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Pages in category "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 808 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
C. Richard Tracy – ecologist and Professor of Biology at University of Nevada, Reno; Ann E. Watkins – Professor of Mathematics at California State University, Northridge; Mark Watson – Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, previously at Harvard University and Northwestern University
In 1949, the University of Illinois created the Digital Computer Laboratory following the joint funding between the university and the U.S. Army to create the ORDVAC and ILLIAC I computers under the direction of physicist Ralph Meagher. [9] The ORDVAC and ILLIAC computers the two earliest von-Neumann architecture machines to be constructed.
The student population is diverse, in 2020 with 55% of students identifying as Hispanic/Latina/o American, 25% identifying as White American, 6% as Asian American, 2% African American, 4.5% as mixed-race and 3.5% unknown. The student population is 64% percent female and 36% percent male in 2017. [43]
Classes started on September 24, 1956, in temporary buildings, with an enrollment of 1,500 students. [14] [15] Delmar Oviatt, the former namesake of the campus library (subsequently renamed University Library), was the dean of the satellite campus until July 1, 1958, when the campus separated from Los Angeles State College and was renamed San Fernando Valley State College (popularly ...
University Hall stood from 1871 until 1938 and was replaced by Gregory Hall and the Illini Union.Pieces were used in the erection of Hallene Gateway. [21]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 ...
Eleanor Blum, Professor Emerita of Library Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. [65] Jean Bourgain, faculty – Fields Medal in Mathematics of International Mathematical Union, 1994; Zong-qi Cai, leads the Forum on Chinese Poetic Culture
The University of Illinois System is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Illinois, consisting of three campuses located in Chicago, Springfield, and Urbana-Champaign. Across all campuses, the University of Illinois System enrolls more than 94,000 students. [ 4 ]