University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign News & Rumors

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a public research university in Illinois in the cities of Champaign and Urbana. The school’s motto is “Learning and Labor”, and they have around 56,000 students. The University of Illinois is an NCAA division 1 school and part of the Big 10. Their athletics go by the nickname the “Fighting Illini”.