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UI receives top score for sustainability BY EDWARD GATHERCOAL CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Bosnia-Herzegovina President Zeljko Komsic spoke of the political state of his country at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science on Tuesday. Negotiations regarding the Balkan state’s membership to the European Union are still ongoing.
Komsic visits UI, talks politics BY RYAN WEBER MANAGING EDITOR
In an address at the University on Tuesday afternoon, the head of state of Bosnia-Herzegovina outlined the politics of his country and its pursuit of joining the European Union. Chairman of the three-member Bosnian presidency Zeljko Komsic spoke at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science during a day-long stop in Champaign-Urbana. His remarks preceded a roundtable discussion, “Bosnians in the U.S.: Communities, Connections, and Homelands,” which was led by faculty and staff across several departments that study Bosnian culture and politics. Sponsors included the Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Center; the European Union Cen-
ter; the University library; and the Slavic languages and literatures department. Komsic was at the U.N. General Assembly last week in New York, and he remained in the U.S. to travel to St. Louis, Chicago and other cities with large Bosnian communities. He stopped in Champaign-Urbana on his way from St. Louis to Chicago, where he will speak with the Bosnian community there. His remarks coincide with a developing partnership between the University and BosTel, a Chicago-based Bosnian television station, said Judith Pintar, a visiting assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures. She said the partnership will lead to a Bosnian media archive in the International and Area Studies Library at the University. Because
Chicago maintains a large Bosnian population, the University’s Slavic languages and literatures department hopes to build a relationship with the community there, she said. Negotiations to admit the Balkan country into the European Union are at a stalemate because Bosnia-Herzegovina has not met certain political and economic conditions set by the union. According to a European Court of Human Rights ruling, the current constitution discriminates against minorities. “There is no one way for Bosnia and Herzegovina to enter the European Union,” Komsic said through a translator. He said the ethnic divides within the country present numerous challenges for governance, which is why Bosnia has not acceded to
the European Union. The three major ethnic groups of Bosnia — the Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats — remain segregated, which is why the presidency of the country includes one elected official from each group. The last census in the country took place over a decade ago, so the exact ethic composition of the country is not available. In 1995, the country emerged from a three-year civil war, which began when Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence in 1992 after the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. The armed conflict, which crossed ethnic lines, ended after peace negotiations held in Dayton, Ohio.
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ECE professor designs new IV device BY MARYCATE MOST CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For electrical and computer engineering professor Brian Cunningham and his team of graduate student researchers, the future of health care can be found within a two-inch piece of plastic. This small piece of plastic, called a photonic nanodome, can measure the kinds and concentrations of drugs within an IV line in real-time and more accurately than other devices in its class. The device, created by Cunningham and his team at the University’s Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, is comprised of a centimeter-wide, gold sheet covered in nanometer sized “domes”, which work in conjunction with IV tubes and a laser light detector. The detector identifies the concentrations of drugs in a patient’s system, eliminating medical errors that are commonly associated with IV treatment, Cunningham said. “We are interested in helping to
improve the safety of drug delivery in hospitals,” Cunningham said. “Getting an incorrect dose, an incorrect medication or an incompatible combination of drugs is one of the most common ways to be harmed or killed in the hospital.” Cunningham provided an example of when this device would be most useful: for patients in intensive care units. “People in the intensive care unit might be receiving ten different things all at the same time, “ he said. “That is also how different drugs get into the system ... For many of those things, there can be toxic effects if two drugs that are not compatible with each other go together or if the dose is too high or too low.” The drug-detecting process begins when the drugs being given to the patient pass through the IV tubing and into the device. Next, a laser, which provides a high concentration of electrons, stim-
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A group of University students will attempt to shift power consumption from fossil fuels to renewables at a mid-October conference in Pittsburgh. At the conference called “Power Shift”, over 30 members of the registered student organization Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS) will unite with other people seeking environmental justice. “We’re sending these big cor-
porations a message to invest in cleaner energies,” said Leah Wurster, Illinois recruitment fellow for Power Shift. “No one can beat their money, their numbers — we realize that. But we want them to adopt something more responsible and just.” Beyond Coal, a SECS committee, has been working on a campaign to get the University to divest with the “filthy fifteen” coal companies. Because the endowments that
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This device created by University Professor Brian Cunningham and his team can measure the concentrations of drugs within an IV line as well as determine the kind of drug in real-time. It is less expensive and more accurate than other devices of its kind, Cunningham said.
Students seek to shift UIUC toward sustainable energy BY CLAIRE EVERETT
Among 832 schools, the University received a perfect score on Princeton Review’s sustainability rating, earning it a spot on the Green Honor Roll for 2014 and making it one of 22 colleges on the list. The project, which is currently in its sixth year, collected data from more than 800 schools through its 2012-13 surveys and ranked each college’s environmental sustainability. The schools were evaluated with many criteria, including waste practices, sources of dining hall food, methods of transportation and student groups. Stephanie Lage, assistant director of the Center for a Sustainable Environment, said the University’s inclusion in the honor roll could be attributed to the progress that has been made toward its sustainability goals. Upcoming goals for the Climate Action Plan are to achieve a 20 percent water use reduction in 2015 and a 30 percent energy use reduction by fiscal year 2020. The University conserves water throughout campus buildings with low-flow faucets and by fixing leaks, Lage said. Retrocommissioning provides an in-depth analysis of a building’s HVAC, ventilation and air conditioning systems in order to reach optimal energy conservation, sustainability and comfort. This division has helped to provide an average decrease in energy use by 27 percent in more than 40 buildings on campus, said Steve Breitwieser, media communications specialist for Facilities and Services. “There’s just a lot occurring, and a lot is being undertaken to meet the target goals,” he said. Breitwieser noted that there are other energy conservation initiatives in addition to retrocommissioning, which include energy performance contracting, energy grant funding, a new energy management control center and others that aid in the reduction of energy consumption at the University. “I think it is a general increas-
ing awareness that we have an energy dashboard that students can take a look at and can be aware of the different types of energy consumption in the facilities they’re in,” Breitwieser said. The University also ensures sustainability through the dining services on campus, both through University and certified public housing. Sue Dawson, food service director at Hendrick House, discussed how locally grown food plays a role in the residence hall’s sustainability efforts. At Hendrick House, there is a rooftop garden where herbs, cherry tomatoes, basil and rosemary are grown and are used in “Farm-toTable” meals. Growing food locally helps fulfill sustainability goals by reducing emissions from the various transportation methods required to ship non-local foods, according to the sustainability research organization Worldwatch Institute. Dawson said there are more local food providers than ever before, and these are growing wider varieties of food over different time periods. She said she believes that this signifies a growing trend of more people wanting locally grown food, which supports sustainability. “I think it says our community is supportive of it. Even though we’re typically not University owned, we are working towards the same goals,” she said. “And that’s an important community role to be playing.” Lage said she thinks the University is achieving its sustainability goals because of the efforts of everyone on campus. “I think that people care, and they do their part by not overtaxing the system,” she said. “They turn off their lights, their computers when they come home. And then there’s transportation — people are riding their bikes more often or walking, taking the MTD, and that’s part of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.”
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