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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

January 10, 2023

"University of Illinois" redirects here. For the university system, see University of Illinois system.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC)[13][14] is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was founded in 1867. Enrolling over 56,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the University of Illinois is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the country.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Former names
Illinois Industrial University (1867–1885)
University of Illinois (1885–1982)
Motto"Learning & Labor"
TypePublic land-grant research university
Established1867; 156 years ago (1867)
Parent institution
University of Illinois System
AccreditationHLC
Academic affiliations
Endowment$3.82 billion (2021) (system-wide)[1][2]
Budget$7.2 billion (2022) (system-wide)[3]
ChancellorRobert J. Jones[4]
PresidentTimothy L. Killeen[5]
ProvostAndreas C. Cangellaris[6]
Academic staff
2,548
Administrative staff
7,842[7]
Students56,257 (Fall 2021)[8]
Undergraduates34,559 (Fall 2021)[8]
Postgraduates20,525 (Fall 2021)[9]
Location
Urbana and Champaign
,
Illinois
,
United States
CampusSmall City,[10] 6,370 acres (2,578 ha)[11]
NewspaperThe Daily Illini
ColorsOrange and blue[12]
   
NicknameFighting Illini
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FBS – Big Ten
Websiteillinois.edu

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[15] In fiscal year 2019, research expenditures at Illinois totaled $652 million.[16][17] The campus library system possesses the second-largest university library in the United States by holdings after Harvard University.[18] The university also hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and is home to the fastest supercomputer on a university campus.[19]

The university contains 16 schools and colleges[20] and offers more than 150 undergraduate and over 100 graduate programs of study. The university holds 651 buildings on 6,370 acres (2,578 ha)[11] and its annual operating budget in 2016 was over $2 billion.[21] The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign also operates a Research Park home to innovation centers for over 90 start-up companies and multinational corporations, including Abbott, AbbVie, Caterpillar, Capital One, Dow, State Farm, John Deere, GSI, and Yahoo, among others.[17]

As of September 2022, the alumni, faculty members, or researchers of the university include 30 Nobel laureates, 27 Pulitzer Prize winners, two Fields medalists, and two Turing Award winners. Illinois athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Fighting Illini. They are members of the Big Ten Conference and have won the second-most conference titles. Illinois Fighting Illini football won the Rose Bowl Game in 1947, 1952, 1964 and a total of five national championships. Illinois athletes have won 29 medals in Olympic events, ranking it among the top 50 American universities with Olympic medals.

History

Main article: History of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Illinois Industrial University

 
The original University Hall, which stood until 1938, when it was replaced by Gregory Hall and the Illini Union. Pieces were used in the erection of Hallene Gateway dedicated in 1998.[22]

The University of Illinois, originally named "Illinois Industrial University", was one of the 37 universities created under the first Morrill Land-Grant Act, which provided public land for the creation of agricultural and industrial colleges and universities across the United States. Among several cities, Urbana was selected in 1867 as the site for the new school.[23][24] From the beginning, President John Milton Gregory's desire to establish an institution firmly grounded in the liberal arts tradition was at odds with many state residents and lawmakers who wanted the university to offer classes based solely around "industrial education".[25] The university opened for classes on March 2, 1868, and had two faculty members and 77 students.[26]

 
John Milton Gregory, the university's first president

The Library, which opened with the school in 1868, started with 1,039 volumes. Subsequently, President Edmund J. James, in a speech to the board of trustees in 1912, proposed to create a research library. It is now one of the world's largest public academic collections.[24][27][28] In 1870, the Mumford House was constructed as a model farmhouse for the school's experimental farm. The Mumford House remains the oldest structure on campus.[29] The original University Hall (1871) was the fourth building built; it stood where the Illini Union stands today.[30]

University of Illinois

In 1885, the Illinois Industrial University officially changed its name to the "University of Illinois", reflecting its agricultural, mechanical, and liberal arts curriculum.[25]

During his presidency, Edmund J. James (1904–1920) is credited for building the foundation for the large Chinese international student population on campus.[31][32][33][34] James established ties with China through the Chinese Minister to the United States Wu Ting-Fang.[34] In addition, during James's presidency, class rivalries and Bob Zuppke's winning football teams contributed to campus morale.[24]

 
Alma Mater statue by Lorado Taft

Alma Mater, a prominent statue on campus created by alumnus Lorado Taft, was unveiled on June 11, 1929. It was established from donations by the Alumni Fund and the classes of 1923–1929.[35]

The Great Depression slowed construction and expansion on the campus. The university replaced the original university hall with Gregory Hall and the Illini Union. After World War II, the university experienced rapid growth. The enrollment doubled and the academic standing improved.[36] This period was also marked by large growth in the Graduate College and increased federal support of scientific and technological research. During the 1950s and 1960s the university experienced the turmoil common on many American campuses. Among these were the water fights of the fifties and sixties.[37]

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

By 1967, the University of Illinois system consisted of a main campus in Champaign-Urbana and two Chicago campuses, Chicago Circle (UICC) and Medical Center (UIMC), and people began using "Urbana-Champaign" or the reverse to refer to the main campus specifically. The university name officially changed to the "University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign" by 1977. While this was a reversal of the commonly used designation for the metropolitan area (Champaign-Urbana), most of the campus is located in Urbana. The name change established a separate identity for the main campus within the University of Illinois system, which today includes campuses in Springfield (UIS) and Chicago (UIC) (formed by the merger of UICC and UIMC).

In 1998, the Hallene Gateway Plaza was dedicated. The Plaza features the original sandstone portal of University Hall, which was originally the fourth building on campus.[30] In recent years, state support has declined from 4.5% of the state's tax appropriations in 1980 to 2.28% in 2011, a nearly 50% decline.[38] As a result, the university's budget has shifted away from relying on state support with nearly 84% of the budget coming from other sources in 2012.[39]

On March 12, 2015, the Board of Trustees approved the creation of a medical school, the first college created at Urbana-Champaign in 60 years.[40][41][42] The Carle-Illinois College of Medicine began classes in 2018.[43]

Philanthropy

Over the last twenty years state funding for the university has fallen. Private philanthropy increasingly supplements revenue from tuition and state funding, providing about 19% of the annual budget in 2012.[39] Notable among significant donors, alumnus entrepreneur Thomas M. Siebel has committed nearly $150 million to the university, including $36 million to build the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science and $25 million to build the Siebel Center for Design. Further the Grainger Foundation (founded by alumnus W. W. Grainger) has contributed more than $300 million to the university over the last half-century,[citation needed] including donations for the construction of the Grainger Engineering Library. Larry Gies and his wife Beth donated $150 million in 2017 to the shortly thereafter renamed Gies College of Business.[44]

Campus

 
Green Street in Campustown
Main article: Campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
See also: Campustown (Champaign, Illinois)

The main research and academic facilities are divided almost evenly between the twin cities of Urbana and Champaign, which form part of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area. Four main quads compose the center of the university and are arranged from north to south. The Beckman Quadrangle and the John Bardeen Quadrangle occupy the center of the Engineering Campus. Boneyard Creek flows through the John Bardeen Quadrangle, parallel to Green Street. The Beckman Quadrangle, named after Arnold Orville Beckman, is primarily composed of research units and laboratories, and features a large solar calendar consisting of an obelisk and several copper fountains. The Main Quadrangle and South Quadrangle follow immediately after the John Bardeen Quad. The former makes up a large part of the Liberal Arts and Sciences portion of the campus, while the latter comprises many of the buildings of the College of ACES spread across the campus map.[45]

Additionally, the research fields of the College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences stretch south from Urbana and Champaign into Savoy and Champaign County. The university also maintains formal gardens and a conference center in nearby Monticello at Allerton Park.

The campus is known for its landscape and architecture, as well as distinctive landmarks.[46] It was identified as one of 50 college or university "works of art" by T.A. Gaines in his book The Campus as a Work of Art.[47] The campus also has a number of buildings and sites on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places including Harker Hall, Astronomical Observatory, Louise Freer Hall, the Main Library, the Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District, and the Morrow Plots. The University of Illinois Willard Airport is one of the few airports owned by an educational institution.[48]

 
Panorama facing north on UIUC's Main Quad

Sustainability

 
Animal Science Laboratory
 
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

The Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the campus a grade of B for sustainability in its 2011 College Sustainability Report Card. Strengths noted in the report included the campus's adoption of LEED gold standards for all new construction and major renovations and its public accessibility to endowment investment information. The university makes a list of endowment holdings and its shareholder voting record available to the public. The weaknesses are areas such as student involvement and investment priorities. The Student Sustainability Committee is empowered to allocate funding from a clean energy technology fee and a sustainable campus environment fee,[49] while the university aims to optimize investment return but has not made any public statements about investigating or investing in renewable energy funds or community development loan funds. However, the biggest weakness of the university's sustainability is its shareholder engagement, as the university has not made any public statements about active ownership or a proxy voting policy.[50]

Currently, the University of Illinois has 11 LEED certified buildings. Three of these are platinum certified (Business Instructional Facility, Lincoln Hall, and Bousfield Hall). Three are gold (National Petascale Computing Facility, Nugent Hall, Wassaja Hall). The rest are silver (Ikenberry Dining Hall, Evers Laboratory, Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, Illinois Fire Service Institute, and Huff Hall).[51]

In his remarks on the creation of the Office of Sustainability in September 2008, Chancellor Richard Herman stated, "I want this institution to be the leader in sustainability."[52] In February 2008, he signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, committing the University of Illinois to take steps "in pursuit of climate neutrality."[53]

Academics

Admissions

Undergraduate

Admissions statistics
2021 entering
class[54]Change vs.
2016
Admit rate59.7
(  −0.4)
Yield rate29.2
(  −4)
Test scores middle 50%*
SAT Total1340-1510
(among 43% of FTFs)
ACT Composite29-34
(among 24% of FTFs)
  • *Among students who chose to submit

The 2015 annual ranking of U.S. News & World Report categorizes the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as "more selective."[55] For the Class of 2025 (enrolled Fall 2021), UIUC received 47,593 applications and accepted 28,395 (59.7%). Of those accepted, 8,303 enrolled, a yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 29.2%. UIUC's freshman retention rate is 93.5%, with 84.9% going on to graduate within six years.[54]

Of the 43% of the incoming freshman class who submitted SAT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1340-1510.[54] Of the 24% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted ACT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 29 and 34.[54] In the 2020–2021 academic year, 28 freshman students were National Merit Scholars.[56]

Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics [54][57][58][59][60][61]
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Applicants 47,593 43,473 43,509 39,406 38,965 38,093
Admits 28,395 27,520 25,684 24,496 23,974 22,881
Admit rate 59.7 63.3 59.0 62.2 61.5 60.1
Enrolled 8,303 7,530 7,665 7,609 7,518 7,593
Yield rate 29.2 27.4 29.8 31.1 31.4 33.2
ACT composite*
(out of 36) 		29-34
(24%†)		 27-33
(50%†)		 27-33
(55%†)		 26-32
(63%†)		 26-32
(85%†)		 26-32
(85%†)
SAT composite*
(out of 1600) 		1340-1510
(43%†)		 1220-1450
(75%†)		 1230-1460
(79%†)		 1220-1480
(63%†)		 1340-1500
(22%†)		 —
* middle 50% range
† percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit

Admissions differ greatly between the different colleges in the university. While the overall admit rate is 37.5% (first-choice), the most selective college, the College of Engineering, has an admit rate of 23.2% (for first-choice major).[62] Certain in-demand majors like Computer Science which is known for its Top 5 program in the nation,[63][64] can be extremely competitive with an acceptance rate of less than 6.8%,[65] and average freshman ACT composite score of 33.7.[66]

Freshmen admitted in Fall 2020[67]
College ACT composite*
(out of 36) 		SAT composite*
(out of 1600)
Grainger College of Engineering 32-35 1430-1540
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 28-34 1320-1490
Gies College of Business 30-33 1360-1470
School of Information Sciences 29-34 1340-1490
School of Social Work 23-29 1100-1250
* middle 50% range

In 2009, an investigation by The Chicago Tribune reported that some applicants "received special consideration" for acceptance between 2005 and 2009, despite having sub-par qualifications.[68] This incident was known was the University of Illinois clout scandal.

Academic divisions

The university offers more than 150 undergraduate and 100 graduate and professional programs in over 15 academic units, among several online specializations such as Digital Marketing and an online MBA program launched in January 2016. In 2015, the university announced its expansion to include an engineering-based medical program, which would be the first new college created in Urbana-Champaign in 60 years.[41][42] The university also offers undergraduate students the opportunity for graduation honors. University Honors is an academic distinction awarded to the highest achieving students. To earn the distinction, students must have a cumulative grade point average of a 3.5/4.0 within the academic year of their graduation and rank within the top 3% of their graduating class. Their names are inscribed on a Bronze Tablet that hangs in the Main Library.[69]

Online learning

In addition to the university's Illinois Online platform, in 2015 the university entered into a partnership with the Silicon Valley educational technology company Coursera to offer a series of master's degrees and specialization courses, currently including more than 70 joint learning classes. In August 2015, the Master of Business Administration program was launched through the platform.[70] On March 31, 2016, Coursera announced the launch of the Master of Computer Science in Data Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[71] At the time, the university's computer-science graduate program was ranked fifth in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[72] On March 29, 2017, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign launched their Master's in Accounting (iMSA) program, now called the Master of Science in Accountancy (iMSA) program. The iMSA program is led through live sessions, headed by UIUC faculty.[73]

Similar to the university's on-campus admission policies, the online master's degrees offered by The University of Illinois through Coursera also has admission requirements. All applicants must hold a bachelor's degree, and have earned a 3.0 GPA or higher in the last two years of study. Additionally, all applicants must prove their proficiency in English.[74][75]

The University of Illinois also offers online courses in partnership with Coursera, such as Marketing in a Digital World, which focuses on how digital tools like internet, smartphone and 3D printers are changing the marketing landscape.

Rankings

In the 2021 U.S. News & World Report "America's Best Colleges" report, UIUC's undergraduate program was ranked tied for 47th among national universities and tied for 15th among public universities, with its undergraduate engineering program ranked tied for 6th in the U.S. among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate.[87]

Washington Monthly ranked UIUC 18th among 389 national universities in the U.S. for 2020, based on its contribution to the public good as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.[88] Kiplinger's Personal Finance rated Illinois 12th in its 2019 list of 174 Best Values in Public Colleges,[89] which "measures academic quality, cost and financial aid."

The Graduate Program in Urban Planning at the College of Fine and Applied Arts was ranked 3rd nationally by Planetizen in 2015.[90] The university was also listed as a "Public Ivy" in The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities (2001) by Howard and Matthew Greene.[91] The Princeton Review ranked Illinois 1st in its 2016 list of top party schools.[92]

Internationally, UIUC engineering was ranked 13th in the world in 2016 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and the university 38th in 2019;[93] the university was also ranked 48th globally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2020 and 75th in the world by the QS World University Rankings for 2020. The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has ranked University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as the 20th best university in the world for 2019–20.[94]

UIUC is also ranked 32nd in the world in Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings for 2018.[95] Nature Index ranks UIUC 33rd among top Academic institutions in the world.[96]

Research

 
The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is the largest interdisciplinary facility on campus with 313,000 square feet (29,100 m2)

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is often regarded as a world-leading magnet for engineering and sciences (both applied and basic).[97]

According to the National Science Foundation, the university spent $625 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 37th in the nation.[16][17] It is also listed as one of the Top 25 American Research Universities by The Center for Measuring University Performance.[98] Beside annual influx of grants and sponsored projects, the university manages an extensive modern research infrastructure.[99] The university has been a leader in computer based education and hosted the PLATO project, which was a precursor to the internet and resulted in the development of the plasma display. Illinois was a 2nd-generation ARPAnet site in 1971 and was the first institution to license the UNIX operating system from Bell Labs.

Research Park

Main article: Research Park at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Located in the southwest part of campus, Research Park opened its first building in 2001 and has grown to encompass 13 buildings. Ninety companies have established roots in research park, employing over 1,400 people. Tenants of the Research Park facilities include prominent Fortune 500 companies Capital One, John Deere, State Farm, Caterpillar, and Yahoo, Inc. Companies also employ about 400 total student interns at any given time throughout the year. The complex is also a center for entrepreneurs, and has over 50 startup companies stationed at its EnterpriseWorks Incubator facility.[100]

In 2011, Urbana, Illinois was named number 11 on Popular Mechanics' "14 Best Startup Cities in America" list, in a large part due to the contributions of Research Park's programs.[101] The park has gained recognition from other notable publications, such as inc.com and Forbes magazine. For the 2011 fiscal year, Research Park produced an economic output of $169.5M for the state of Illinois.[102]

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Main article: National Center for Supercomputing Applications

The university hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), which created Mosaic, the first graphical web browser, the Apache HTTP server, and NCSA Telnet. The Parallel@Illinois program hosts several programs in parallel computing, including the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center. The university contracted with Cray to build the National Science Foundation-funded supercomputer Blue Waters.[103][104][105] The system also has the largest public online storage system in the world with more than 25 petabytes of usable space.[106] The university celebrated January 12, 1997, as the "birthday" of HAL 9000, the fictional supercomputer from the novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey; in both works, HAL credits "Urbana, Illinois" as his place of operational origin.

Prairie Research Institute

Main article: Prairie Research Institute
 
One of the university's research fields, located off Florida Avenue.

The Prairie Research Institute is located on campus and is the home of the Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, and the Illinois State Archeological Survey. Researchers at the Prairie Research Institute are engaged in research in agriculture and forestry, biodiversity and ecosystem health, atmospheric resources, climate and associated natural hazards, cultural resources and history of human settlements, disease and public health, emerging pests, fisheries and wildlife, energy and industrial technology, mineral resources, pollution prevention and mitigation, and water resources. The Illinois Natural History Survey collections include crustaceans, reptiles and amphibians, birds, mammals, algae, fungi, and vascular plants, with the insect collection is among the largest in North America. The Illinois State Geological Survey houses the legislatively mandated Illinois Geological Samples Library, a repository for drill-hole samples in Illinois, as well as paleontological collections. ISAS serves as a repository for a large collection of Illinois archaeological artifacts. One of the major collections is from the Cahokia Mounds.[107]

Technology Entrepreneur Center

The Technology Entrepreneur Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a permanent center established to provide students with resources for their entrepreneurial ideas. The center offers classes, venture and product competitions, and workshops to introduce students to technology innovation and market adoption.[108] Events and programs hosted by the TEC include the Cozad New Venture Challenge, Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop, Illinois I-Corps, and SocialFuse. The campus-wide Cozad New Venture Challenge has been held annually since 2000. Participants are mentored in the phases of venture creation and attend workshops on idea validation, pitching skills, and customer development. In 2019, teams competed for $250,000 in funding.[109] The Silicon Valley Workshop is a week-long workshop, occurring annually in January. Students visit startups and technology companies in the Silicon Valley and network entrepreneurial alumni from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Students are exposed to technology entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership. The trip features corporate leaders, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs in various stages of a startup lifecycle.[110] Illinois I-Corps teaches National Science Foundation grantees how to learn to identify valuable product opportunities that can emerge from academic research, and gain skills in entrepreneurship through training in customer discovery and guidance from established entrepreneurs.[111] The program is a collaboration between the Technology Entrepreneur Center and EnterpriseWorks, with participation from the Office of Technology Management and IllinoisVentures. The program consists of 3 workshops over 6 weeks, where teams work to validate the market size, value propositions, and customer segments of their innovations.[112] SocialFuse is a recurring pitching and networking event where students can pitch ideas, find teammates, and network.[113]

Center for Plasma-Material Interactions

The Center for Plasma-Material Interactions was established in 2004 by Professor David N. Ruzic to research the complex behavior between ions, electrons, and energetic atoms generated in plasmas and the surfaces of materials. CPMI encompasses fusion plasmas in its research.[114][115][116]

Accolades

In Bill Gates' February 24, 2004, talk as part of his Five Campus Tour (Harvard, MIT, Cornell, Carnegie-Mellon and Illinois)[117] titled "Software Breakthroughs: Solving the Toughest Problems in Computer Science," he mentioned Microsoft hires more graduates from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign than from any other university in the world.[118] Alumnus William M. Holt, a senior vice-president of Intel, also mentioned in a campus talk on September 27, 2007, entitled "R&D to Deliver Practical Results: Extending Moore's Law"[119] that Intel hires more PhD graduates from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign than from any other university in the country.

In 2007, the university-hosted research Institute for Condensed Matter Theory (ICMT) was launched, with the director Paul Goldbart and the chief scientist Anthony Leggett. ICMT is currently located at the Engineering Science Building on campus.

The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), which recognizes excellence in both individual and institutional achievements, has awarded two awards to U of I.[120]

Discoveries and innovation

Natural sciences

Computer & applied sciences

Companies & entrepreneurship

UIUC alumni and faculty have founded numerous companies and organizations, some of which are shown below.[134][135][136]

Student life

Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
Race and ethnicity[137] Total
White 42% 42
 
Asian 20% 20
 
Hispanic 14% 14
 
Foreign national 13% 13
 
Black 6% 6
 
Other[a] 5% 5
 
Economic diversity
Low-income[b] 27% 27
 
Affluent[c] 73% 73
 

Student body

As of spring 2018, the university had 45,813 students.[138] As of 2015, over 10,000 students were international students, and of them 5,295 were Mainland Chinese.[139] The university also recruits students from over 100 countries[140][141] among its 32,878[142] undergraduate students and 10,245[142] graduate and professional students.[141] The gender breakdown is 55% men, 45% women.[141] UIUC in 2014 enrolled 4,898 students from China, more than any other American university. They comprise the largest group of international students on the campus, followed by South Korea (1,268 in fall 2014) and India (1,167). Graduate enrollment of Chinese students at UIUC has grown from 649 in 2000 to 1,973 in 2014.[143]

Student organizations

The university has over 1,000 active registered student organizations,[144] showcased at the start of each academic year during Illinois's "Quad Day." Registration and support is provided by the Student Programs & Activities Office, an administrative arm established in pursuit of the larger social, intellectual, and educative goals of the Illini Student Union. The Office's mission is to "enhance ... classroom education," "meet the needs and desires of the campus community," and "prepare students to be contributing and humane citizens."[145] Beyond student organizations, The Daily Illini is a student-run newspaper that has been published for the community of since 1871. The paper is published by Illini Media Company, a not-for-profit which also prints other publications, and operates WPGU 107.1 FM, a student-run commercial radio station. The Varsity Men's Glee Club is an all-male choir at the University of Illinois that was founded in 1886.[146] The Varsity Men's Glee Club[147] is one of the oldest glee clubs in the United States as well as the oldest registered student organization at the University of Illinois. As of 2018, the university also has the largest chapter of Alpha Phi Omega with over 340 active members.[148]

Greek life

Main article: List of social fraternities and sororities at UIUC

There are 59 fraternities and 38 sororities on campus.[149] Of the approximately 30,366 undergraduates, 3,463 are members of sororities and 3,674 are members of fraternities.[150] The Greek system at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has a system of self-government. While staff advisors and directors manage certain aspects of the Greek community, most of the day-to-day operations of the Greek community are governed by the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council.[151] A smaller minority of fraternities and sororities fall under the jurisdiction of the Black Greek Council and United Greek Council; the Black Greek Council serves "historically black" Greek organizations while the United Greek council comprises other multicultural organizations.[152][153] Many of the fraternity and sorority houses on campus are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Student government

U of I has an extensive history of past student governments. Two years after the university opened in 1868, John Milton Gregory and a group of students created a constitution for a student government. Their governance expanded to the entire university in 1873, having a legislative, executive, and judicial branch. For a period of time, this government had the ability to discipline students. In 1883, however, due to a combination of events from Gregory's resignation to student-faculty infighting, the government formally dissolved itself via plebiscite.[154]

It wasn't until 1934, when the Student Senate, the next university-wide student government, was created. A year before, future U of I Dean of Students, Fred H. Turner and the university's Senate Committee on Student Affairs gave increased power to the Student Council, an organization primarily known for organizing dances. A year after, the Student Council created a constitution and became the Student Senate, under the oversight of the Committee on Student Affairs. This Student Senate would last for 35 years.[155] The Student Senate changed its purpose and name in 1969, when it became the Undergraduate Student Association (UGSA). It no longer was a representational government, instead becoming a collective bargaining agency. It often worked with the Graduate Student Association to work on various projects[156]

In 1967, Bruce A. Morrison and other U of I graduate founded the Graduate Student Association (GSA). GSA would last until 1978, when it merged with the UGSA to form the Champaign-Urbana Student Association (CUSA).[157][158] CUSA lasted for only 2 years when it was replaced by the Student Government Association (SGA) in 1980. SGA lasted for 15 years until it became the Illinois Student Government (ISG) in 1995. ISG lasted until 2004.[158]

The current university student government, created in 2004, is the Illinois Student Senate, a combined undergraduate and graduate student senate with 54 voting members. The student senators are elected by college and represent the students in the Urbana-Champaign Senate (which comprises both faculty and students), as well as on a variety of faculty and administrative committees, and are led by an internally elected executive board of a President, External Vice President, Internal Vice President, and Treasurer. As of 2012, the executive board is supported by an executive staff consisting of a Chief of Staff, Clerk of the Senate, Parliamentarian, Director of Communications, Intern Coordinator, and the Historian of the Senate.[159]

Residence halls

Main article: UIUC Residence Halls
 
Busey-Evans Residence Halls is one of many buildings on the NRHP

University housing for undergraduates is provided through twenty-four residence halls in both Urbana and Champaign. Incoming freshmen are required to live in student housing (campus or certified) their first year on campus. Graduate housing is usually offered through two graduate residence halls, restricted to students who are sophomores or above, and through three university-owned apartment complexes. Some undergraduates choose to move into apartments or the Greek houses after their first year. There are a number of private dormitories around campus, as well as 15 private, certified residences that partner with the university to offer a variety of different housing options, including ones that are cooperatives, single-gender or religiously affiliated.[160] The university is known for being one of the first universities to provide accommodations for students with disabilities.[161] In 2015, the University of Illinois announced that they would be naming its newest residence hall after Carlos Montezuma also known as Wassaja. Wassaja is the first Native American graduate and is believed to be one of the first Native Americans to receive a medical degree.[162]

Libraries and museums

See also: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University Library, Main Library (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Spurlock Museum, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Grainger Engineering Library, and Krannert Art Museum

Among universities in North America, only the collections of Harvard are larger.[163] Currently, the University of Illinois' 20+ departmental libraries and divisions hold more than 24 million items, including more than 12 million print volumes.[27] As of 2012, it had also the largest "browsable" university library in the United States, with 5 million volumes directly accessible in stacks in a single location.[164] University of Illinois also has the largest public engineering library (Grainger Engineering Library) in the country.[165][27][166] In addition to the main library building, which houses numerous subject-oriented libraries, the Isaac Funk Family Library on the South Quad serves the College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences and the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center serves the College of Engineering on the John Bardeen Quad.

Residence Hall Library System is one of three in the nation.[167][168] The Residence Hall Libraries were created in 1948 to serve the educational, recreational, and cultural information needs of first- and second-year undergraduate students residing in the residence halls, and the living-learning communities within the residence halls. The collection also serves University Housing staff as well as the larger campus community.[169] The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is one of the Special collections units within the University Library.[170] The RBML is one of the largest special collections repositories in the United States.[171][172][173][174]

The university has several museums, galleries, and archives which include Krannert Art Museum, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music and Spurlock Museum. Gallery and exhibit locations include Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and at the School of Art and Design.

The Illinois Open Publishing Network (IOPN) is hosted and coordinated by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, offering publishing services to members of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign community, to disseminate open access scholarly publications.[175]

Recreation

 
Campus Recreation Center East

The campus has two main recreation facilities, the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) and the Campus Recreation Center – East (CRCE). Originally known as the Intramural Physical Education Building (IMPE) and opened in 1971, IMPE was renovated in 2006 and reopened in August 2008 as the ARC.[176] The renovations expanded the facility, adding 103,433 square feet to the existing structure and costing $54.9 million. This facility is touted by the university as "one of the country's largest on-campus recreation centers." CRCE was originally known as the Satellite Recreation Center and was opened in 1989. The facility was renovated in 2005 to expand the space and update equipment, officially reopening in March 2005 as CRCE.[177]

Transportation

 
A Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit bus

The bus system that operates throughout the campus and community is operated by the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District. The MTD receives a student-approved transportation fee from the university, which provides unlimited access for university students, faculty, and staff.

Six daily Amtrak trains connect Champaign-Urbana with Chicago and Carbondale (IL). The City of New Orleans train also serves Memphis, Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans.

Willard Airport, opened in 1954 and is named for former University of Illinois president Arthur Cutts Willard. The airport is located in Savoy. Willard Airport is home to University research projects and the university's Institute of Aviation, along with flights from American Airlines.

 
Campus bus routes

Athletics

Main article: Illinois Fighting Illini

U of I's Division of Intercollegiate Athletics fields teams for ten men's and eleven women's varsity sports. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I. The university's athletic teams are known as the Fighting Illini. The university operates a number of athletic facilities, including Memorial Stadium for football, the State Farm Center for men's and women's basketball, and the Atkins Tennis Center for men's and women's tennis. The men's NCAA basketball team had a dream run in the 2005 season, with Bruce Weber's Fighting Illini tying the record for most victories in a season. Their run ended 37–2 with a loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the national championship game. Illinois is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement and convocation, and athletic games are: Illinois Loyalty, the school song; Oskee Wow Wow, the fight song; and Hail to the Orange, the alma mater.

 
Memorial Stadium with the State Farm Center in the background

On October 15, 1910, the Illinois football team defeated the University of Chicago Maroons with a score of 3–0 in a game that Illinois claims was the first homecoming game, though several other schools claim to have held the first homecoming as well.[178][179] On November 10, 2007, the unranked Illinois football team defeated the No. 1 ranked Ohio State football team in Ohio Stadium, the first time that the Illini beat a No. 1 ranked team on the road.

The University of Illinois Ice Arena is home to the university's club college ice hockey team competing at the ACHA Division I level and is also available for recreational use through the Division of Campus Recreation. It was built in 1931 and designed by Chicago architecture firm Holabird and Root, the same firm that designed the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium and Chicago's Soldier Field. It is located on Armory Drive across from the Armory. The structure features 4 rows of bleacher seating in an elevated balcony that runs the length of the ice rink on either side. These bleachers provide seating for roughly 1,200 fans, with standing room and bench seating available underneath. Because of this set-up the team benches are actually directly underneath the stands.[180]

In 2015, the university began Mandarin Chinese broadcasts of its American football games as a service to its Chinese international students.[139]

 
Primarily used as Athletics logo (2014–17), became the campus-wide logo in 2017[181]

Mascot

Main article: Chief Illiniwek

Chief Illiniwek, also referred to as "The Chief," was from 1926 to 2007 the official symbol of the University of Illinois in university intercollegiate athletic programs. The Chief was typically portrayed by a student dressed in Sioux regalia. Several groups protested that the use of a Native American figure and indigenous customs in such a manner was inappropriate and promoted ethnic stereotypes. In August 2005, the National Collegiate Athletic Association expressed disapproval of the university's use of a "hostile or abusive" image.[182] While initially proposing a consensus approach to the decision about the Chief, the board in 2007 decided that the Chief, its name, image and regalia should be officially retired. Nevertheless, the controversy continues on campus with some students unofficially maintaining the Chief. Complaints continue that indigenous students feel insulted when images of the Chief continue to be present on campus.[183] The effort to resolve the controversy has included the work of a committee, which issued a report of its "critical conversations" that included over 600 participants representing all sides.[184]

Notable alumni and faculty

Main article: List of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign people
 
Hallene Gateway dedicated in 1998 by donations from the Alumni Alan M. and Phyllis Welsh Hallene[30]

Twenty-seven alumni and faculty members of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have won a Pulitzer Prize.[185] As of 2019, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni, faculty, and researchers include 30 Nobel laureates (including 11 alumni). In particular, John Bardeen is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in physics, having done so in 1956 and 1972 while on faculty at the university. In 2003, two faculty members won Nobel prizes in different disciplines: Paul C. Lauterbur for physiology or medicine, and Anthony Leggett for physics.

The alumni of the university have created companies and products such as Netscape Communications (formerly Mosaic) (Marc Andreessen),[186] AMD (Jerry Sanders),[186] PayPal (Max Levchin),[186] Playboy (Hugh Hefner), National Football League (George Halas), Siebel Systems (Thomas Siebel),[186] Mortal Kombat (Ed Boon), CDW (Michael Krasny), YouTube (Steve Chen and Jawed Karim),[186] THX (Tomlinson Holman), Andreessen Horowitz (Marc Andreessen), Oracle (Larry Ellison[186] and Bob Miner), Lotus (Ray Ozzie),[186] Yelp! (Jeremy Stoppelman[186] and Russel Simmons), Safari (Dave Hyatt), Firefox (Joe Hewitt), W. W. Grainger (William Wallace Grainger), Delta Air Lines (C. E. Woolman), Beckman Instruments (Arnold Beckman), BET (Robert L. Johnson) and Tesla Motors (Martin Eberhard).[186]

Alumni and faculty have invented the LED and the quantum well laser (Nick Holonyak, B.S. 1950, M.S. 1951, Ph.D. 1954), DSL (John Cioffi, B.S. 1978), JavaScript (Brendan Eich, M.S. 1986),[186] the integrated circuit (Jack Kilby, B.S. 1947), the transistor (John Bardeen, faculty, 1951–1991), the pH meter (Arnold Beckman, B.S. 1922, M.S. 1923), MRI (Paul C. Lauterbur), the plasma screen (Donald Bitzer, B.S. 1955, M.S. 1956, Ph.D. 1960), color plasma display (Larry F. Weber, B.S. 1968 M.S. 1971 Ph.D. 1975), the training methodology called PdEI and the coin counter (James P. Liautaud, B.S. 1963), the statistical algorithm called Gibbs sampling in computer vision and the machine learning technique called random forests (Donald Geman, B.A. 1965), and are responsible for the structural design of such buildings as the Willis Tower, the John Hancock Center, and the Burj Khalifa.[187]

Mathematician Richard Hamming, known for the Hamming code and Hamming distance, earned a PhD in mathematics from the university's Mathematics Department in 1942.[188] Primetime Emmy Award-winning engineer Alan Bovik (B.S. 1980, M.S. 1982, Ph.D. 1984) invented neuroscience-based video quality measurement tools that pervade television, social media and home cinema.[189] Structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan earned two master's degrees, and a PhD in structural engineering from the university.[190]

 
Monument for the HKN Honor Society which was founded at U of I.

Alumni have also led several companies, including BitTorrent (Eric Klinker), Renaissance Technologies (Robert Mercer), Ticketmaster, McDonald's, Goldman Sachs, BP, Kodak, Shell, General Motors, AT&T, and General Electric.

Alumni have founded many organizations, including the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Project Gutenberg, and have served in a wide variety of government and public interest roles. Rafael Correa, President of The Republic of Ecuador since January 2006 secured his M.S. and PhD degrees from the university's Economics Department in 1999 and 2001 respectively.[191] Nathan C. Ricker attended U of I and in 1873 was the first person to graduate in the United States with a certificate in architecture. Mary L. Page, the first woman to obtain a degree in architecture, also graduated from U of I.[192] Disability rights activist and co-organizer of the 504 Sit-in, Kitty Cone, attended during the 1960s, but left 6 hours short of her degree to continue her activism in New York.[193]

In sports, baseball pitcher Ken Holtzman was a two-time All Star major leaguer, and threw two no-hitters in his career.[194] In sports entertainment, David Otunga became a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion.

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) was founded at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as the national honor society for electrical engineering in 1904. Maurice LeRoy Carr (B.S. 1905) and Edmund B. Wheeler (B.S. 1905) were part of the founding group of ten students and they served as the first and second national presidents of HKN. The Eta Kappa Nu organization is now the international honor society for IEEE as the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN).[195] The U of I collegiate chapter is known as the Alpha Chapter of HKN.[196] Lowell P. Hager was the head of the Department of Biochemistry from 1969 until 1989 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1995.[197]

Notes

  1. ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans and those who prefer to not say.
  2. ^ The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
  3. ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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Further reading

  • Hoddeson, Lillian. No Boundaries: University of Illinois Vignettes. (University of Illinois Press, 2004; ISBN 9780252072031)
  • Hoganson, Kristin L. The Heartland: An American History (Penguin Random House, 2019) online reviews
  • Kanfer, Alaina. Illini Loyalty: The University of Illinois. (University of Illinois Press, 2011; ISBN 9780252035005)
  • Solberg, Winton U. The University of Illinois, 1894–1904: The Shaping of the University. (University of Illinois Press, 2000; ISBN 9780252025792)

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University of Illinois redirects here For the university system see University of Illinois system The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign U of I Illinois University of Illinois or UIUC 13 14 is a public land grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was founded in 1867 Enrolling over 56 000 undergraduate and graduate students the University of Illinois is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the country University of Illinois Urbana ChampaignFormer namesIllinois Industrial University 1867 1885 University of Illinois 1885 1982 Motto Learning amp Labor TypePublic land grant research universityEstablished1867 156 years ago 1867 Parent institutionUniversity of Illinois SystemAccreditationHLCAcademic affiliationsAAUURASea grantSpace grantEndowment 3 82 billion 2021 system wide 1 2 Budget 7 2 billion 2022 system wide 3 ChancellorRobert J Jones 4 PresidentTimothy L Killeen 5 ProvostAndreas C Cangellaris 6 Academic staff2 548Administrative staff7 842 7 Students56 257 Fall 2021 8 Undergraduates34 559 Fall 2021 8 Postgraduates20 525 Fall 2021 9 LocationUrbana and Champaign Illinois United StatesCampusSmall City 10 6 370 acres 2 578 ha 11 NewspaperThe Daily IlliniColorsOrange and blue 12 NicknameFighting IlliniSporting affiliationsNCAA Division I FBS Big TenWebsiteillinois wbr eduThe University of Illinois Urbana Champaign is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among R1 Doctoral Universities Very high research activity 15 In fiscal year 2019 research expenditures at Illinois totaled 652 million 16 17 The campus library system possesses the second largest university library in the United States by holdings after Harvard University 18 The university also hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and is home to the fastest supercomputer on a university campus 19 The university contains 16 schools and colleges 20 and offers more than 150 undergraduate and over 100 graduate programs of study The university holds 651 buildings on 6 370 acres 2 578 ha 11 and its annual operating budget in 2016 was over 2 billion 21 The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign also operates a Research Park home to innovation centers for over 90 start up companies and multinational corporations including Abbott AbbVie Caterpillar Capital One Dow State Farm John Deere GSI and Yahoo among others 17 As of September 2022 update the alumni faculty members or researchers of the university include 30 Nobel laureates 27 Pulitzer Prize winners two Fields medalists and two Turing Award winners Illinois athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Fighting Illini They are members of the Big Ten Conference and have won the second most conference titles Illinois Fighting Illini football won the Rose Bowl Game in 1947 1952 1964 and a total of five national championships Illinois athletes have won 29 medals in Olympic events ranking it among the top 50 American universities with Olympic medals Contents 1 History 1 1 Illinois Industrial University 1 2 University of Illinois 1 3 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 1 4 Philanthropy 2 Campus 2 1 Sustainability 3 Academics 3 1 Admissions 3 1 1 Undergraduate 3 2 Academic divisions 3 3 Online learning 3 4 Rankings 4 Research 4 1 Research Park 4 2 National Center for Supercomputing Applications 4 3 Prairie Research Institute 4 4 Technology Entrepreneur Center 4 5 Center for Plasma Material Interactions 4 6 Accolades 5 Discoveries and innovation 5 1 Natural sciences 5 2 Computer amp applied sciences 5 3 Companies amp entrepreneurship 6 Student life 6 1 Student body 6 2 Student organizations 6 2 1 Greek life 6 2 2 Student government 6 3 Residence halls 6 4 Libraries and museums 6 5 Recreation 6 6 Transportation 7 Athletics 7 1 Mascot 8 Notable alumni and faculty 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External linksHistory EditMain article History of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Illinois Industrial University Edit The original University Hall which stood until 1938 when it was replaced by Gregory Hall and the Illini Union Pieces were used in the erection of Hallene Gateway dedicated in 1998 22 The University of Illinois originally named Illinois Industrial University was one of the 37 universities created under the first Morrill Land Grant Act which provided public land for the creation of agricultural and industrial colleges and universities across the United States Among several cities Urbana was selected in 1867 as the site for the new school 23 24 From the beginning President John Milton Gregory s desire to establish an institution firmly grounded in the liberal arts tradition was at odds with many state residents and lawmakers who wanted the university to offer classes based solely around industrial education 25 The university opened for classes on March 2 1868 and had two faculty members and 77 students 26 John Milton Gregory the university s first president The Library which opened with the school in 1868 started with 1 039 volumes Subsequently President Edmund J James in a speech to the board of trustees in 1912 proposed to create a research library It is now one of the world s largest public academic collections 24 27 28 In 1870 the Mumford House was constructed as a model farmhouse for the school s experimental farm The Mumford House remains the oldest structure on campus 29 The original University Hall 1871 was the fourth building built it stood where the Illini Union stands today 30 University of Illinois Edit In 1885 the Illinois Industrial University officially changed its name to the University of Illinois reflecting its agricultural mechanical and liberal arts curriculum 25 During his presidency Edmund J James 1904 1920 is credited for building the foundation for the large Chinese international student population on campus 31 32 33 34 James established ties with China through the Chinese Minister to the United States Wu Ting Fang 34 In addition during James s presidency class rivalries and Bob Zuppke s winning football teams contributed to campus morale 24 Alma Mater statue by Lorado Taft Morrow Plots in front of the Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Alma Mater a prominent statue on campus created by alumnus Lorado Taft was unveiled on June 11 1929 It was established from donations by the Alumni Fund and the classes of 1923 1929 35 The Great Depression slowed construction and expansion on the campus The university replaced the original university hall with Gregory Hall and the Illini Union After World War II the university experienced rapid growth The enrollment doubled and the academic standing improved 36 This period was also marked by large growth in the Graduate College and increased federal support of scientific and technological research During the 1950s and 1960s the university experienced the turmoil common on many American campuses Among these were the water fights of the fifties and sixties 37 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Edit By 1967 the University of Illinois system consisted of a main campus in Champaign Urbana and two Chicago campuses Chicago Circle UICC and Medical Center UIMC and people began using Urbana Champaign or the reverse to refer to the main campus specifically The university name officially changed to the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign by 1977 While this was a reversal of the commonly used designation for the metropolitan area Champaign Urbana most of the campus is located in Urbana The name change established a separate identity for the main campus within the University of Illinois system which today includes campuses in Springfield UIS and Chicago UIC formed by the merger of UICC and UIMC In 1998 the Hallene Gateway Plaza was dedicated The Plaza features the original sandstone portal of University Hall which was originally the fourth building on campus 30 In recent years state support has declined from 4 5 of the state s tax appropriations in 1980 to 2 28 in 2011 a nearly 50 decline 38 As a result the university s budget has shifted away from relying on state support with nearly 84 of the budget coming from other sources in 2012 39 On March 12 2015 the Board of Trustees approved the creation of a medical school the first college created at Urbana Champaign in 60 years 40 41 42 The Carle Illinois College of Medicine began classes in 2018 43 Philanthropy Edit Over the last twenty years state funding for the university has fallen Private philanthropy increasingly supplements revenue from tuition and state funding providing about 19 of the annual budget in 2012 39 Notable among significant donors alumnus entrepreneur Thomas M Siebel has committed nearly 150 million to the university including 36 million to build the Thomas M Siebel Center for Computer Science and 25 million to build the Siebel Center for Design Further the Grainger Foundation founded by alumnus W W Grainger has contributed more than 300 million to the university over the last half century citation needed including donations for the construction of the Grainger Engineering Library Larry Gies and his wife Beth donated 150 million in 2017 to the shortly thereafter renamed Gies College of Business 44 Campus Edit Green Street in Campustown Main article Campus of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign See also Campustown Champaign Illinois The main research and academic facilities are divided almost evenly between the twin cities of Urbana and Champaign which form part of the Champaign Urbana metropolitan area Four main quads compose the center of the university and are arranged from north to south The Beckman Quadrangle and the John Bardeen Quadrangle occupy the center of the Engineering Campus Boneyard Creek flows through the John Bardeen Quadrangle parallel to Green Street The Beckman Quadrangle named after Arnold Orville Beckman is primarily composed of research units and laboratories and features a large solar calendar consisting of an obelisk and several copper fountains The Main Quadrangle and South Quadrangle follow immediately after the John Bardeen Quad The former makes up a large part of the Liberal Arts and Sciences portion of the campus while the latter comprises many of the buildings of the College of ACES spread across the campus map 45 Additionally the research fields of the College of Agriculture Consumer and Environmental Sciences stretch south from Urbana and Champaign into Savoy and Champaign County The university also maintains formal gardens and a conference center in nearby Monticello at Allerton Park The campus is known for its landscape and architecture as well as distinctive landmarks 46 It was identified as one of 50 college or university works of art by T A Gaines in his book The Campus as a Work of Art 47 The campus also has a number of buildings and sites on the U S National Register of Historic Places including Harker Hall Astronomical Observatory Louise Freer Hall the Main Library the Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District and the Morrow Plots The University of Illinois Willard Airport is one of the few airports owned by an educational institution 48 Panorama facing north on UIUC s Main Quad Sustainability Edit Animal Science Laboratory College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences The Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the campus a grade of B for sustainability in its 2011 College Sustainability Report Card Strengths noted in the report included the campus s adoption of LEED gold standards for all new construction and major renovations and its public accessibility to endowment investment information The university makes a list of endowment holdings and its shareholder voting record available to the public The weaknesses are areas such as student involvement and investment priorities The Student Sustainability Committee is empowered to allocate funding from a clean energy technology fee and a sustainable campus environment fee 49 while the university aims to optimize investment return but has not made any public statements about investigating or investing in renewable energy funds or community development loan funds However the biggest weakness of the university s sustainability is its shareholder engagement as the university has not made any public statements about active ownership or a proxy voting policy 50 Currently the University of Illinois has 11 LEED certified buildings Three of these are platinum certified Business Instructional Facility Lincoln Hall and Bousfield Hall Three are gold National Petascale Computing Facility Nugent Hall Wassaja Hall The rest are silver Ikenberry Dining Hall Evers Laboratory Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory Illinois Fire Service Institute and Huff Hall 51 In his remarks on the creation of the Office of Sustainability in September 2008 Chancellor Richard Herman stated I want this institution to be the leader in sustainability 52 In February 2008 he signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment committing the University of Illinois to take steps in pursuit of climate neutrality 53 Academics EditAdmissions Edit Undergraduate Edit Admissions statistics2021 enteringclass 54 Change vs 2016Admit rate59 7 0 4 Yield rate29 2 4 Test scores middle 50 SAT Total1340 1510 among 43 of FTFs ACT Composite29 34 among 24 of FTFs Among students who chose to submitThe 2015 annual ranking of U S News amp World Report categorizes the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign as more selective 55 For the Class of 2025 enrolled Fall 2021 UIUC received 47 593 applications and accepted 28 395 59 7 Of those accepted 8 303 enrolled a yield rate the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university of 29 2 UIUC s freshman retention rate is 93 5 with 84 9 going on to graduate within six years 54 Of the 43 of the incoming freshman class who submitted SAT scores the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1340 1510 54 Of the 24 of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted ACT scores the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 29 and 34 54 In the 2020 2021 academic year 28 freshman students were National Merit Scholars 56 Fall First Time Freshman Statistics 54 57 58 59 60 61 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016Applicants 47 593 43 473 43 509 39 406 38 965 38 093Admits 28 395 27 520 25 684 24 496 23 974 22 881Admit rate 59 7 63 3 59 0 62 2 61 5 60 1Enrolled 8 303 7 530 7 665 7 609 7 518 7 593Yield rate 29 2 27 4 29 8 31 1 31 4 33 2ACT composite out of 36 29 34 24 27 33 50 27 33 55 26 32 63 26 32 85 26 32 85 SAT composite out of 1600 1340 1510 43 1220 1450 75 1230 1460 79 1220 1480 63 1340 1500 22 middle 50 range percentage of first time freshmen who chose to submit Admissions differ greatly between the different colleges in the university While the overall admit rate is 37 5 first choice the most selective college the College of Engineering has an admit rate of 23 2 for first choice major 62 Certain in demand majors like Computer Science which is known for its Top 5 program in the nation 63 64 can be extremely competitive with an acceptance rate of less than 6 8 65 and average freshman ACT composite score of 33 7 66 Freshmen admitted in Fall 2020 67 College ACT composite out of 36 SAT composite out of 1600 Grainger College of Engineering 32 35 1430 1540College of Liberal Arts amp Sciences 28 34 1320 1490Gies College of Business 30 33 1360 1470School of Information Sciences 29 34 1340 1490School of Social Work 23 29 1100 1250 middle 50 range In 2009 an investigation by The Chicago Tribune reported that some applicants received special consideration for acceptance between 2005 and 2009 despite having sub par qualifications 68 This incident was known was the University of Illinois clout scandal Academic divisions Edit University of Illinois Urbana ChampaignCollege School Year FoundedAgriculture Consumer and Environmental Sciences 1867Fine and Applied Arts 1867Grainger College of Engineering 1868Medicine 1882Information Sciences 1893Applied Health Sciences 1895Law 1897Education 1905Liberal Arts and Sciences 1913Gies College of Business 1915Media 1927Social Work 1944Aviation 1946Labor and Employment Relations 1946Veterinary Medicine 1948Carle Illinois College of Medicine 2015The university offers more than 150 undergraduate and 100 graduate and professional programs in over 15 academic units among several online specializations such as Digital Marketing and an online MBA program launched in January 2016 In 2015 the university announced its expansion to include an engineering based medical program which would be the first new college created in Urbana Champaign in 60 years 41 42 The university also offers undergraduate students the opportunity for graduation honors University Honors is an academic distinction awarded to the highest achieving students To earn the distinction students must have a cumulative grade point average of a 3 5 4 0 within the academic year of their graduation and rank within the top 3 of their graduating class Their names are inscribed on a Bronze Tablet that hangs in the Main Library 69 Online learning Edit In addition to the university s Illinois Online platform in 2015 the university entered into a partnership with the Silicon Valley educational technology company Coursera to offer a series of master s degrees and specialization courses currently including more than 70 joint learning classes In August 2015 the Master of Business Administration program was launched through the platform 70 On March 31 2016 Coursera announced the launch of the Master of Computer Science in Data Science from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 71 At the time the university s computer science graduate program was ranked fifth in the United States by U S News amp World Report 72 On March 29 2017 the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign launched their Master s in Accounting iMSA program now called the Master of Science in Accountancy iMSA program The iMSA program is led through live sessions headed by UIUC faculty 73 Similar to the university s on campus admission policies the online master s degrees offered by The University of Illinois through Coursera also has admission requirements All applicants must hold a bachelor s degree and have earned a 3 0 GPA or higher in the last two years of study Additionally all applicants must prove their proficiency in English 74 75 The University of Illinois also offers online courses in partnership with Coursera such as Marketing in a Digital World which focuses on how digital tools like internet smartphone and 3D printers are changing the marketing landscape Rankings Edit Academic rankingsNationalARWU 76 27Forbes 77 31THE WSJ 78 45U S News amp World Report 79 41Washington Monthly 80 8GlobalARWU 81 49QS 82 85THE 83 48U S News amp World Report 84 72 National Program Rankings 85 Program RankingAudiology 24Biological Sciences 27Chemistry 6Clinical Psychology 18Computer Science 5Earth Sciences 31Economics 34Education 31Engineering 10English 26Fine Arts 53History 23Law 31Library and Information Studies 1Mathematics 19Physics 9Political Science 24Psychology 7Public Health 71Social Work 22Sociology 47Speech Language Pathology 20Statistics 22Veterinary Medicine 23 Global Program Rankings 86 Program RankingAgricultural Sciences 20Arts and Humanities 31Biology and Biochemistry 35Biotechnology amp Applied Microbiology 30Cell Biology 119Chemical Engineering 178Chemistry 47Civil Engineering 70Clinical Medicine 328Computer Science 13Economics and Business 63Electrical amp Electronic Engineering 5Energy amp Fuels 75Engineering 38Environment Ecology 96Geosciences 99Materials Science 50Mathematics 54Mechanical Engineering 42Microbiology 87Molecular Biology amp Genetics 101Nanoscience amp Nanotechnology 81Neuroscience amp Behavior 186Physics 22Plant amp Animal Science 31Psychiatry Psychology 54Public Environmental amp Occupational Health 177Social Sciences amp Public Health 82Space Science 20 In the 2021 U S News amp World Report America s Best Colleges report UIUC s undergraduate program was ranked tied for 47th among national universities and tied for 15th among public universities with its undergraduate engineering program ranked tied for 6th in the U S among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate 87 Washington Monthly ranked UIUC 18th among 389 national universities in the U S for 2020 based on its contribution to the public good as measured by social mobility research and promoting public service 88 Kiplinger s Personal Finance rated Illinois 12th in its 2019 list of 174 Best Values in Public Colleges 89 which measures academic quality cost and financial aid The Graduate Program in Urban Planning at the College of Fine and Applied Arts was ranked 3rd nationally by Planetizen in 2015 90 The university was also listed as a Public Ivy in The Public Ivies America s Flagship Public Universities 2001 by Howard and Matthew Greene 91 The Princeton Review ranked Illinois 1st in its 2016 list of top party schools 92 Internationally UIUC engineering was ranked 13th in the world in 2016 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities ARWU and the university 38th in 2019 93 the university was also ranked 48th globally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2020 and 75th in the world by the QS World University Rankings for 2020 The Center for World University Rankings CWUR has ranked University of Illinois Urbana Champaign as the 20th best university in the world for 2019 20 94 UIUC is also ranked 32nd in the world in Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings for 2018 95 Nature Index ranks UIUC 33rd among top Academic institutions in the world 96 Round Barns found on the University of Illinois Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District part of ACESResearch Edit The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is the largest interdisciplinary facility on campus with 313 000 square feet 29 100 m2 The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign is often regarded as a world leading magnet for engineering and sciences both applied and basic 97 According to the National Science Foundation the university spent 625 million on research and development in 2018 ranking it 37th in the nation 16 17 It is also listed as one of the Top 25 American Research Universities by The Center for Measuring University Performance 98 Beside annual influx of grants and sponsored projects the university manages an extensive modern research infrastructure 99 The university has been a leader in computer based education and hosted the PLATO project which was a precursor to the internet and resulted in the development of the plasma display Illinois was a 2nd generation ARPAnet site in 1971 and was the first institution to license the UNIX operating system from Bell Labs Research Park Edit Main article Research Park at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Located in the southwest part of campus Research Park opened its first building in 2001 and has grown to encompass 13 buildings Ninety companies have established roots in research park employing over 1 400 people Tenants of the Research Park facilities include prominent Fortune 500 companies Capital One John Deere State Farm Caterpillar and Yahoo Inc Companies also employ about 400 total student interns at any given time throughout the year The complex is also a center for entrepreneurs and has over 50 startup companies stationed at its EnterpriseWorks Incubator facility 100 In 2011 Urbana Illinois was named number 11 on Popular Mechanics 14 Best Startup Cities in America list in a large part due to the contributions of Research Park s programs 101 The park has gained recognition from other notable publications such as inc com and Forbes magazine For the 2011 fiscal year Research Park produced an economic output of 169 5M for the state of Illinois 102 National Center for Supercomputing Applications Edit Main article National Center for Supercomputing Applications The university hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications NCSA which created Mosaic the first graphical web browser the Apache HTTP server and NCSA Telnet The Parallel Illinois program hosts several programs in parallel computing including the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center The university contracted with Cray to build the National Science Foundation funded supercomputer Blue Waters 103 104 105 The system also has the largest public online storage system in the world with more than 25 petabytes of usable space 106 The university celebrated January 12 1997 as the birthday of HAL 9000 the fictional supercomputer from the novel and film 2001 A Space Odyssey in both works HAL credits Urbana Illinois as his place of operational origin Prairie Research Institute Edit Main article Prairie Research Institute One of the university s research fields located off Florida Avenue The Prairie Research Institute is located on campus and is the home of the Illinois Natural History Survey Illinois State Geological Survey Illinois State Water Survey Illinois Sustainable Technology Center and the Illinois State Archeological Survey Researchers at the Prairie Research Institute are engaged in research in agriculture and forestry biodiversity and ecosystem health atmospheric resources climate and associated natural hazards cultural resources and history of human settlements disease and public health emerging pests fisheries and wildlife energy and industrial technology mineral resources pollution prevention and mitigation and water resources The Illinois Natural History Survey collections include crustaceans reptiles and amphibians birds mammals algae fungi and vascular plants with the insect collection is among the largest in North America The Illinois State Geological Survey houses the legislatively mandated Illinois Geological Samples Library a repository for drill hole samples in Illinois as well as paleontological collections ISAS serves as a repository for a large collection of Illinois archaeological artifacts One of the major collections is from the Cahokia Mounds 107 Technology Entrepreneur Center Edit The Technology Entrepreneur Center at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign is a permanent center established to provide students with resources for their entrepreneurial ideas The center offers classes venture and product competitions and workshops to introduce students to technology innovation and market adoption 108 Events and programs hosted by the TEC include the Cozad New Venture Challenge Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop Illinois I Corps and SocialFuse The campus wide Cozad New Venture Challenge has been held annually since 2000 Participants are mentored in the phases of venture creation and attend workshops on idea validation pitching skills and customer development In 2019 teams competed for 250 000 in funding 109 The Silicon Valley Workshop is a week long workshop occurring annually in January Students visit startups and technology companies in the Silicon Valley and network entrepreneurial alumni from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Students are exposed to technology entrepreneurship innovation and leadership The trip features corporate leaders venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in various stages of a startup lifecycle 110 Illinois I Corps teaches National Science Foundation grantees how to learn to identify valuable product opportunities that can emerge from academic research and gain skills in entrepreneurship through training in customer discovery and guidance from established entrepreneurs 111 The program is a collaboration between the Technology Entrepreneur Center and EnterpriseWorks with participation from the Office of Technology Management and IllinoisVentures The program consists of 3 workshops over 6 weeks where teams work to validate the market size value propositions and customer segments of their innovations 112 SocialFuse is a recurring pitching and networking event where students can pitch ideas find teammates and network 113 Center for Plasma Material Interactions Edit The Center for Plasma Material Interactions was established in 2004 by Professor David N Ruzic to research the complex behavior between ions electrons and energetic atoms generated in plasmas and the surfaces of materials CPMI encompasses fusion plasmas in its research 114 115 116 Accolades Edit In Bill Gates February 24 2004 talk as part of his Five Campus Tour Harvard MIT Cornell Carnegie Mellon and Illinois 117 titled Software Breakthroughs Solving the Toughest Problems in Computer Science he mentioned Microsoft hires more graduates from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign than from any other university in the world 118 Alumnus William M Holt a senior vice president of Intel also mentioned in a campus talk on September 27 2007 entitled R amp D to Deliver Practical Results Extending Moore s Law 119 that Intel hires more PhD graduates from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign than from any other university in the country In 2007 the university hosted research Institute for Condensed Matter Theory ICMT was launched with the director Paul Goldbart and the chief scientist Anthony Leggett ICMT is currently located at the Engineering Science Building on campus The University Professional and Continuing Education Association UPCEA which recognizes excellence in both individual and institutional achievements has awarded two awards to U of I 120 Discoveries and innovation EditNatural sciences Edit BCS theory John Bardeen in collaboration with Leon Cooper and his doctoral student John Robert Schrieffer proposed the standard theory of superconductivity known as the BCS theory They shared the Nobel Prize in Physics 1972 for their discovery 121 Sweet corn John Laughnan produced corn with higher than normal levels of sugar while he was a professor at the university 122 Computer amp applied sciences Edit ILLIAC I Illinois Automatic Computer a pioneering computer built in 1952 by the University of Illinois was the first computer built and owned entirely by a US educational institution Lejaren Hiller in collaboration with Leonard Issacson programmed the ILLIAC I computer to generate compositional material for his String Quartet No 4 123 ILLIAC Suite is a 1957 composition for string quartet which is generally agreed to be the first score composed by an electronic computer 124 LLVM compiler infrastructure project formerly Low Level Virtual Machine Vikram Adve and Chris Lattner started development as a research assistant and M Sc student 125 Mosaic The first successful consumer web browser was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications citation needed at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in 1993 126 PLATO Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations 127 was the first generalized computer assisted instruction system Starting in 1960 it ran on the University of Illinois ILLIAC I computer By the late 1970s it supported several thousand graphics terminals distributed worldwide running on nearly a dozen different networked mainframe computers Many modern concepts in multi user computing were developed on PLATO including forums message boards online testing e mail chat rooms picture languages instant messaging remote screen sharing and multiplayer video games 128 Touchscreens and Plasma displays developed by Donald Bitzer in the 1960s 129 Talkomatic 130 is an online chat system 131 that facilitates real time text communication among a small group of people created by Doug Brown and David R Woolley in 1973 on the PLATO System 132 Synchronized Sound on film Joseph Tykocinski Tykociner publicly demonstrated for the first time a motion picture with a soundtrack optically recorded directly onto the film June 9 1922 133 Companies amp entrepreneurship Edit UIUC alumni and faculty have founded numerous companies and organizations some of which are shown below 134 135 136 Andreessen Horowitz 2009 co founder Marc Andreessen BS Advanced Micro Devices AMD 1969 co founder Jerry Sanders BS Arizona Diamondbacks 1995 founder Jerry Colangelo BA Beckman Coulter 1935 founder Arnold Orville Beckman BS MS BET 1980 co founder Robert L Johnson BA Chicago Bears 1920 founder George Halas Girls Who Code 2012 founder Reshma Saujani BA Harlem Globetrotters 1926 founder Abe Saperstein National Football League 1920 co founder George Halas Mozilla Corporation 2005 co founder Brendan Eich BS Netscape 1994 co founder Marc Andreessen BS Oracle 1977 co founders Larry Ellison dropout and Bob Miner BS Palantir Technologies 2003 co founder Nathan Gettings BS PayPal Confinity 1998 co founders Luke Nosek BS and Max Levchin BS Playboy Enterprises 1953 founder Hugh Hefner BA Siebel Systems 1993 co founder Thomas Siebel BA MS MBA Tesla 2003 co founder Martin Eberhard BS MS W W Grainger 1927 founder William Wallace Grainger BS Wolfram Research 1987 co founders Stephen Wolfram and Theodore Gray BS Yelp 2004 co founders Jeremy Stoppelman BS and Russel Simmons BS YouTube 2005 co founders Steve Chen BS and Jawed Karim BS Student life EditStudent body composition as of May 2 2022 Race and ethnicity 137 TotalWhite 42 42 Asian 20 20 Hispanic 14 14 Foreign national 13 13 Black 6 6 Other a 5 5 Economic diversityLow income b 27 27 Affluent c 73 73 Student body Edit As of spring 2018 the university had 45 813 students 138 As of 2015 update over 10 000 students were international students and of them 5 295 were Mainland Chinese 139 The university also recruits students from over 100 countries 140 141 among its 32 878 142 undergraduate students and 10 245 142 graduate and professional students 141 The gender breakdown is 55 men 45 women 141 UIUC in 2014 enrolled 4 898 students from China more than any other American university They comprise the largest group of international students on the campus followed by South Korea 1 268 in fall 2014 and India 1 167 Graduate enrollment of Chinese students at UIUC has grown from 649 in 2000 to 1 973 in 2014 143 Student organizations Edit Illini Union The university has over 1 000 active registered student organizations 144 showcased at the start of each academic year during Illinois s Quad Day Registration and support is provided by the Student Programs amp Activities Office an administrative arm established in pursuit of the larger social intellectual and educative goals of the Illini Student Union The Office s mission is to enhance classroom education meet the needs and desires of the campus community and prepare students to be contributing and humane citizens 145 Beyond student organizations The Daily Illini is a student run newspaper that has been published for the community of since 1871 The paper is published by Illini Media Company a not for profit which also prints other publications and operates WPGU 107 1 FM a student run commercial radio station The Varsity Men s Glee Club is an all male choir at the University of Illinois that was founded in 1886 146 The Varsity Men s Glee Club 147 is one of the oldest glee clubs in the United States as well as the oldest registered student organization at the University of Illinois As of 2018 the university also has the largest chapter of Alpha Phi Omega with over 340 active members 148 Greek life Edit Main article List of social fraternities and sororities at UIUC There are 59 fraternities and 38 sororities on campus 149 Of the approximately 30 366 undergraduates 3 463 are members of sororities and 3 674 are members of fraternities 150 The Greek system at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign has a system of self government While staff advisors and directors manage certain aspects of the Greek community most of the day to day operations of the Greek community are governed by the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council 151 A smaller minority of fraternities and sororities fall under the jurisdiction of the Black Greek Council and United Greek Council the Black Greek Council serves historically black Greek organizations while the United Greek council comprises other multicultural organizations 152 153 Many of the fraternity and sorority houses on campus are on the National Register of Historic Places Student government Edit Foellinger Auditorium U of I has an extensive history of past student governments Two years after the university opened in 1868 John Milton Gregory and a group of students created a constitution for a student government Their governance expanded to the entire university in 1873 having a legislative executive and judicial branch For a period of time this government had the ability to discipline students In 1883 however due to a combination of events from Gregory s resignation to student faculty infighting the government formally dissolved itself via plebiscite 154 It wasn t until 1934 when the Student Senate the next university wide student government was created A year before future U of I Dean of Students Fred H Turner and the university s Senate Committee on Student Affairs gave increased power to the Student Council an organization primarily known for organizing dances A year after the Student Council created a constitution and became the Student Senate under the oversight of the Committee on Student Affairs This Student Senate would last for 35 years 155 The Student Senate changed its purpose and name in 1969 when it became the Undergraduate Student Association UGSA It no longer was a representational government instead becoming a collective bargaining agency It often worked with the Graduate Student Association to work on various projects 156 In 1967 Bruce A Morrison and other U of I graduate founded the Graduate Student Association GSA GSA would last until 1978 when it merged with the UGSA to form the Champaign Urbana Student Association CUSA 157 158 CUSA lasted for only 2 years when it was replaced by the Student Government Association SGA in 1980 SGA lasted for 15 years until it became the Illinois Student Government ISG in 1995 ISG lasted until 2004 158 The current university student government created in 2004 is the Illinois Student Senate a combined undergraduate and graduate student senate with 54 voting members The student senators are elected by college and represent the students in the Urbana Champaign Senate which comprises both faculty and students as well as on a variety of faculty and administrative committees and are led by an internally elected executive board of a President External Vice President Internal Vice President and Treasurer As of 2012 update the executive board is supported by an executive staff consisting of a Chief of Staff Clerk of the Senate Parliamentarian Director of Communications Intern Coordinator and the Historian of the Senate 159 Residence halls Edit Main article UIUC Residence Halls Busey Evans Residence Halls is one of many buildings on the NRHP University housing for undergraduates is provided through twenty four residence halls in both Urbana and Champaign Incoming freshmen are required to live in student housing campus or certified their first year on campus Graduate housing is usually offered through two graduate residence halls restricted to students who are sophomores or above and through three university owned apartment complexes Some undergraduates choose to move into apartments or the Greek houses after their first year There are a number of private dormitories around campus as well as 15 private certified residences that partner with the university to offer a variety of different housing options including ones that are cooperatives single gender or religiously affiliated 160 The university is known for being one of the first universities to provide accommodations for students with disabilities 161 In 2015 the University of Illinois announced that they would be naming its newest residence hall after Carlos Montezuma also known as Wassaja Wassaja is the first Native American graduate and is believed to be one of the first Native Americans to receive a medical degree 162 Libraries and museums Edit See also University of Illinois Urbana Champaign University Library Main Library University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Spurlock Museum Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Grainger Engineering Library and Krannert Art Museum Krannert Art Museum Among universities in North America only the collections of Harvard are larger 163 Currently the University of Illinois 20 departmental libraries and divisions hold more than 24 million items including more than 12 million print volumes 27 As of 2012 update it had also the largest browsable university library in the United States with 5 million volumes directly accessible in stacks in a single location 164 University of Illinois also has the largest public engineering library Grainger Engineering Library in the country 165 27 166 In addition to the main library building which houses numerous subject oriented libraries the Isaac Funk Family Library on the South Quad serves the College of Agriculture Consumer and Environmental Sciences and the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center serves the College of Engineering on the John Bardeen Quad Main Library and home to Rare Book amp Manuscript Library Residence Hall Library System is one of three in the nation 167 168 The Residence Hall Libraries were created in 1948 to serve the educational recreational and cultural information needs of first and second year undergraduate students residing in the residence halls and the living learning communities within the residence halls The collection also serves University Housing staff as well as the larger campus community 169 The Rare Book amp Manuscript Library RBML is one of the Special collections units within the University Library 170 The RBML is one of the largest special collections repositories in the United States 171 172 173 174 The university has several museums galleries and archives which include Krannert Art Museum Sousa Archives and Center for American Music and Spurlock Museum Gallery and exhibit locations include Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and at the School of Art and Design The Illinois Open Publishing Network IOPN is hosted and coordinated by the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Library offering publishing services to members of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign community to disseminate open access scholarly publications 175 Recreation Edit Campus Recreation Center East The campus has two main recreation facilities the Activities and Recreation Center ARC and the Campus Recreation Center East CRCE Originally known as the Intramural Physical Education Building IMPE and opened in 1971 IMPE was renovated in 2006 and reopened in August 2008 as the ARC 176 The renovations expanded the facility adding 103 433 square feet to the existing structure and costing 54 9 million This facility is touted by the university as one of the country s largest on campus recreation centers CRCE was originally known as the Satellite Recreation Center and was opened in 1989 The facility was renovated in 2005 to expand the space and update equipment officially reopening in March 2005 as CRCE 177 Transportation Edit A Champaign Urbana Mass Transit bus The bus system that operates throughout the campus and community is operated by the Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District The MTD receives a student approved transportation fee from the university which provides unlimited access for university students faculty and staff Six daily Amtrak trains connect Champaign Urbana with Chicago and Carbondale IL The City of New Orleans train also serves Memphis Jackson Mississippi and New Orleans Willard Airport opened in 1954 and is named for former University of Illinois president Arthur Cutts Willard The airport is located in Savoy Willard Airport is home to University research projects and the university s Institute of Aviation along with flights from American Airlines Campus bus routesAthletics EditMain article Illinois Fighting IlliniU of I s Division of Intercollegiate Athletics fields teams for ten men s and eleven women s varsity sports The university participates in the NCAA s Division I The university s athletic teams are known as the Fighting Illini The university operates a number of athletic facilities including Memorial Stadium for football the State Farm Center for men s and women s basketball and the Atkins Tennis Center for men s and women s tennis The men s NCAA basketball team had a dream run in the 2005 season with Bruce Weber s Fighting Illini tying the record for most victories in a season Their run ended 37 2 with a loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the national championship game Illinois is a member of the Big Ten Conference Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement and convocation and athletic games are Illinois Loyalty the school song Oskee Wow Wow the fight song and Hail to the Orange the alma mater Memorial Stadium with the State Farm Center in the background On October 15 1910 the Illinois football team defeated the University of Chicago Maroons with a score of 3 0 in a game that Illinois claims was the first homecoming game though several other schools claim to have held the first homecoming as well 178 179 On November 10 2007 the unranked Illinois football team defeated the No 1 ranked Ohio State football team in Ohio Stadium the first time that the Illini beat a No 1 ranked team on the road The University of Illinois Ice Arena is home to the university s club college ice hockey team competing at the ACHA Division I level and is also available for recreational use through the Division of Campus Recreation It was built in 1931 and designed by Chicago architecture firm Holabird and Root the same firm that designed the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium and Chicago s Soldier Field It is located on Armory Drive across from the Armory The structure features 4 rows of bleacher seating in an elevated balcony that runs the length of the ice rink on either side These bleachers provide seating for roughly 1 200 fans with standing room and bench seating available underneath Because of this set up the team benches are actually directly underneath the stands 180 In 2015 the university began Mandarin Chinese broadcasts of its American football games as a service to its Chinese international students 139 Primarily used as Athletics logo 2014 17 became the campus wide logo in 2017 181 Mascot Edit Main article Chief Illiniwek Chief Illiniwek also referred to as The Chief was from 1926 to 2007 the official symbol of the University of Illinois in university intercollegiate athletic programs The Chief was typically portrayed by a student dressed in Sioux regalia Several groups protested that the use of a Native American figure and indigenous customs in such a manner was inappropriate and promoted ethnic stereotypes In August 2005 the National Collegiate Athletic Association expressed disapproval of the university s use of a hostile or abusive image 182 While initially proposing a consensus approach to the decision about the Chief the board in 2007 decided that the Chief its name image and regalia should be officially retired Nevertheless the controversy continues on campus with some students unofficially maintaining the Chief Complaints continue that indigenous students feel insulted when images of the Chief continue to be present on campus 183 The effort to resolve the controversy has included the work of a committee which issued a report of its critical conversations that included over 600 participants representing all sides 184 Notable alumni and faculty EditMain article List of University of Illinois Urbana Champaign people Hallene Gateway dedicated in 1998 by donations from the Alumni Alan M and Phyllis Welsh Hallene 30 Twenty seven alumni and faculty members of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign have won a Pulitzer Prize 185 As of 2019 update the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign alumni faculty and researchers include 30 Nobel laureates including 11 alumni In particular John Bardeen is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in physics having done so in 1956 and 1972 while on faculty at the university In 2003 two faculty members won Nobel prizes in different disciplines Paul C Lauterbur for physiology or medicine and Anthony Leggett for physics The alumni of the university have created companies and products such as Netscape Communications formerly Mosaic Marc Andreessen 186 AMD Jerry Sanders 186 PayPal Max Levchin 186 Playboy Hugh Hefner National Football League George Halas Siebel Systems Thomas Siebel 186 Mortal Kombat Ed Boon CDW Michael Krasny YouTube Steve Chen and Jawed Karim 186 THX Tomlinson Holman Andreessen Horowitz Marc Andreessen Oracle Larry Ellison 186 and Bob Miner Lotus Ray Ozzie 186 Yelp Jeremy Stoppelman 186 and Russel Simmons Safari Dave Hyatt Firefox Joe Hewitt W W Grainger William Wallace Grainger Delta Air Lines C E Woolman Beckman Instruments Arnold Beckman BET Robert L Johnson and Tesla Motors Martin Eberhard 186 Alumni and faculty have invented the LED and the quantum well laser Nick Holonyak B S 1950 M S 1951 Ph D 1954 DSL John Cioffi B S 1978 JavaScript Brendan Eich M S 1986 186 the integrated circuit Jack Kilby B S 1947 the transistor John Bardeen faculty 1951 1991 the pH meter Arnold Beckman B S 1922 M S 1923 MRI Paul C Lauterbur the plasma screen Donald Bitzer B S 1955 M S 1956 Ph D 1960 color plasma display Larry F Weber B S 1968 M S 1971 Ph D 1975 the training methodology called PdEI and the coin counter James P Liautaud B S 1963 the statistical algorithm called Gibbs sampling in computer vision and the machine learning technique called random forests Donald Geman B A 1965 and are responsible for the structural design of such buildings as the Willis Tower the John Hancock Center and the Burj Khalifa 187 Mathematician Richard Hamming known for the Hamming code and Hamming distance earned a PhD in mathematics from the university s Mathematics Department in 1942 188 Primetime Emmy Award winning engineer Alan Bovik B S 1980 M S 1982 Ph D 1984 invented neuroscience based video quality measurement tools that pervade television social media and home cinema 189 Structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan earned two master s degrees and a PhD in structural engineering from the university 190 Monument for the HKN Honor Society which was founded at U of I Alumni have also led several companies including BitTorrent Eric Klinker Renaissance Technologies Robert Mercer Ticketmaster McDonald s Goldman Sachs BP Kodak Shell General Motors AT amp T and General Electric Alumni have founded many organizations including the Susan G Komen for the Cure and Project Gutenberg and have served in a wide variety of government and public interest roles Rafael Correa President of The Republic of Ecuador since January 2006 secured his M S and PhD degrees from the university s Economics Department in 1999 and 2001 respectively 191 Nathan C Ricker attended U of I and in 1873 was the first person to graduate in the United States with a certificate in architecture Mary L Page the first woman to obtain a degree in architecture also graduated from U of I 192 Disability rights activist and co organizer of the 504 Sit in Kitty Cone attended during the 1960s but left 6 hours short of her degree to continue her activism in New York 193 In sports baseball pitcher Ken Holtzman was a two time All Star major leaguer and threw two no hitters in his career 194 In sports entertainment David Otunga became a two time WWE Tag Team Champion Eta Kappa Nu HKN was founded at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign as the national honor society for 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