SAWBO Media - Private Gifts Boosting U. of I. as State Funding Shrinks

Private Gifts Boosting U. of I. as State Funding Shrinks

Oct 2, 2012

Barker's gift, for example, helped the university entice entomology professor Barry Pittendrigh, then a Purdue University professor, to move to the U. of I. in 2008. Pittendrigh's research focuses on minimizing the number of insects that attack cowpea, similar to black-eyed peas, a main source of protein in some West African countries.