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Dow Chemical, Research Park form partnership
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BY AUSTIN KEATING
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Dow Chemical Company, an international corporation headquartered in Midland, Minn., announced a partnership with the University last week to build an “Innovation Center” in the University’s Research Park. Dow is a chemical corporation that creates agriculture, energy, infrastructure and consumer-related products. Research Park director Laura Frerichs said Dow will be able to benefit from this partnership because of the resources provided by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, or NCSA, on campus. Although the partnership was recently announced, the University has been working with Dow since last year. “They’ve done a number of things with our University, but this is the first time they’ve had a physical presence on our campus,” she said. “It’s the first of its type that they’ve done at any University.” Dow joins about 90 companies currently residing in the Research Park. Evan Burness, project manager for the Private Sector program at the NCSA, said the company chose the University over other universities’ research parks because of the campus’ reputation. “Part of the reason to have a space in the Research Park is so that they (companies) can have a permanent presence in the area to engage with faculty and students on campus,” Burness said. “They know that the University of Illinois is one of the absolute premier institutions in the country, if not the world, in terms of top domain science, computer science and engineering talent.” Part of Dow’s reasoning for joining the Research Park is to create “a recruiting pipeline” for students, Frerichs said. Sixteen computer science students from the University are already working part-time with the Innovation Center. “It benefits the company because they’re getting talent that’s not only well-trained in the fundamentals in their space but also in the practical applications themselves, and it benefits the students because it advances their career opportunities,” Burness said. He added that Dow may also benefit from the ability to advance their products with new data analytics and other types of computational projects through its relationship with NCSA. “A supercomputer looks today — and will look going forward — different than it has for a number of years, and Dow is interested in staying close to NCSA to help navigate those waters and understand them,” he said. “It becomes a notable competitive advantage for a company, and Dow is very keen on that.” Burness said most companies like Dow that partner with the NCSA seek help with researching projects, use the University’s supercomputers and maximize on the supercomputer expertise at the University. Roy Ladd, director of global information research at Dow, expressed enthusiasm for what the center would accomplish. “With access to a highly passionate student body and NCSA’s valuable resources, we are confident that we can develop innovative IT solutions that will help solve some of the most pressing challenges facing our customers and society today,” Ladd said in a press release. The permanent space for the new innovation center, 2021 S. First St., is still being prepared for use and will be finished early next week.
BY LAUREN ROHR
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STAFF WRITER
he University board of trustees approved a 1.7 percent tuition hike for the 2013-14 academic year — the lowest percentage increase in 18 These in-state tuition rates will increase less than $200 on all three campuses, as announced at the board’s meeting in Chicago on Thursday. The $198 increase on the Urbana campus will set next year’s annual base tuition at $11,834 for the class of 2017. At the Chicago and Springfield campuses, tuition rose by $174 and $157.50 respectively. These rates are higher for out-of-state and international students and do not include the differing tuition rates for different colleges. At its January 2011 meeting, the board enacted a policy to ensure that tuition rates are adjusted for inflation and account for changes in state support. Next year’s tuition closely aligns with the Consumer Price Index, at 1.7 percent this year, as well as the Higher Education Price Index, which monitors costs for the nation’s colleges and universities. But Walter Knorr, chief fi nancial officer and comptroller, said the state owes the University $502 million in unpaid bills. The University’s annual state appropriation has also decreased by about 23 percent, or about $180 million, since fiscal year 2002. Christophe Pierre, vice president for academic affairs, said the limited support from the state was a key part of the conversation when University administrators began
In addition to tuition and student fees, the board of trustees also discussed the following: -Trustee Christopher Kennedy was reelected for a fifth term as chair of the board. He has served as chairman since he was appointed to the board in 2009. -Former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was welcomed to the board for a six-year term after being appointed by Gov. Pat Quinn last week. He is replacing former trustee Lawrence Oliver II. -Trustees re-elected Thomas R. Bearrows as University legal counsel, Susan M. Kies as secretary of the University and Walter K. Knorr as comptroller for one-year terms. Lester McKeever Jr. was re-elected to a twoyear term as treasurer. - The board named a new residence hall Maudelle Tanner Brown Bousfield Hall that will open next fall on the Urbana campus in honor of Bousfield, the first African-American woman to graduate from the University. -The board approved the project proposal for the new Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education on the Urbana campus. -Trustees approved an architectural consultant recommendation of LCM Architects for the reconstruction of the Natural History Building.
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Tuition increases slow in recent years
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At its Jan. 24 meeting, the University board of trustees voted to increase the base in-state tuition by $198, a 1.7 percent increase from the prior year. This is the smallest annual increase in dollars that the board has approved since 2000, when base tuition increased $178 from $3,546 to $3,724.
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SHANNON LANCOR Managing Editor for Visuals
Source: University board of trustees agendas
Austin can be reached at akkeati2@dailyillini.com.
YMCA exhibit conveys views on the environment
Former ECE student charged with hacking professor’s account
BY JACQUELINE OGRODNIK STAFF WRITER
Local artists are using their work to convey their ideas of the environment at Art @ the Y’s exhibit “Artists on the Environment.” “Artists on the Environment” features three artists’ responses to the environment, which all share in the concern for preserving the earth and its resources. The exhibit opened Thursday and will remain open in the Murphy Gallery every weekday until Feb. 23. “I have been working with the concerns for the environment for a few years now,” said Viktoria Ford, exhibit curator and one of the artists. “It’s become very dear to my heart.” Molly Briggs is also showing her work in the exhibit and is an instructor at the School of Art and Design and a Ph.D student in Landscape Architecture. Briggs said her art shows the kinds of things people don’t notice until they open their eyes. “This means understanding that everything in the built environment is a form of communication,” Briggs said. “Also that the entire environment is ... ‘built’ where there’s nothing out there that’s not affected by us.” Briggs’ art encourages participation and
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Artist Glen C. Davies describes his style as psychological drama, or psychodrama, which is related to surrealism. They are meant to tell a story that warns the viewer about something — in this case, dangers to the environment. “They are cautionary tales that tell a story about things that concern me, such as envi-
Sung Dan Lee, senior in Engineering, had been expecting to take his Electrical and Computer Engineering 329 class exam Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. But when he received an unexpected email with the subject “ECE 329 Exam 3 Solutions for Sale,” he became suspicious. The email stated: “Sales stop at 17:57 CST, and all keys are distributed at 18:02 CST. You will be refunded if some white knight snitches to the damn professors...but we can all cooperate, amrite? ;-)” Police are charging Daniel Beckwitt, a former University student, with sending this illicit email and others in a string of hacks that became attributed to one “ECE Hacker.” University police officers arrested Beckwitt last Friday at his home in Urbana. He appeared in court Tuesday, where he was formally charged with five counts: property damage, two counts of computer fraud, tampering with documents and illegally possessing a firearm. His next court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 5.
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Viktoria Ford, artist and curator of “Artists on the Environment,” stands with her work at the YMCA during Thursday’s opening. The exhibit will run for the next five weeks. appreciation for what is both ordinary and extraordinary, Ford said. She focuses her art on engaging the viewer in a perceptive mode even after he or she leaves the gallery. Her paintings deal with the spaces where abstraction and realistic representation overlap. Most are landscape-style paintings that were painted with acrylic and tempera on canvas or panel.
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