News-Gazette (Oct. 8) -- The head of the National Science Foundation will visit the University of Illinois next week to highlight the UI's multimillion-dollar grant for a new Engineering Research Center. France Cordova, an astrophysicist, former Purdue University president, and the first female chief scientist at NASA, will speak at an event next Thursday marking the $18.5 million grant for the Power Optimization for Electro-Thermal Systems center. Also: ASEE FirstBell (Oct. 9), Herald-News (Joliet, IL, Oct. 11), News-Gazette (Oct. 16), Daily Illini (Oct. 19).