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- Urbana library patrons angry after book removal
Some Urbana residents are upset and calling for the library director's resignation after thousands of books were mistakenly removed from the shelves.
June 18, 2013 - KWQC-TV 6 Davenport - Urbana library 'misstep' upsets patrons
Residents called for more oversight at the Urbana Free Library after a "weeding" controversy drew the ire of patrons in what the library director has called a "misstep." URBANA — In front of city council members on Monday night, residents called for more oversight at the Urbana Free Library after a "weeding" controversy drew the ire of patrons in what the library director has called a "misstep ...
June 18, 2013 - IlliniHQ.com - Urbana man hurt in Benton County crash
An Urbana man had moderate injuries from a one-vehicle accident at 12:11 p.m. Friday in Benton County.
June 17, 2013 - Sedalia Democrat
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- Roger Ebert in Reuters Canada
When I turn up in Urbana, I will be wearing a gauze bandage around my neck, and my mouth will be seen to droop. So it goes,Ebert wrote. - Robert Birgeneau in PR Newswire (press release)
We are extremely pleased that BP has chosen to partner with the University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to create the Energy Biosciences Institute,said Dr.... - Virginius Dabney in University of Virginia
When U.Va.'s Center for Advanced Studies recruited Graebner in 1967 as its first humanities professor, Illinois students demonstrated, "and university administrators at Urbana were indignant that one of their most brilliant lecturers and seminar...