Northwoods, and Back- dealing with cravings, overcoming slips and preventing theme and need not be coordinated with any IPRH theme. yard BBQ, which can be enjoyed on Wednesday and Fri- relapse, building social support, managing stress without IPRH will circulate information about the reading groups day evenings throughout the semester. tobacco and handling social situations. to the campus community to widen the reach of the groups A complete list of the dates of the meals, meal themes For more information or to register for either program, and attract new members. In addition, IPRH offers its semi- and guest chefs is available on the Spice Box website at contact the U. of I. Wellness Center at ui-wellness@illinois. nar space for use by those groups. Each reading group will spicebox.illinois.edu. Full menus will be posted there as edu or 265-9355. be responsible for its own administration, including all they become available. Email Craft, [email protected], to Ebertfest clerical and meeting-related activities and the distribution be placed on an email list to receive updates on upcoming of readings and publicity materials. events. Documentary about Ebert to be shown Reading groups that want to be included in the IPRH Each dining event offers either a four-course meal – in- The new documentary “Life Itself,” about the life of publicity materials must apply no later than May 15. To cluding salad, appetizer, a featured entrée and dessert – or Roger Ebert, will be one of the 12 films shown at this year’s apply, send a Word document to [email protected] with the a two-course salad-and-entree combination. A specialty al- Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, or “Ebertfest,” coming April names, departmental affiliations and email addresses of the coholic beverage and a regular wine list also are offered. 23-27 to Champaign-Urbana. group’s organizers along with a short statement (maximum Prices vary according to menu. Meals are available by res- Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival last month, 75 words) describing the goals of the group and a brief out- ervation only with seatings available at 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7 “Life Itself” was directed by documentary filmmaker Steve line of the proposed activities. and 7:30 p.m. James (“Hoop Dreams”) and is based on Ebert’s 2011 To make a reservation, call 217-333-6520. memoir of the same name. It features interviews with more Spice Box than two dozen of Ebert’s lifelong friends, professional col- Support for weight loss and quitting smoking Dinners hosted by students, guest chefs leagues and filmmakers, including Ramin Bahrani, Werner During the Spice Box’s 2014 season, U. of I. hospital- Wellness Center classes start Feb. 18 Herzog and Martin Scorsese. ity management students and guest chefs from around the Stay on track with your wellness resolutions with two “Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel first championed my film, country will offer food and restaurant concepts often not programs offered by the U. of I. Wellness Center. Classes ‘Hoop Dreams,’ which was essential to its success,” accord- experienced in Central Illinois. are available for employees and their partners. ing to James, in an open letter for The Daily Beast. “With The 18 nights of unique dining experiences begin Feb. 7 Healthy Weigh, a weight-management program, will the same spirit in which Roger shared so much of his life with a nod to sports fans as student manager Kathleen Hud- meet Tuesday evenings from 5:15–6:15 beginning Feb. 18. with his fans and followers, we hope to build a community son puts together The Clubhouse – A Sports Bar Inspired Led by a certified health educator and registered dietitian, for this film where people can participate in the celebration Menu. Guest chefs Sarah Herberger and Phil Stubstad from this program empowers people to lose and maintain weight of Roger’s legacy and impact on all of us.” the Wildfire Restaurants in the Chicago area will team with safely and effectively. The program includes skill building “Many know Roger’s story to be inspiring,” James Hudson for the season’s dining debut. sessions, kitchen demonstrations, personalized food analy- wrote. “But he was also a flesh and blood man whose life The Spice Box, on the second floor of Bevier Hall, is a sis, dietary consultations and the Healthy Weigh manual. was full of humor, hubris and his own share of heartbreak. longstanding fixture on the U. of I. campus and is a working Participants will learn how to set a healthy rate of weight SEE BRIEFS, PAGE 14

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BRIEFS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 We are aiming to tell the whole story. …” James is set to attend the 16th annual Ebertfest as a film- n March 11, 1981, a group of U. of maker guest and will participate in a customary question- I. students held a rally on the Quad and-answer session following the screening, the date and in response to the child abductions time of which has not been set. O and murders in Atlanta from 1979 to 1981 The “Life Itself” screening is sponsored by Steak ’n Shake, a longtime Ebertfest sponsor and the subject of a when an estimated 28 African-American chil- chapter in Ebert’s book. dren and adults were killed. Atlanta native Ebertfest is a five-day film festival that annually has Wayne Williams, 23 years old at the time of showcased 12 to 14 films that Ebert, a 1964 Illinois journal- the last murder, was arrested and convicted ism graduate, believed had been overlooked by audiences, of two of the murders.

critics or distributors. Ebert died on April 4, 2013. Archives courtesy University image Presented through the College of Media at Illinois, the There is a long tradition of U. of I. students festival will be hosted, as in recent years, by Ebert’s wife, not only being aware of social and political Chaz. issues, but also of choosing to act and let All films are screened at the 1,500-seat Virginia The- their voices be heard. The University Archives atre, 203 W. Park Ave. in downtown Champaign, a restored documents student activism. These records movie palace built in the 1920s. A portion of the festival’s contain timelines of events, eyewitness ac- income is devoted to the theater’s ongoing renovations. counts and photographs that illustrate an The full slate of films and guests for this year’s festival ON THE WEB will be announced in March. Past festivals have included a Photo series: illinois.edu/blog/view/1561 outspoken student body through the years. variety of renowned actors and filmmakers. University Archives: archives.library.illinois.edu Passes for the 16th annual Ebertfest, covering all screen- ings, are now on sale and can be purchased online through the festival website, www.ebertfest.com, or the Virginia Theater box office. Tickets for individual films will be community events on the U. of I. campus. Members regu- visibility nationally and on campus, the committee seeks to available for purchase starting April 1. larly produce critical scholarship about prison education as gain a better understanding of specific ways the university part of a continuing mission to demonstrate and document can enhance the campus environment for LGBTQ faculty Volunteer teachers, tutors needed the positive effects of college-in-prison programs. and staff members. Inspired by the work done last year EJP information fair is Feb. 27 by the Gender Equity Council on the concerns of women Committee on LGBT Concerns The Education Justice Project, a unit of the College of faculty members, the committee is eager to gather with Education, provides upper-division undergraduate courses LGBTQ issues topic for lunch meeting LGBTQ employees to develop recommendations that will on everything from architecture and economic theory to LGBTQ faculty and staff members from across campus positively influence the campus climate and influence poli- philosophy and world history at Danville Correctional Cen- will meet Feb. 28 to discuss the challenges and opportuni- cies and practices. ter, a state prison for men about 35 miles east of the U. of ties they face as LGBTQ employees at the U. of I. The luncheon will take place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at I. campus. EJP is accepting applications for course instruc- The luncheon event, “Beyond Visibility: Supporting the I Hotel and Conference Center. All LGBTQ faculty and tors for the 2014-15 school year and for tutors, workshop LGBTQ Faculty and Staff,” marks the first time LGBTQ staff members are invited; lunch will be provided. Depart- facilitators (computer, math, mindfulness, science and writ- employees have met as a group. The event will include re- ments are encouraged to allow their non-exempt (eligible ing), ESL teachers and computer lab support for the fall. All marks by Chancellor Phyllis M. Wise and roundtable dis- for overtime) civil service employees to attend this event positions are volunteer. cussions involving participants. without having to charge a benefit, operations permitting EJP will host an information fair from 4-6 p.m. Feb. 27 The event is hosted by the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, and with prior supervisory approval. To register online, vis- in the north lobby of the Education Building. The dead- Bisexual and Transgender Concerns, a group of students, it go.illinois.edu/LGBTlunch. For more information, con- line for applications is March 3. For more information or and faculty and staff members charged by the chancellor tact Lydia Khuri: 217-265-6276, [email protected]. X to download an application form, visit educationjustice.net. and provost to provide advice and leadership on LGBTQ Founded in 2006, EJP’s prison programming is aug- issues for the campus community. mented by services for families of current EJP students and While LGBTQ issues have recently been gaining public

Ads Ads removed removed for online for online version version Ads removed for online version PAGE 16 InsideIllinois Feb. 6, 2014 3-D imaging provides window into living cells, without dye By Liz Ahlberg Physical Sciences Editor ON THE WEB Cellular insight A new iving cells are ready for their close- light.ece.illinois.edu 3-D imaging technique ups, thanks to a new imaging tech- for live cells uses a nique that needs no dyes or other ONLINE VIDEO conventional microscope chemicals, yet renders high-resolu- go.illinois.edu/ to capture image slices Ltion, three-dimensional, quantitative imag- throughout the depth of the Popescu_3DVideo ery of cells and their internal structures – all cell, then computationally with conventional microscopes and white renders them into one light. images of various focus planes. Then the three-dimensional image. Called white-light diffraction tomogra- computer uses the theoretical model and The technique uses no dyes phy (WDT), the imaging technique opens compiles the images into a coherent three- or chemicals, allowing a window into the life of a cell without dimensional rendering. researchers to observe cells disturbing it and could allow cellular bi- The greatest potential of WDT, accord- in their natural state. ologists unprecedented insight into cellular ing to the researchers, is the ability to study processes, drug effects and stem cell differ- cells in three dimensions over time. Since photo by Gabriel Popescu entiation. the cells are not altered, they can be imaged The team of U. of I. researchers, led by repeatedly, allowing researchers a glimpse The researchers used conventional micro- the theory opens opportunities for solving electrical and computer engineering and into the dynamics of a cell as it goes about scopes with the intention of making these other optics problems in a new theoretical bioengineering professor Gabriel Popescu, its life – or as it is treated with a new drug. new optics principles easily accessible for language.” published their results in the journal Nature “As a cell grows we can see the change biologists. The researchers hope that this Next, the researchers hope to pursue Photonics. in all three dimensions,” said Taewoo Kim, will allow rapid large-scale adoption of cross-disciplinary collaborations to ex- “One main focus of imaging cells is try- a graduate student and first author of the WDT, and Popescu founded a startup com- plore applications of WDT in biology as ing to understand how they function, or paper. “We can see the dynamics of the cell pany, Phi Optics, to help achieve that goal. well as expansions of the imaging optics how they respond to treatments, for exam- in 3-D, which hasn’t been done in a quanti- In addition to biological applications, demonstrated in WDT. For example, they ple, during cancer therapies,” Popescu said. tative manner. For example, we could see, the WDT technique has implications in the are using WDT to watch stem cells as they “If you need to add dyes or contrast agents in the span of a minute or over a cell’s life- broader field of optics as the researchers differentiate in hopes of better understand- to study them, this preparation affects the time, how it grows and how the things in pushed the boundaries of physics by apply- ing how they turn into different cell types. cells’ function itself. It interferes with your the cell move around.” ing scattering theory to imaging optics. Since stem cells are so sensitive, only a study. With our technique, we can see pro- “With this imaging we can tell at what “The physics behind this technique is chemical-free, non-invasive, white-light cesses as they happen and we don’t obstruct scale things within the cell are transported another thing we were fascinated about,” technique such as WDT could be used to their normal behavior.” randomly and at what scale processes are Kim said. “Light propagation in general study them without adverse effects. Because it uses white light, WDT can actually organized and deterministic,” is studied with approximations, but we’re The National Science Foundation sup- observe cells in their natural state without Popescu said. “At first glance, the dynam- using almost no approximation. In a very ported this work. U. of I. electrical and exposing them to chemicals, ultraviolet ics looks pretty messy, but then you look condensed form, we can perfectly show computer engineering professors P. Scott radiation or mechanical forces – the three at it – we stare at movies for hours and how the light changes as it passes through Carney and Lynford Goddard, graduate main methods used in other microscopy hours – and you realize it all makes sense. the cell.” student Mustafa Mir and postdoctoral fel- techniques. White light also contains a Everything is organized perfectly at cer- “We started on this problem two years low S. Derin Babacan also were co-authors broad spectrum of wavelengths, thus by- tain scales. That’s what makes a cell alive. ago, trying to formulate mathematically the of the paper. All authors were part of the passing the interference issues inherent in Randomness is just nature’s way to try new sectioning effect observed in spatial light Beckman Institute for Advanced Science laser light – speckles, for example. things.” interference light microscopy (SLIM),” and Technology at the U. of I. Popescu, The 3-D images are a composite of many WDT uses a component that adds onto said Renjie Zhou, a graduate student and Zhou and Goddard also are affiliated with cross-sectional images, much like an MRI a conventional phase contrast microscope, co-first author of the paper. “We came up the university’s Micro and Nanotechnology or CT image. The microscope shifts its fo- a common piece of equipment in biology with equations which eventually described Laboratory. X cus through the depth of the cell, capturing labs, without altering the microscope itself. WDT. The final equation is beautiful and

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