The University of Illinois is a set of three public universities in Illinois. These schools are the top tier of taxpayer-subsidized institutions of higher learning in Illinois. B. Joseph White is the current president of the university.
The Urbana-Champaign campus, founded in 1867, is the largest and most prestigious of the three. It is home to 16 colleges & instructional units including the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, College of Applied Life Studies, Institute of Aviation,College of Business, College of Communications, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Graduate College, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, College of Law, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work, and the College of Veterinary Medicine. It is also home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, NCSA, where Marc Andreessen (of Netscape fame) and others helped develop the Mosaic web browser, the first HTML browser capable of rendering images. In addition, in 1987, NCSA created NCSA telnet, a program which permitted users access to the supercomputer's resources remotely. Also, in 2001 A Space Oddyssey, the ship's computer, HAL, was said to have been built in Urbana.
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The University of Illinois - Homepage for the University system. Main campuses in Chicago, Springfield, and Urbana-Champaign.
University of Illinois Foundation - An independent fundraising, fund administration, and asset management organization. Includes current and past issues of Investing in Illinois magazine and information on the President's Council and the Campaign Illinois program.
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University Outreach and Public Service - Overview and contact information plus information on affiliated multi-university centers and the Center for Advanced Education and Research.
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