University of Illinois Chief Financial Officer Walter Knorr said the state budget stalemate has brought grant-funded research to a halt, and making it hard to plan a salary program for the fiscal year.
Tim Nugent, who made the University of Illinois a model for handicapped accessability in the late 1940's, will receive an honorary degree as part of the May 16 commencement ceremonies.
In a statement, University of Illinois trustees have rejected a faculty committee's call for a review of the canceled appointment of controversial professor Steven Salaita.
