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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The merger of the two colleges and the new status of kinesiology as a school within CAHP will not affect admission criteria or requirements of existing undergraduate and graduate kinesiology degree programs and specializations. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I concur and will notify the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. Establishment of the Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology Degree Program, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chicago

(9) The chancellor at Chicago, with the advice of the Chicago Senate, the Graduate College, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recommends the establishment of the Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology degree program. Under the proposal, the Department of Anthropology would join with the Department of Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History to provide a course of study and research leading to the Ph.D. in Anthropology. A unique aspect of the program is that it draws upon the rich resources of the Field Museum to support UIC anthropology faculty in delivering instruction to doctoral students of anthropology. The goal of the program is to produce graduates who are qualified to enter the traditional job market in academia and government, and an overlooked market in historic collections curation. This combination of two strong departments, and the use of important anthropological collections at the Field Museum, provides a unique opportunity to offer advanced graduate training in anthropology. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I concur, pending further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. Establishment of the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmacy, Chicago

(10) The chancellor at Chicago, with the advice of the Chicago Senate and the interim dean of the College of Pharmacy, recommends the establishment of a new research unit, the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. The proposal for the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology is designed to address problems, such as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, or substance abuse, by providing an organization and environment that provides both collaboration and cooperation for a number of UIC faculty who are now working independently and separated from one another in areas related to pharmaceutical biotechnology. The proposed center, which would be housed in the College of Pharmacy, would bring together campus researchers from the full range of biotechnology-related disciplines and also focus its outreach efforts on developing collaborative research programs between teams at UIC and industrial researchers focusing on major research problems in which pharmaceutical biotechnology can play a key role. Funding necessary to support the proposed center would come from several sources, including the Federal government, private organizations, and the campus. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved.