The number of birds that have died due to West Nile virus is unknown, but scientists are raising concerns that the virus may have taken a substantial toll on their numbers. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports
(9/20/02)
A plan projects a more than $60 million dollar cost to bring the 39-year old Assembly Hall up to par with other Big Ten stadiums. UI spokeswoman Robin Kaler discusses the plan with AM 580's Dave Dickey (9/13/02)
AM 580's Ali Kawa speaks to Illini Prairie Chapter president Barbara Payne about the local and national charities, the controversy over distributing donations to 9/11 victims, and how the American Red Cross is bouncing back (9/11/02)
9/11/02 in Champaign-Urbana
AM 580 reporters covered a range of remembrances on the first anniversary of the terrorist
attacks
AM 580's Dave Dickey interviews Northwestern University political scientist Michael Herron, who suggests that politics is the major factor in the distribution of "member initiative" money for infrastructure and other special projects in Illinois (9/5/02)
AM 580's Dave Dickey talks with University of Chicago professor Steve Meyer, one of the scientists who will soon start building a new telescope at the South Pole to examine how the universe is expanding (9/2/02)
AM 580's Dave Dickey interviews Illinois State Superintendent of Education Robert Schiller, who discusses the federal No Child Left Behind Act and other issues (8/30/02)
AM 580's Jim Meadows interviews University of Illinois researcher Richard
Lampmann, who's finding that the mosquito-borne West Nile virus is moving across North America much faster than anticipated (8/13/02)
AM 580's Ali Kawa meets a group of preteen girls who spent a week of their summer on the University of Illinois campus, learning about often male-dominated career fields at the annual Girls' Adventures in Math, Engineering and Science camp (8/9/02)
AM 580's Jim Meadows interviews UI Vice President for Academic Affairs Chester Gardner as the university plans its next budget, one that will try to recover the losses suffered in fiscal year 2003 (7/17/02)
July thru September 2002
AM 580's coverage