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Read article:University updates landscape around an increasingly popular landmark
University updates landscape around an increasingly popular landmark
Professors help surround the mammoth statue on the Quad with vegetation from the Pleistocene era
Read article:University updates landscape around an increasingly popular landmark
Read article:The Olympics as you've never seen them
The Olympics as you've never seen them
From donkey chariots to shrines to Pelops, classics professor discusses the ancient history of the Games
Read article:The Olympics as you've never seen them
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LAS Insider blog

HEAR DIRECTLY FROM CURRENT STUDENTS & RECENT GRADS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE COLLEGE OF LAS.

In the LAS Insider blog, students and alumni share their personal stories and insights throughout the academic year at the University of Illinois. Get an inside look at what it's like to be a student in the College of LAS.

LAS by the numbers

  • students icon99.6%of Illinois students take a class in LAS
  • major icons70majors offered within LAS
  • people icon18:1average student to faculty ratio in LAS classes
  • faculty icon33%of campus' tenure-track faculty members work in LAS
  • alumni icon180,000network of LAS alumni
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