Annual Report 2006-2007
The
University of Illinois is truly multidimensional with our three campuses,
70,000 students, one half million alumni and rich history in academics,
art, culture and athletics.
We look to the future within and across disciplinary boundaries to address humankind’s most important challenges and create a better world. We understand the power of innovation and the importance of action. We must recommit ourselves to our institutional and student-centered values of accessibility, affordability and diversity.
Our goal is to ensure that no other university achieves excellence and provides access as well as the University of Illinois.
The University’s 2006-07 annual report [PDF] tells the story of the University’s people and ideas, the quality education that transforms lives and the knowledge that flows from research. Our graduates and our discoveries energize our society with the new leadership, industries and enterprises that are the engines of prosperity.
The profound research excellence in Urbana that has led to 21 Nobel Prizes for our faculty and alumni continues. Our Chicago campus has the largest medical school in the nation and an engagement with its city that is deep and unique. In the state capital in Springfield, the newest member of the University makes its mark in helping both its students and the citizenry understand the content, processes and nuances of public affairs, policy and politics.
In the following pages, I hope you will view with pride some of what the multidimensional University of Illinois has achieved in the last year.
Join with me, our faculty and students on our University’s exciting journey that began 140 years ago and extends into the next year and beyond.
Sincerely,
B. Joseph White
President