University of Illinois

President // Speeches and Statements

2008

Brilliant Futures for America's Children
Ounce of Prevention's "It's Good Business to Invest in Young Children" Luncheon
April 28, 2008
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Brilliant Futures for our Children
April 25, 2008

Rising to the Future: Leadership in Engineering
April 8, 2008
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Senate Higher Education Appropriations Committee testimony
April 3, 2008

House Higher Education Appropriations Committee testimony
March 6, 2008

Midwest Life Sciences: Forging a Cooperative Biotech Strategy for Success
February 20, 2008
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Response to Northern Illinois University Tragedy
February 14, 2008

Email to University Community regarding resources summit
February 7, 2008
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Ceasefire annual meeting
January 29, 2008

2007

Human Capital Investment and America's Children: Education
November 29, 2007
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U. of I. Campaign and Illinois' Brilliant Futures
Published in the commentary sections of the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, Springfield Journal-Register, Chicago Daily Southtown and Rockford Register Star in June and July of 2007

Remarks on Diversity to the Niagara Foundation
June 12, 2007

Opening remarks at the Brilliant Futures kickoff
June 1, 2007

Testimony to Senate Appropriations Committee
April 26, 2007

Keynote for the Tri-Service Military Awards Ceremony, Urbana Campus
April 14, 2007

The Arts as a Spire of Excellence at the U of I --"Know Your University"
February 27, 2007

Testimony to Appropriations--Higher Education Committee, 95th General Assembly
February 23, 2007

Remarks to the 39th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dinner & Celebration
January 13, 2007

Remarks to One Medicine Colloquium
January 9, 2007

Global Campus Message to University Faculty & Staff
January 8, 2007

Global Campus Op-Ed by B. Joseph White
January 7, 2007

 

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