University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

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Group.png University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign  
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MottoLearning and Labor
Formation1867
Type•  Public
•  flagship
•  Land-grant
•  Sea-grant
•  Space-grant
Other nameFighting Illini
Big and prestigious public university in Illinois

See also the University of Illinois system

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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 nation.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a member of the Association of American Universities, and has been listed as a "Public Ivy" in The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities (2001) by Howard and Matthew Greene.[1] In fiscal year 2019, research expenditures at Illinois totaled $652 million.[2]


 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornDiedNationalitySummaryDescription
Marc Andreesen9 July 1971Programmer
Businessperson
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer who co-authored Mosaic, the first widely used web browser
James BindenagelUSDiplomat
Soldier
US Chargé d'affaires to Germany from 1996 to 1997,
Charles Bowsher31 May 1931USCivil servantComptroller General of the United States from 1981 to 1996
Iris Chang28 March 19689 November 2004USAuthor
Journalist
Chinese-American journalist, author of historical books and political activist. Suspicious "suicide".
Richard Clarida18 May 1957USEconomistUS economist
Rafael Correa6 April 1963EcuadorPolitician
Canan DagdevirenTurkeyResearcher
Academic
Turkish academic who attended the 2018 Bilderberg.
Hugh Hefner9 April 192627 September 2017USEditorFounder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.
Albert E. Jenner20 June 190718 September 1988USLawyer
Boxer
Max Levchin11 July 1975Programmer
Businessperson
Founded Paypal with Peter Thiel in 1998.
Robert Mercer11 July 1946USFinancier
Programmer
Businessperson
Hedge fund millionaire
Joseph Mercola8 July 1954USActivist
Doctor
Dissident
Declared an enemy of the state as "Covid disinformation dozen" by US government
Fidel Ramos18 March 192831 July 2022Soldier
Politician
Filipino general under Ferdinand Marcos, later president
Jan Schakowsky26 May 1944US
Mete Sozen22 May 19305 April 2018Academic
Deep state functionary
A professor of Structural Engineering who wrote a series of official government reports after "terrorist" deep events.
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