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''This article is about the main campus. For other uses and locations of '''University of Illinois''', see [[University of Illinois (disambiguation)]]
{{infobox University
|name= University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
|image= [[Image:UIUC.jpg|275px|]]
|motto= ''Learning and Labor''
|endowment= [[United States dollar|US $]]2.197 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]]<ref>[http://www.uif.uillinois.edu/storydetail.aspx?id=80 University of Illinois Foundation | University of Illinois Foundation – Financials – Endowment Market Value Details<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
(systemwide)
|president= [[B. Joseph White]]
|chancellor= [[Richard Herman]]
|established= 1867
|type= [[Flagship#University campuses|Flagship]], [[Land Grant Colleges|Land-grant]], [[Sea Grant Colleges|Sea-grant]], [[Space grant colleges|Space-grant]]
|calendar = Semester
|faculty= 2,971
|staff= 8,085
|students= 42,326
|undergrad= 30,895
|postgrad= 11,431
|colors= Orange and Navy Blue <span style="background-color:#FF6600;width:50px;border:1px solid #000000"> </span> <span style="background-color:#003366;width:50px;border:1px solid #000000"> </span>
|city= [[Urbana, Illinois]], [[United States of America|USA]] <br/>[[Champaign, Illinois]]
|country= [[United States of America|USA]]
|campus= [[Urban area|Urban]], 1,468 [[acre]]s (6 km²)
|free_label= Sports
|free= [[Illinois Fighting Illini|Fighting Illini]]
|affiliations= [[Worldwide Universities Network|WUN]], [[Big Ten]], [[Committee on Institutional Cooperation|CIC]]
|website= [http://www.illinois.edu/ http://www.illinois.edu/] [http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2007/08/23/News/University.Will.Alter.Web.Address.As.Part.Of.Global.Marketing.Plan-2935148.shtml]
|logo= [[Image:Illinoisemblem.png|160px|]]
}}
[[Image:Illini Union.jpg|thumb|right|275px|A Corner of Main Quadrangle]]
The '''University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign''' ('''UIUC''', '''U of I''' or simply '''Illinois''') is a [[coeducation]]al [[public university|public]] [[university|research university]] in the state of [[Illinois]], [[USA]]. It is the oldest and largest [[campus]] in the [[University of Illinois system]].
The university comprises 18 Colleges that offer more than 150 programs of study. Additionally, the university operates an extension<ref>[http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/state/whatwedo.html What we do]</ref> that serves 2.7 million registrants per year around the state of Illinois and beyond. The campus holds over 286 buildings on 1,468 acres (6 km²) in the [[Twin cities (geographical proximity)|twin cities]] of [[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign]] and [[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]], and boasts an annual budget of nearly $1.5 billion. <ref name="UIUCstats">{{cite web| title=Facts 2008: Illinois by the numbers |publisher=UIUC Public Affairs |url=http://www.publicaffairs.uiuc.edu/facts/facts.html |accessmonthday=June 22 |accessyear=2008 }}</ref> As of 30 June 2007, the [[University of Illinois Foundation]]—a systemwide endowment—totals at $2.197 billion.<ref>[http://www.uif.uillinois.edu/storydetail.aspx?id=80 Story at U of Illinois website]</ref> ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Illinois as the eighth-best [[public university]] in the United States in 2008.<ref>"America's Best Colleges 2008," ''US News and World Report''.</ref>
Enrollment in the fall of 2007 was 42,326, which included students from all 50 states and more than 123 nations. Of these, 30,895 were undergraduates and 11,431 were graduate students.<ref name="UIUCstats">{{cite web| title=Facts 2008: Illinois by the numbers |publisher=UIUC Public Affairs |url=http://www.publicaffairs.uiuc.edu/facts/facts.html |accessmonthday=June 22 |accessyear=2008 }}</ref> Until 1998, Illinois was one of the [[List of largest US universities by enrollment|10 largest universities]] in the United States in terms of student enrollment.
==History==
{| class="infobox" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="1" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ style="font-size: 1.25em;" | '''History at a glance'''
|-
|width=120px rowspan=2 align=center| The Illinois Industrial University
| align=center| '''Established'''
| align=center| 1867
|-
| align=center| '''Opened'''
| align=center| [[March 2]], [[1868]]
|-
|width=120px align=center| University of Illinois
| align=center| '''Renamed'''
| align=center| 1885
|-
|width=120px rowspan=2 align=center| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
|rowspan=2 align=center| '''Renamed'''
|rowspan=2 align=center| 1982
|-
|}
===Early years: 1867–1880===
The [[Morrill Act]] of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific and classical studies."<ref name="Illini years pg6">Illini Years: A Picture History of the University of Illinois (1950). p.6"</ref> This phrase would engender controversy over the University's initial academic philosophies, polarizing the relationship between the people of Illinois and the University's first president, [[John Milton Gregory]].<ref>Illini Years: A Picture History of the University of Illinois (1950). p.11"</ref>
[[Image:John Milton Gregory Grave.jpg|thumb|left|The grave of John Milton Gregory on the Illinois campus]]
After a fierce bidding war between a number of Illinois cities, [[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]] was selected as the site for the new "Illinois Industrial University." in 1867.<ref name="Illini years pg6" /> From the beginning, 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."<ref name=manifesto>Brichford, Maynard. (1983), [http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/UIHISTORY.PDF ''A Brief History of the University of Illinois'']</ref> The University finally opened for classes on March 2, 1868 with only two faculty members and a small group of students. The debate between the liberal arts curriculum and industrial education continued in the University's inaugural address, as Dr. Newton Bateman outlined the various interpretations of the Morrill Act in his speech.<ref>"Address of Dr. Newton Bateman" in "Some Founding Papers of the University of Illinois" (Urbana, 1967). p.17</ref> Gregory's thirteen year tenure would be marred by this debate. Clashes between Gregory and legislators and lawmakers forced his resignation from his post as president in 1880, saying "[I am] staggering under too heavy a load of cares, and irritated by what has sometimes seemed as needless opposition."<ref>Illini Years: A Picture History of the University of Illinois (1950). p.11"</ref> Yet only five years later, in 1885, the Illinois Industrial University officially changed its name to the University of Illinois, reflecting its holistic agricultural, mechanical, and liberal arts curricula.<ref name=manifesto>Brichford, Maynard. (1983), [http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/UIHISTORY.PDF ''A Brief History of the University of Illinois'']</ref> Today, Gregory is largely credited with establishing the University and forming it into the major interdisciplinary university it is today. Gregory's grave is still located on the Urbana campus, situated between [[UIUC Main Campus#Altgeld Hall|Altgeld Hall]] and the [[UIUC Main Campus#Henry Administration Building|Henry Administration Building]]. His marker (mimicking
the epitaph of British architect [[Christopher Wren]]) reads, "If you seek his monument, look about you."
===Recent years: Since 1982===
The name of the university was changed to The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1982. This was a historic watermark for the campus not only because it clearly communicates the university's distinguished [[flagship university|flagship]] identity within the University of Illinois system, but also presents a separate identity from the system. It also marked the opening of a new era of hi-tech boom to which the campus community has much contributed and thrived with. The engineering and science departments have become the campus spotlight due to their rich innovative legacy [http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/20years/] and breakthrough scholastic studies[http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/innovations/#1977]. At the turn of the new millennium, the university started making strides to keep its edge by expanding research programs and facilities for life sciences[http://www.strategicplan.uiuc.edu/index.html].
The Urbana campus is noted for its position as the top destination of high school valedictorians in the State of Illinois.{{Fact|date=March 2008}}
{{See Also|List of University of Illinois Presidents}}
==Colleges and schools==
<div class="references" style="-moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;">
*[[UIUC College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences|College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences]]
*[[UIUC College of Applied Health Sciences|College of Applied Health Sciences]]
*[[University of Illinois Institute of Aviation|Institute of Aviation]]
*[[UIUC College of Business|College of Business]]
*[[UIUC College of Education|College of Education]]
*[[UIUC College of Engineering|College of Engineering]]
*[[UIUC College of Fine and Applied Arts|College of Fine and Applied Arts]]
*[[UIUC Graduate College|Graduate College]]
*[[UIUC Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations|Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations]]
*[[UIUC College of Law|College of Law]]
*[[UIUC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|College of Liberal Arts and Sciences]]
*[[UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science|Graduate School of Library and Information Science]]
*[[UIUC College of Media|College of Media]]
*[[College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign]]
*[[UIUC School of Social Work|School of Social Work]]
*[[UIUC College of Veterinary Medicine|College of Veterinary Medicine]]
</div>
==Campus==
[[Image:UIUC alma mater.JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[Alma Mater (UIUC)|Alma Mater]]]]
{{seealso|UIUC Main Campus}}
The campus is famous for its beautiful landscape and coherent architecture as well as distinctive landmarks.<ref>{{cite web | title=Campus Landmarks | url=http://www.publicaffairs.uiuc.edu/facts/landmarks.html | accessmonthday=August 30 | accessyear=2007 }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.appa.org/facilitiesmanager/article.cfm?ItemNumber=394&parentid=203 | title = Expenditures on O&M at America's Most Beautiful Campuses | author = Shari L. Ellertson | Publisher = APPA | accessdate = 2007-07-24}}</ref>
[[Image:Uiuc union.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The Illini Union]]
The campus's main research and academic facilities are divided almost exactly between the twin cities of [[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]] and [[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign]]. The [[UIUC College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences|College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences']] research fields stretch south from Urbana and Champaign into [[Savoy, Illinois|Savoy]] and [[Champaign County, Illinois|Champaign County]]. The university maintains formal gardens and a conference center in nearby [[Monticello, Illinois|Monticello]] at [[Robert Allerton Park|Allerton Park]].
The U of I is one of the few educational institutions to own an airport.<ref>Committee on Campus Operations. [http://www.senate.uiuc.edu/co0402.asp UIUC Senate]. [[April 26]], [[2004]].</ref> The university operates the [[University of Illinois Willard Airport|Willard Airport]], named for former University of Illinois president Arthur Joffrey Willard and located in Savoy. The airport was completed in 1945 and began service in 1954. Willard Airport is home to many University research projects and the University's [[University of Illinois Institute of Aviation|Institute of Aviation]], along with flights from American and Northwest Airlines.
The campus is based on the [[Quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangle]] design popular at many universities. 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, paralleling Green Street. The Beckman Quadrangle 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 [[UIUC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|Liberal Arts and Sciences]] portion of the campus, while the latter comprises many of the buildings of the [[UIUC College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences|College of ACES]] spread across the campus map.<ref>{{cite web | title=http://www.uiuc.edu/images/maps/campusmap.gif | url=http://www.uiuc.edu/images/maps/campusmap.gif | accessmonthday=November 23 | accessyear=2005 }}</ref>
==Research==
<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:UIUC NCSA Building.jpg|thumb|right|200px|National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] -->
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is often regarded as a world-leading magnet for engineering and sciences (both applied and basic). Having been classified into the highest category, comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary and very high research activity [http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=14086&start=782], by [[The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]], UIUC offers a wide range of disciplines in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Urbana-Champaign is also quantified as one of the Top 25 American Research Universities by [[The Center for Measuring University Performance]][http://mup.asu.edu/research.html]. Beside annual influx of grants and sponsored projects, the university manages an extensive modern research infrastructures[http://www.ece.uiuc.edu/about/buildings.html].
The university campus hosts the site of the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] (NCSA), which created [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]], the first graphical [[World Wide Web|Web]] browser, the foundation upon which Microsoft Internet Explorer is based, the Apache HTTP server, and [[NCSA Telnet]]. The university is currently partnering with [[IBM]] and the [[National Science Foundation]] to build the world's fastest supercomputer.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=109850&org=OCI&from=news | title = "National Science Board Approves Funds for Petascale Computing Systems" | accessdate = 2007-08-24}}</ref> This supercomputer, named "Blue Waters," will be capable of performing one quadrillion calculations per second. This will make Blue Waters three times faster than today's fastest supercomputer.
The University of Illinois also has the third largest academic library (after Harvard's and Yale's)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/HRE/online/current/library.htm}}</ref> and the largest public engineering library (Grainger Engineering Library) in the country. In 1952, the university built the [[ILLIAC]] (Illinois Automatic Computer), the first computer built and owned entirely by an educational institution. U of I is also the site of the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]]'s [[Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets]], an institute which has employed graduate and faculty researchers in the physical sciences and mathematics. It performs [[materials science]] and [[condensed matter physics]] research, and is home to [[Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory]]. There are two cutting-edge complexes for research and teaching recently opened, [[Siebel Center for Computer Science]] in 2004 and the [[Institute for Genomic Biology]] in 2006. [[Beckman Institute|The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology]], however, is still the largest interdisciplinary facility on campus with {{convert|313000|sqft|m2}}. Both the [[Illinois Natural History Survey]] and [[Illinois State Geological Survey]] are located on campus and affiliated with the university. The university also specializes in [[agriculture|agricultural]] and [[horticulture|horticultural]] research.
In the 24 February 2004 talk as part of his Five Campus Tour (Harvard, MIT, Cornell, Carnegie-Mellon and UIUC)[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/speeches/2004/02-24UnivIllinois.aspx], titled "Software Breakthroughs: Solving the Toughest Problems in Computer Science," [[Bill Gates]] has mentioned that Microsoft hires more graduates from UIUC than from any other university in the world.[http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/news/articles.php?id=2004Feb27-1] Alumnus [[William M. Holt]], a Senior Vice-President of [[Intel]], also mentioned in a campus talk in 27 September 2007 entitled "R&D to Deliver Practical Results: Extending Moore's Law"[http://webtools.uiuc.edu/calendar/Calendar?ACTION=VIEW_EVENT&calId=504&skinId=47&DATE=9/27/2007&eventId=71363] that Intel hires more PhD graduates from UIUC than any other university in the country.
==Student life==
[[Image:Grainger Library.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A view of the [[Grainger Engineering Library]] from the Bardeen Quad]]
===Competition===
The university admission is highly selective. According to the statistics of the 2007 admitted freshmen, 50% of the incoming students had [[ACT]] score of 27-31, 51% had [[SAT]] score of 1200–1399, and 59% of the incoming students were top 10% of their class.<ref>{{cite web | title=Student Selectivity | url=http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/future/apply/requirements_freshman.html | accessmonthday=September 17 | accessyear=2007 }}</ref> Some of UIUC's colleges only admit students at the very top. For incoming freshmen in 2007, the [[UIUC College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] reported ACT average of 30-33 and the [[UIUC College of Business|College of Business]] reported an average ACT score of 28-32, somewhat higher than the campus average. Of graduates, UIUC ended up as one of the top 12 (percentage-wise) and top 6 (numerical-wise) feeder state colleges to elite professional schools [http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/college/feederschools.htm].
===Residences===
U of I requires all first-year undergraduate students (who do not commute) to stay in either the University Residence Halls or in University Private-Certified Housing. Both programs are administered by the University's housing division.<ref>{{cite web | title=Housing Home | url=http://www.housing.uiuc.edu | accessmonthday=November 23 | accessyear=2005 }}</ref> University housing for undergraduates is provided through twenty-two [[dormitory|residence halls]] in both Urbana and Champaign.
All undergraduates within the University housing system are required to purchase some level of meal plan, although they are free to eat elsewhere if they choose. Graduate housing is usually offered through two graduate dormitories, restricted to those over twenty years of age, and through two university-owned apartment complexes. However, the recent record-sized freshman class has forced the housing division to convert one of the graduate dormitories into undergraduate housing. Students with disabilities are provided special housing options to accommodate their needs.
There are a number of private dormitories around campus, as well as a few houses that are outside of the Greek system and offer a more communal living experience. The private dorms tend to be more expensive to live in compared to other housing options. Private, certified residences maintain reciprocity agreements with the University, allowing students to move between the public and private housing systems if they are dissatisfied with their living conditions.
Some undergraduates choose to move into apartments or the Greek houses after their first or second year. The University Tenant Union offers advice on choosing apartments and the process of signing a lease.
===Greek life===
The university arguably has the largest Greek system in the world.<ref name="UIUCstats"/> There are currently sixty-nine fraternities and thirty-six sororities on the campus. Of the approximately 31,500 undergraduates, about 2900 are members of sororities<ref>{{cite web | title=Illinois Panhellenic Council | url=http://www.illiniphc.com/page.php?page_id=1883 | accessmonthday=April 24 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> and about 3100 are members of fraternities. The Greek system at the University of Illinois has a system of self-government. While there are staff advisors and directors in charge of managing certain aspects of the Greek community, most of the day to day operations of the Greek community are governed by the InterFraternity Council and Pan-Hellenic Council.<ref>{{cite web | title=http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/greek/IFCchapterMembership.xls | url=http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/greek/IFCchapterMembership.xls | accessmonthday=April 24 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Many of the fraternity and sorority houses on campus are on the National Register of Historic Places.
{{seealso|List of Fraternities and Sororities at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign}}
[[Image:UIUC-main-library.JPG|thumb|right|200px|University Main Library]]
===Student Government===
The current university student government, created in 2004, is the Illinois Student Senate, a combined undergraduate and graduate student senate with 50 members. The student senators are elected by college and represent the students on a variety of faculty and administrative committees, and are led by an internally elected Student Body President.
===Libraries===
The campus library system is one of the largest public academic collections in the world[http://www.publicaffairs.uiuc.edu/facts/facts.html]. In North America, only the private university collections of [[Harvard]] and [[Yale]] are larger[http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arlstat05.pdf#page=71]. Currently, the UIUC libraries hold more than 10 [[million]] in volumes, which help comprise 22 million items<ref>{{cite web | title=Rankings | url=http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.htm | accessmonthday=September 3 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> in the main library and the 40 other departmental libraries and divisions. As of 2006, it has also the largest "browsable" university library in the United States, with 7.5 million volumes directly accessible in stacks in a single location.
The online catalog is utilized by over one million people around the world every day. In addition to the main library building, which houses nearly 20 subject-oriented libraries, the Isaac Funk Family Library on the South Quad serves the [[UIUC College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences|College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences]] and the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center serves the [[UIUC College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] on the John Bardeen Quad.
The University of Illinois Residence Hall Library System[http://www.housing.uiuc.edu/living/library/] is one of three in the nation.<ref>http://www.housing.uiuc.edu/living/library/</ref> 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, including undergraduate and graduate students, and university faculty and staff.<ref>http://www.housing.uiuc.edu/living/library/aboutus.htm</ref>
All together there are more than 40 departmental or school libraries on campus.
===Recreation===
The Urbana-Champaign campus has one of the most inclusive state-of-the-art recreation infrastructures for a university in the world[http://www.campusrec.uiuc.edu/]. Recently, along with additional expansion, the two main recreation facilities, CRCE and IMPE, were significantly upgraded[http://www.business.uiuc.edu/undergrad/news/bmba_090-093.pdf]. The campus also has more than one thousand clubs and organizations for people to join, ranging from cultural and athletic to subject area to philanthropic. Students can create their own Registered Student Organization if the pursuing interest/concern is not addressed by the current entities[http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/future/campuslife/organizations/index.html].
===Transportation===
The University bus system is part of the local [[Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District]]. The university, through an MTD fee garnered on top of students' tuition, provides a substantial amount of funding for the MTD, that in turn provides campus bus service and [[Universal transit pass|unlimited access]] to the entire system for university students, faculty, and staff. As part of this arrangement, the MTD also runs a bus line between Illinois Terminal and the [[The University of Illinois Willard Airport|University of Illinois Willard Airport]]. In addition, the Illinois Terminal provides connection services to [[Amtrak]] and [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]], making it the focal point of [[Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area|Champaign-Urbana's]] public transportation systems.
The university maintains an extensive system of [[bike path]]s on campus. All students are expected to register their bicycles with the campus [[Public Safety|public safety]] department, and to keep their bicycles in a safe operating condition.
==Athletics and sports==
{{main|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 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s Division 1. The university's athletic teams are known as the [[Illinois Fighting Illini|Fighting Illini]]. The university operates a number of athletic facilities, including [[Memorial Stadium (Champaign)|Memorial Stadium]] for [[American football|football]], the [[Assembly Hall (Champaign)|Assembly Hall]] 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 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2005 season]], with [[Bruce Weber (coach)|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 [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|national championship game]].
UIUC is also a member of the [[Big Ten Conference]]. The Big Ten is the only Division I conference to have all of its member institutions affiliated with the prestigious [[Association of American Universities]], a [[consortium]] of 62 major research institutions, and leads all conferences in the total amount of research expenditures.
On [[October 15]], [[1910]], the Illinois football team defeated the [[University of Chicago]] Maroons with a score of 3-0. The game is notable in that Illinois claims it to be the first [[homecoming]] weekend, though several other schools claim to have held the first homecoming as well<ref>[http://columbiamissourian.com/sports/story.php?ID=22348 Columbia Missourian - Tradition's beginnings mysterious<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Origin of the University Homecoming | url=http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/homecoming/history.pdf | accessmonthday=December 13 | accessyear=2005 |format=PDF}}</ref>
On November 10, 2007, the Illinois football team defeated the #1 ranked [[Ohio State]] football team in [[Ohio Stadium]], the first time that the Illini beat a #1 ranked team on the road.
The Ice Arena is home to the university's club [[hockey]] team and is 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.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.campusrec.uiuc.edu/facilities/ice_arena.html| title = Ice Arena Facility
| accessdate = 2006-08-22| author = Staff| date = [[July 26]], [[2006]]
| publisher = University of Illinois, Division of Campus Recreation
}}</ref>
[[Chief Illiniwek]], or 'The Chief', was the university's official symbol from 1926 until [[February 21]], [[2007]]. Use of this symbol garnered criticism for the university starting in the mid-1970s from [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] and others as a misappropriation and inaccurate portrayal of indigenous culture. However, the Chief remained popular among many students and alumni as the school's symbol. The university officials announced the end of the Chief Illiniwek era on [[February 16]], [[2007]].
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 University of Illinois [[fight song]].
==Notable faculty and alumni==
{{main|List of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign people}}
As of 2007, 21 alumni and faculty members are [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureates and 20 have won a [[Pulitzer Prize]].<ref name="UIUCstats"/>
Alumni have created companies and products such as [[Netscape Communications]], [[AMD]], [[Susan G. Komen for the Cure]], [[PayPal]], [[Playboy]], [[National Football League]], [[Siebel Systems]], [[Mortal Kombat (series)|Mortal Kombat]], [[CDW]], [[YouTube]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Lotus Software|Lotus]], [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]], [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]], [[Firefox]], [[W. W. Grainger]], [[Delta Air Lines]], [[BET]].
Alumni and faculty have invented the [[LED]], [[integrated circuit]], [[quantum well laser]], [[transistor]], [[MRI]], and [[Plasma screen]].
[[Nathan Clifford Ricker|Nathan C. Ricker]] attended U of I and was the first person to graduate in the United States with a degree in Architecture in 1873. Ricker would go on to design several buildings on the Urbana-Champaign campus, including Altgeld Hall and H. E. Kenney Gymnasium. Mary L. Page, the first woman to obtain a degree in architecture, also graduated from U of I. <ref>Professor Paul Kruty.
[http://www.arch.uiuc.edu/about/history/ricker/ Establishing Architecture at the University of Illinois]. Last updated [[May 28]], [[2005]].</ref>
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Image:Ang Lee.jpg|<center>[[Ang Lee]]</center>
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Image:Hugh Hefner (1979).jpg|<center>[[Hugh Hefner]]</center>
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Image:Steven Nagel.jpg|<center>[[Steven Nagel]]</center>
Image:Larry Ellison.jpg|<center>[[Larry Ellison]]</center>
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==Rankings==
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| rowspan=14 | [[U.S. News & World Report]]<BR>(2008 ranking unless noted otherwise)
| # 8
| Public Universities<BR>(Out of 164 public institutions)
|-
| # 38
| National Universities<BR>(Out of 262 institutions)
|-
| # 1
| Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences program
|-
| # 5
| College of Engineering<BR>(Both undergraduate and graduate programs)
|-
| # 12
| College of Business undergraduate program
|-
| # 25
| College of Education graduate program
|-
| # 25
| College of Law professional program
|-
| # 7
| Ph.D. Chemistry program
|-
| # 1
| Graduate Civil and Environmental Engineering program
|-
| Top 25
| Master of Fine Arts program (2004)
|-
| # 6
| Master of Music program (1998)
|-
| # 8
| Among all Physics Departments (2009)
|-
| # 1
| Graduate Accounting Program (MSA & MAS) (US News, 2006)
|-
| # 1
| Undergraduate Accounting Program (BS) (US News, 2006)
|-
| [[The Washington Monthly]]<BR>(2008 Ranking)
| # 11
| College National Rankings
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Entrepreneur Magazine]]
| #16
| Undergraduate entrepreneurial program (2007)
|-
| #21
| Graduate entrepreneurial program (2007)
|-
| rowspan=1 | [[Business Week]]<BR>(2008 Ranking)
| #18
| Top undergraduate business programs
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University|The Institute for Higher Education at Shanghai Jia Tong University]]
| #19
| University in America (2007)
|-
| # 26
| University in the world (2007)
|-
| [[PC Magazine]]
| # 6
| "Most Connected, Plugged-in, and High-Tech Campus in the Country." (2006)
|-
| [[Peace Corps|The Peace Corps]]
| # 17
| Top Universities and Colleges (2007)
|-
| rowspan=2 | ''DesignIntelligence Magazine''
| # 8
| Industrial Design<BR>(Undergraduate and graduate programs)
|-
| # 10
| Graduate Architecture program
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Gourman Report]]
| #2
| HR and Labor Relations graduate program
|-
| # 17
| Top National Universities
|-
|}
In its 2008 listings, ''[[US News and World Report]]'' [[college rankings|ranked]] the undergraduate program 38th overall out of nationally accredited universities and 8th out of nationally accredited public universities[http://www.publicaffairs.uiuc.edu/rankings/index.htm]. The graduate program has 60 disciplines ranked in the top 30 nationwide, including 23 in the top 5 overall. US News and World Report ranked the Undergraduate and Graduate Accounting programs #2 and #4 respectively in the United States in their 2008 rankings; both programs had been ranked #1 at the same time in previous years. The College of Business as a whole was ranked 12th best nationally. The College of Engineering was ranked 4th, with 14 graduate disciplines ranked in the top 10. The College of Education has six programs ranked in the top 10. The Graduate School of Library and Information Science is top 1, with five programs ranked in the top 10. Chemistry and Physics are also in top 10. Of note is many arts programs are in the first quartile, such as Architecture and Fine Arts. However, Computer Science, Actuarial Science and Psychology are the university's most visibly distinguished departments among others. The Institute for Labor and Industrial relations is recognized consistently as top 2 or 3 in the nation, only behind [[Cornell University]].
It is also considered a "[[Public Ivy]]" and is comprehensively measured as one of the Top 20 major research universities in America by a Graham-Diamond Report[http://www.physics.northwestern.edu/graduate/Graham_Diamond.html].
International rankings by The Institute of Higher Education at [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]] suggest that UIUC is the 20th best university in North America, and 26th best university in the world.<ref name="shanghai">{{cite web
|url = http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007_Top100.htm
|title = Academic Ranking of World Universities 2007
|accessdate = 2007-11-20|date= 2007-07-31
|publisher = Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
}}</ref> The Academic Ranking of World Universities by Broad Subject Fields from the same research center in 2007 positions UIUC as the 3rd best in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences, only after [[MIT]] and [[Stanford]]. It is 19th in Life and Agriculture Sciences, 20th in Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and 51st (tied) in Social Sciences.<ref name="ARWU-FIELD-2007">{{cite web
|url = http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ARWU-FIELD.htm
|title = Academic Rankings of World Universities by Broad Subject Fields - 2007
|accessdate = 2007-11-20 |date= 2007-01-31
|publisher = Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
}}</ref> Notably, the ranking is recognized for its ruthless objectiveness and emphasis on research productivity/scholastic achievement.
Illinois was ranked as the 77th best in the world, by ''[[The Times Higher Education Supplement|The Times Higher Education Supplement’s]]'' list of the top 200 universities in the world in the latest release. However, UIUC had ranked in the top 30s for a few years past. This ranking is often criticized due to its volatility: It stresses international popularity and ranks may change tens of places from one year to the next.<ref name="AJUEHolmes">{{cite web
| url = http://www.geocities.com/universities06/ajueart.pdf
| title = The THES University Rankings: Are They Really World Class?
|accessdate = 2007-11-20
| last = Holmes | first = Richard
|format = PDF
|work = [[Asian Journal of University Education]] (volume 1, issue 1)
|publisher = Geocities.com
}} ''Note: Existence of the journal has not been verified as of November 2007''</ref> The WSJ ranking of business schools also has this inherited anomaly, attributed to its survey method.
The Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations has been recognized consistently as one of the top three programs for HR and Labor Relations studies in the United States<ref>[http://www.ilir.uiuc.edu/aboutilir/index.htm ILIR : About the Institute, University of Illinois<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=July 2008}}. The [[Gourman Reports]] has ranked the program as #2 and #3 in various years.{{Fact|date=July 2008}}
In the 2008 release of [[Webometrics Ranking of World Universities]] by Cybermetrics Lab, which is a research unit of National Research Council of Spain, the University was ranked 9th.<ref name="Webometrics2007">{{cite web
|url = http://www.webometrics.info/premierleague.asp |title = Premier League
|accessdate = 2007-11-20 |year = 2007 |month = January
|work = World Universities' ranking on the Web
|publisher = Cybermetrics Lab, ''[[Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas]]''
}}</ref> In 2006, [[College and university rankings#G-Factor|G-Factor]], another academic list trying to measure social network efficacy of universities, has ranked Illinois in the top 8.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.universitymetrics.com/tiki-index.php?page=Top+20+Universities+2006
|title = Top 20 Universities 2006 |accessdate = 2007-11-20 |year = 2006 |author = Peter Hirst
|work = Global University Rankings|publisher = University Metrics.com
}}</ref> ''[[Gourman Report]]'' also ranks Illinois as 17th best university in the nation.{{Fact|date=November 2007}}
As of 2007, [[Washington Monthly]] ranks UIUC as the 11th best university in the nation, and ranks 9th among public universities.
The methodology of the ranking includes "how well it performs as an engine of social mobility," "how well it does in fostering scientific and humanistic research," and "how well it promotes an ethic of service to country."<ref name="WashingtonMonthly">{{cite web
|url = http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0709.natlrankings.pdf
|title = College Rankings |work=National Universities
|accessdate = 2007-11-20 |date= 2007-09-08
|author = Nick Baumann |coauthors = David Freedlander, Oliver Haydock, and Zachary Roth
|format = PDF |publisher = ''[[The Washington Monthly]]''
}}</ref>
[[Newsweek International]] listed UIUC as one of Top 100 Global Universities[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/site/newsweek/]{{Failed verification|date=July 2008}}, which "takes into account openness and diversity, as well as distinction in research." [[Kiplinger's Personal Finance]] also listed UIUC in its 100 Best Values in Public Colleges[http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges/], which "measures academic quality, cost and financial aid."
The [[Princeton Review]] has elected Urbana-Champaign campus as one of the 366 best colleges out of nearly 5,000 degree-granting institutions of higher education in the United States[http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_249.asp]. Nonetheless, the university has come under criticism for its use of graduate teaching assistants in teaching undergraduate courses, including upper-level undergraduate courses. For two consecutive years, the Urbana-Champaign campus topped this review's<ref name="PrincetonReview">{{cite web| title=University tops one list on Princeton Review |publisher=[[Daily Illini]]|url=http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2004/08/24/News/University.Tops.One.List.On.Princeton.Review-704496.shtml
| date=[[August 24]], [[2004]] |accessmonthday=May 23 |accessyear=2007 }}</ref> category of "teaching assistants teach too many upper level courses." Yet The Review's ranking itself is attacked with its category lists which are claimed to be lacking accountability, mainly from student random sampling.
==Points of interest==
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* [[Alma Mater (UIUC)|Alma Mater]]
* [[Robert Allerton Park|Allerton Park]]
* [[University of Illinois Arboretum|Arboretum]]
* [[The Beckman Institute]]
* [[Boneyard Creek]]
* [[University of Illinois Conservatory and Plant Collection|Conservatory and Plant Collection]]
* [[UIUC Engineering Campus|Engineering Quads]]
* [[Grainger Engineering Library]]
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* [[Illini Union]]
* [[Krannert Center for the Performing Arts]]
* [[UIUC campus|Main Quad]]
* [[Morrow Plots]]- National Historic Landmark
* [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]]
* [[Spurlock Museum]]
* [[Krannert Art Museum]]
*[[University of Illinois Observatory]]- National Historic Landmark
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</tr>
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==Images: Perspective views==
<gallery>
Image:UIUC CRCE cropped.jpg|[[UIUC Campus Recreation Center - East (CRCE)|CRCE Recreation Center]]
Image:UIUC main quad.JPG|Main Quad
Image:UIUC chem annex.JPG|Chemistry Annex
Image:UIUC six pack.JPG|Peabody Residence Hall
Image:UIUC Arch Building.JPG|Architecture Building
Image:UIUC Observatory.JPG|[[University of Illinois Observatory|University Observatory]]
Image:UIUC Foelinger detail.JPG|Foellinger Auditorium
Image:UIUC morrow plot.JPG|[[Morrow Plots]] and Institute for Genomic Biology
Image:UIUC linclon hall.JPG|Lincoln Hall
Image:Union detail.JPG|[[Illini Union]]
Image:UIUC engineering.JPG|[[UIUC College of Engineering|Engineering Campus]]
Image:UIUC Psychology.JPG|Psychology Building
Image:UIUC Marching illini.JPG|The [[Marching Illini]] at [[Memorial Stadium (Champaign)|Memorial Stadium]]
Image:UIUC Krannert Art.JPG|[[Krannert Art Museum]]
Image:UIUC Krannert Performing.JPG|[[Krannert Center for the Performing Arts]]
Image:UIUC alumni center.JPG|Alice Campbell Alumni Center
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Daily Illini]] - independent student newspaper
*[[WPGU]] - student-run commercial radio station
*[[Illinois Loyalty]] - school song
*[[Fighting Illini]] - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sports
*[[Marching Illini]] - marching band of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.illinois.edu The University's Official Website]
* [http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/ Office of Admissions & Records]
* [http://www.fightingillini.com/ The Official Site of University of Illinois Athletics]
* [http://webtools.uiuc.edu/ricker/CampusMap Campus Map]
* [http://www.dailyillini.com/ Daily Illini Online]
* [http://www.illinigreeks.com/ Illinois Greek Community]
* [http://www.guidetocampus.com/ Unofficial Guide to U of I]
* [http://www.livejournal.com/community/uiuc/ U of I Livejournal Community]
* [http://www.eotu.uiuc.edu/ Ethnography of the University]
* [https://www.alwaysillinois.org/ Always Illinois: An ILLINOIS inCircle Community]
* [http://www.brilliantfutures.uiuc.edu/ Brilliant Futures: The Campaign for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]
* [http://uihistories.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ UIHistories Project: History of the University] / [http://uitours.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ UITours Project: Virtual Tour of UIUC Campus] / [http://uiphotos.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ UIPhotos Project: Photo Galleries of Campus]
* [http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ Main Library Homepage]
** [http://ideals.uiuc.edu IDEALS] - Electronic Research and Scholarship of U of I
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