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...date, Harvard scientists as well as their colleagues around the country have utilized three National Science Foundation supercomputer centers situated in San Diego, Calif. Pittsburgh, Penn. and Urbana, Ill. for most of their high-end computing needs...
...Nobel award for psychology went to Daniel Simons, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Harvard’s own Christopher Chabris. Their study, “Gorillas in Our Midst”—performed at Harvard—showed that people who selectively focused on one thing often overlooked normally conspicuous surroundings, including men in gorilla suits...
...hire cheaper workers abroad. "It's a flashy finding," says Paul Oyer, associate professor of economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. "But these are two separate issues, and there's no reason to think they're related." In fact, a 1998 study by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign economist Kevin Hallock, published in the American Economic Review, found no causal relationship between layoffs and CEO pay increases, even though the two often happen together. --By Barbara Kiviat
Harold was swiftly anointed a heroine in Christian and conservative circles for her steadfast values. She is a committed Christian: Gary Grogan, her pastor at Urbana First Assembly God told a Christian magazine, A Woman’s Touch, that Harold was a “wonderful, Spirit-filled Christian young lady...
...published two books on media and communication and served as dean of the College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...