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The flagship of the University of Illinois system and the premier public college in the state, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions Congress created in 1862. The campus is in east-central Illinois, 140 miles south of Chicago. There are nearly 31,000 students from all 50 states, but 87 percent are from Illinois. The university has 150 programs of study and more than 5,000 courses. Its 16 colleges and instructional units are: College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences; College of Applied Health Sciences ; Institute of Aviation; College of Business; College of Communication; College of Education; College of Eng...
The flagship of the University of Illinois system and the premier public college in the state, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions Congress created in 1862. The campus is in east-central Illinois, 140 miles south of Chicago. There are nearly 31,000 students from all 50 states, but 87 percent are from Illinois. The university has 150 programs of study and more than 5,000 courses. Its 16 colleges and instructional units are: College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences; College of Applied Health Sciences ; Institute of Aviation; College of Business; College of Communication; 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 College of Veterinary Medicine. A Big Ten school, its sports teams are called the Fighting Illini.
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UMBC president named among world's most influential leaders
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, the longtime president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County whose trailblazing work in educating minority students in the sciences has catapulted the university onto the national stage, has been recognized as one of the...Tags: Catonsville, Teaching and Learning, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Facebook, Newspaper and Magazine
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Day of service in Laurel honors King and supports Psi Epsilon Omega's commitment to service
Rather than using their day off to relax, the sisters of Laurel's Psi Epsilon Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha spent theMartin Luther King Jr.holiday doing something King would have embraced: giving back to the community.
Along with community...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Justice and Rights, Diabetes
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What went wrong at Netflix
Netflix's stock recently went into a tailspin as the company announced the loss of nearly a million customers in the last few months. Netflix exemplifies a success story going bad because of both external factors related to "creative destruction" stemming...Tags: Netflix Inc., DVDs, University of Maryland, College Park, Blockbuster, Shareholders
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Weddings & Engagements
Jonathan and Kelly Caplan Paules and Kathleen Gibson, of Lewisburg, Pa., announce the marriage of their daughter, Kelly Lynn Gibson, to Jonathan Lee Caplan, son of Howard and Diane Caplan, of Columbia, on May 22, 2011. The bride is a 1987 graduate...Tags: Marriage, Oswego, Johns Hopkins University, Weddings, Indiana University
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Columbia: Weddings and Engagements
Fikile and Karen Guralnick
Leonard and Ann Guralnick, of Columbia, announce the marriage of their daughter, Karen Ann Guralnick, to Fikile Richard Brushett, son of Stephen Brushett and Refiloe Bam, of Silver Spring, on June 25, 2011.
The bride is a...Tags: Marriage, Oswego, Weddings, American Visionary Art Museum, Argonne National Laboratory
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A salute to a Md. athlete
Sun reporterA Beijing-bound athlete from Maryland is featured on McDonald's beverage cups, but it's not Michael Phelps. Instead, it's Tatyana McFadden, a wheelchair sprint racer from Howard County who also is featured in a television commercial for Hilton Hotels...Tags: Beijing Games, Schools, Athletes, Paralympic Games, Awards and Prizes
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Delegate's personal plea for death penalty
Del. Craig Rice called his mother Tuesday morning to tell her the Maryland Senate was about to begin a discussion of the death penalty.
Vivian Rice reminded her son that the date had even more significance. It was 16 years ago on March 3 that his aunt,...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Executive Branch, Democratic Party, Martin O'Malley
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Teaching kids to stay in the game
The basketball players settle into drills with the precision and fluidity of a vintage squad - despite the fact that many of them cannot move their bodies from the waist down.
Thanks in part to Gerry Herman, they're a wheelchair team to be reckoned...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Paralympic Games, Athletes, Children, Colleges and Universities
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In memoriam: Victims remembered
Ross Abdallah AlameddineAlameddine, 20, of Saugus, Mass., was a sophomore who had just declared English as his major. Friends created a memorial page on Facebook.com that described Alameddine as "an intelligent, funny, easygoing guy." "You're such an...Tags: Armed Forces, Homes, Water Pollution, Teaching and Learning, Johns Hopkins University
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Paychecks raise eyebrows
Sun StaffCharity is big business in Maryland, and some of the providers provide the compensation packages to prove it. Seven of the state's 501(c)(3) organizations - charities, the most common nonprofits - paid more than $1 million in salary and benefits to at...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins University, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Attacks haunt the nation
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - It is President Bush's most reliable applause line as he campaigns for re-election. "I had a choice," he says of the decision to invade Iraq and force Saddam Hussein from power. "Do I take the word of a madman, forget the lessons of...Tags: Election Day, History, Armed Forces, John Kerry, Executive Branch
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In guessing game, few can say 'I told you so'
Sun StaffEsquire had it wrong; Atlantic Monthly had it right. Leonard Garment's book missed the mark; Ronald Kessler's was on the money. William Gaines' college journalism class flunked the test; Chase Culeman-Beckman's high school paper, though he didn't get an...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Newspapers, News Media, White House, FBI
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