11/16/802 Guide to the Departmental Newsletters and Announcements Departmental Newsletters and Announcements

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Guide to the Departmental Newsletters and Announcements 1969/1994 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Departmental Newsletters and Announcements 1969-1994 11/16/802 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Office of Bioengineering 0.50 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

The Bioengineering office was created in 1973 when the Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a recommendation from the College of Engineering for the establishment of a bioengineering option. Because students in any of the engineering curricula were eligible to participate in this option, this office was placed under the control of the Dean of the College.1 As of 1987 the bioengineering option was recognized as a special program in the College of Engineering. In 2003, the program was established as a department in the College of Engineering.2 It is an interdisciplinary field that brings together engineering, biology, and medicine to study ways to improve the quality of human life.3 See also Record Group 11. An option in bioengineering is also offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. It is administered by the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and studies new techniques and devices to deal with specific medical problems.4

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, March 21, 1973, p. 234.

2. Board of Trustees Agenda Items, July 9, 2003.

3. 1987-89 Undergraduate Programs, University of Illinois, p. 180.

4. Ibid., p. 264.

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Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Bioengineering
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11/4/2003

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Scope and Contents

Bioengineering departmental newsletters and announcements (1969-1994) including newsletters, memorandum, and correspondence sent to program faculty and students concerning faculty and committee meetings, grants, events, research, and statistics.