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第48章 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Learni

伊利诺伊大学香槟分校:学习和劳动

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of I, University of Illinois, UIUC, or simply Illinois) is a public research-intensive university that was founded in the U.S. state of Illinois in 1867. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system. The original name in 1867 was "Illinois Industrial University". In 1885, the Illinois Industrial University officially changed its name to the University of Illinois, reflecting its holistic agricultural, mechanical, and liberal arts curricula. This remained the official name for nearly 100 years, until it was changed to The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1982, ostensibly to establish a separate identity for the campus within the University of Illinois system. It is considered a "Public Ivy" and is a member of the Association of American Universities.

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System: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign comprises 17 schools and colleges that offer more than 150 programs of study. Its Graduate School of Library and Information Science, College of Engineering, and Department of Psychology are among the best in the country. The school"s College of Business, College of Education, and College of Law are also highly ranked. The school is classified as a university with very high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University of Illinois was the first school to provide disability access to all university services, curricula, and facilities.

Campus: The campus is known for its landscape and architecture, as well as distinctive landmarks. The main research and academic facilities are divided almost exactly between the twin cities of Urbana and Champaign. U of I is one of the few educational institutions to own an airport. The campus is based on the quadrangle design popular at many universities. Four main quads compose the center of the university and are arranged from north to south. The ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center stand as an informational and architectural landmark on the University of Illinois campus. The campus library system is one of the largest public academic collections in the world. The university hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), which created Mosaic, the first graphical Web browser.

生词助读

research-intensive n. 研究型

holistic [hulistik] adj. 全盘的;整体的

ostensibly [stensbli] adv. 外表;表面上

quadrangle [kwdrɡl] n. 方院;四边形

中文概述

伊利诺伊大学香槟分校成立于1867年,是一所位于美国伊利诺伊州的公立研究型大学,也是伊利诺伊大学校园系统的主校区,长久以来一直是全美理工科方面最顶尖最有名望的高等学府之一,与加州大学伯克利分校、密西根大学并称"公立大学三巨头"。

该大学从美国国家科学基金会(NSF)获得的研究经费年年在全美名列第一。伊利诺伊大学香槟分校图书馆藏书量居世界公立大学之冠,在美国大学中仅次于耶鲁和哈佛的藏书量,在主馆大约有2200 万个条目,而且有大约 40 所分馆和机构。

伊利诺伊大学香槟分校在1922年颁发美国第一个会计学士学位,更在1939年颁发全球第一个会计学博士学位。位于该大学的美国国家超级电脑应用中心 (NCSA)在高性能计算、网络和资讯技术的研究和部署领域,一直处于世界领先的地位。

该大学设有17个学院,优势专业包括工程、计算机、物理学、生物化学、分子生物学、建筑、护理学、教育学、会计学、心理学等。其最好的学科是工学和商科,三大最受欢迎的主修学科分别是生物科学、心理学,以及电子工程。图书馆科学一直以来蝉联全美第一的位置。

该大学在世界范围内都拥有很高的学术地位,该校教师及校友中先后产生了22名诺贝尔奖得主、20名普利策奖得主,11位教授荣获过美国国家科学奖章,26位国家科学院院士,29位国家工程院院士等。获得第78届奥斯卡金像奖最佳导演李安就毕业于该校戏剧系。

梦想成功录

The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.

人生最惨重的破产就是丧失自己的热情。

A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

一个人可以被摧毁,但不能被击败。