University of Illinois

The University of Illinois is the set of three public universities in Illinois. These schools are taxpayer-subsidized institutions of higher learning. B. Joseph White is the current president of the university.

At Urbana-Champaign

Main article: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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The Urbana-Champaign campus is the largest of the three. It holds 18 schools, including a law school and an aviation school. It also houses the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, NCSA. This was where, amongst others, Marc Andreessen (later of Netscape fame) helped forge 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. UIUC is also famous for its contributions in Electrical Engineering, and the birth place of world's first light-emitting diode (LED). The library and information science, computer science, physics, and engineering departments are very high-quality, and world-renowned. The school's marching band, named the Marching Illini, also enjoys a superb reputation. The symbol of the University's athletic teams is a Native American figure, Chief Illiniwek, which has sparked significant controversy.

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Urbana-Champaign campus - Law school - NCSA - Marc Andreessen - Netscape - Mosaic - HTML - 1987 - Telnet - Light-emitting diode - Library and information science - Computer science - Physics - Engineering - Marching Illini - Chief Illiniwek

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