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LAS
provides a strong foundation that supports excellence within the entire
University. Its
programs in chemistry, chemical engineering, English, history, mathematics,
microbiology, political science, psychology, and speech communication
are consistently ranked among the top in the nation. |
| Eighty percent of all international instruction at U of I occurs within LAS. All five of the college’s international studies centers are ranked among the top nationally by the U.S. Department of Education: Center for African Studies, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for Latin and Caribbean studies, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Center. |
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LAS students are among the
nation’s brightest. Ten percent of entering freshmen are in the
top one percent of their high school graduating class; more than half
are in the top 10 percent. Of the 125 students the campus admits yearly
to its honors program, half are in LAS. Recent Rhodes
Scholars and the Gates Cambridge Scholar from U of I were LAS students.
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The faculty remain among the
most respected and innovative scholars in the nation with memberships
in the National Academy of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
and the National Academy of Engineering; as recipients of the Nobel prize,
the Crafoord Medal, the National Medal of Science, the Fields Medal in
Mathematics, the Hubbell Award, and the MacArthur Foundation Genius Award;
as National Science Foundation Young Investigators, as Fellows of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Carnegie Foundation
Professors of the Year; and by such organizations as the National Endowment
for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation. |
As a source of diversity and innovation in scholarship, LAS has one of the largest areas studies programs in the nation, with 16 specialized programs. Programs range from Native American Studies and Medieval Studies to Gender and Women’s Studies.
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The college’s alumni
body is 133,000 strong and includes eight Nobel Laureates and six Pulitzer
Prize winners. |
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