In this Book
- The University of Illinois: Engine of Innovation
- 2017
- Book
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
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summary
The founding of the university in 1867 created a unique community in what had been a prairie. Within a few years, this creative mix of teachers and scholars produced innovations in agriculture, engineering and the arts that challenged old ideas and stimulated dynamic new industries. Projects ranging from the Mosaic web browser to the discovery of Archaea and pioneering triumphs in women's education and wheelchair accessibility have helped shape the university's mission into a double helix of innovation and real-world change. These essays explore the university's celebrated accomplishments and historic legacy, candidly assessing both its successes and its setbacks. Experts and students tell the eye-opening stories of campus legends and overlooked game-changers, of astonishing technical and social invention, of incubators of progress as diverse as the Beckman Institute and Ebertfest. Contributors: James R. Barrett, George O. Batzli, Claire Benjamin, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Jimena Canales, Stephanie A. Dick, Poshek Fu, Marcelo H. Garcia, Lillian Hoddeson, Harry Liebersohn, Claudia Lutz, Kathleen Mapes, Vicki McKinney, Elisa Miller, Robert Michael Morrissey, Bryan E. Norwood, Elizabeth H. Pleck, Leslie J. Reagan, Susan M. Rigdon, David Rosenboom, Katherine Skwarczek, Winton U. Solberg, Carol Spindel, William F. Tracy, and Joy Ann Williamson-Lott.
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Part One. Singular People: Remarkable Individuals Who Triggered Innovation at the University
- John Bardeen: Citizen of Science
- pp. 69-74
- Part Two. World-Changing Inventions: Created and Nurtured on the University of Illinois Campus
- Affordable Higher Education
- pp. 87-92
- Inventing Professional Architecture
- pp. 93-100
- Beyond Women’s Studies
- pp. 110-113
- John Laughnan: Sweet Corn Revolution
- pp. 114-118
- Remarkable Animals: Illini Nellie and Big Al
- pp. 119-120
- Samuel Kirk: Birth of Special Education
- pp. 158-159
- The Invention of MRI
- pp. 160-166
- Superfluidity
- p. 175
- Part Three. Places of Innovation: Where Ideas and People Meet to Produce Innovation
- The Morrow Plots
- pp. 189-194
- The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- pp. 215-222
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 259-260
- Bibliography
- pp. 261-262
- About the Authors
- pp. 263-268
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252099328
Related ISBN
9780252040825
MARC Record
OCLC
973196132
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2017-03-02
Language
English
Open Access
No
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