Champaign County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 Census,its population was 205,865,making it the 10th-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Urbana.
Dawson is a city in and the county seat of Terrell County,Georgia,United States. The population was 4,414 at the 2020 census. Incorporated on December 22,1857,the city is named for Senator William Crosby Dawson. Dawson is part of the Albany,Georgia metropolitan statistical area.
Champaign is a city in Champaign County,Illinois,United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in the state outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area,which had 236,000 residents in 2020.
Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County,Illinois,United States. As of the 2020 census,Urbana had a population of 38,336. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area,which had 236,000 residents in 2020.
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. It had an operating budget of $7.18 billion in 2021. Its oldest university,University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,was established as the state's land grant university in 1867.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area,Illinois,United States. It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was established in 1867. With over 59,000 students,the University of Illinois is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the United States.
The State University of New York at Albany is a public research university with campuses in Albany,Rensselaer,and Guilderland,New York. Founded in 1844,it is one of four "university centers" of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
Chief Illiniwek was the mascot of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC),associated with the university's intercollegiate athletic programs,from October 30,1926,to February 21,2007. Chief Illiniwek was portrayed by a student to represent the Illiniwek,the state's namesake,although the regalia worn was from the Sioux. The student portraying Chief Illiniwek performed during halftime of Illinois football and basketball games,as well as during women's volleyball matches.
The Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District is a mass transit system that operates in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area in central-eastern Illinois. MTD is headquartered in Urbana and operates its primary hub at the intermodal Illinois Terminal in downtown Champaign. In 2023,the system had a ridership of 8,947,600,or about 26,400 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
Gies College of Business is the business school of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,a public research university in Champaign,Illinois. The college offers undergraduate program,masters programs,and a PhD program. The college and its Department of Accountancy are separately accredited by AACSB International.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's College of Agricultural,Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) is part of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Most of the ACES buildings are located on the South Quad. In terms of staff,ACES has 186 tenure-system faculty,78 specialized faculty,26 postdoctoral researchers,493 academic professionals,565 civil service staff,323 assistants,and 956 hourly employees.
Robert Max Berdahl is a retired American college and university administrator.
Richard H. Herman is a mathematician,currently Professor Emeritus of Mathematics,who had served as the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2005–2009. He previously served there as Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs since 1998. As provost he garnered support for,and administered,a “faculty excellence”program designed to bring established faculty to the institution. Throughout his administrative tenure,sponsored research at the university increased by more than 50%.
The University of Illinois clout scandal resulted from a series of articles in the Chicago Tribune that reported that some applicants to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) "received special consideration" for acceptance between 2005 and 2009,despite having sub-par qualifications. The series began on May 29,2009. An investigatory committee appointed by Illinois governor Pat Quinn was formed a few weeks later. The controversy led to the resignation of B. Joseph White,president of the University of Illinois,who oversaw the three campuses in the university system,and Richard Herman,chancellor of UIUC. The scandal eventually spread to include evidence of graft by members of the Board of Trustees,resulting in the resignation of seven of the nine members.
Laurel Lunt Prussing is a Democratic politician who has served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives,the Mayor of Urbana,Illinois,and County Treasurer of Champaign County,Illinois.
On June 9,2017,Yingying Zhang,a visiting Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,was abducted by Brendt Allen Christensen,a Champaign resident and former physics graduate student at the university. Christensen,who investigators claimed aspired to be a serial killer,lured Zhang into his car at a bus stop on campus posing as a police officer with the promise of a ride after she missed a bus,but then took her to his apartment where he raped and murdered her.
Donald Richard Ort is an American botanist and biochemist. He is the Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he works on improving crop productivity and resilience to climate change by redesigning photosynthesis. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB).
Barbara J. Wilson is an American academic who has served as the 22nd president of the University of Iowa since July 15,2021. She previously was provost of the University of Illinois system.
