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79-730: Polk Bros Park serves as a "front lawn" to Chicago's Navy Pier . The park is named after the Polk family, who owned a large appliance and electronics store. Features include the Peoples Energy Welcome Pavilion, the Polk Bros Fountain, and the Polk Bros Performance Lawns. The Peoples Energy Welcome Pavilion is a 4,000-square-foot (370 m) pavilion with restrooms, seating areas, a 35-foot (11 m) digital screen, LED lighting, and

158-497: A green roof . The Polk Bros Fountain was designed by Fluidity Design Consultants. Landscape Architecture Magazine said, "From the outset, this water feature puts Navy Pier's emphasis on engaging and interactive social spaces. It's 100 feet in circumference, outlined by a set of 3-D modeled concrete berms worth scrambling over, with 147 water jets that create parabolic arcs that expand and contract. These concentric arcs are nearly architectural expressions themselves: tunnels that are

237-613: A " polytechnical " branch would open in Chicago. The Chicago-based health colleges affiliated with the university in 1896–97, becoming fully incorporated into the University of Illinois in 1913, as the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy on Chicago's west side. Medical education and research expanded in the succeeding decades, leading to the development of several other health science colleges, which were brought together as

316-490: A 170,000 square foot competition arena. Gymnastics meets have been held in the Festival Halls. CTA The halls were used to represent Atlantic City, New Jersey , in the 1986 movie The Color of Money for the 9-Ball Championship. In both Raw Deal and Cooley High , the pier was used as a location for car chases. The fourth season finale of T. J. Hooker , titled "The Chicago Connection", featured

395-526: A 2,500-seat theater, gym, 12-chair barber shop, tailor, cobbler shops, soda fountain and a vast kitchen and hospital. Beginning in 1946, as the Navy was winding down from its mission, the University of Illinois held classes at the pier, especially to serve the high demand from returning service members. As the maximum capacity was exceeded, the school outgrew the pier, the University of Illinois at Chicago

474-476: A Great Lakes theme. The plan would have included nearly double the current parking and a replacement theater with a greater capacity. At the time of the announcement, a price tag of $ 2 billion was announced. Following the reorganization of the agency that runs Navy Pier and McCormick Place, a new study was commissioned to reinvigorate the upgrade process. The new study, by the Urban Land Institute,

553-663: A Welcome Pavilion in the 13-acre Polk Bros Park with 4,000 square feet for guest services and programmatic space; a seasonal ice rink within the footprint of the Polk Bros Park's fountain and plaza; and a short-term, north-side boat docking facility for use by recreational boaters seasonally. There are many outdoor attractions at the Navy Pier Park, such as the Pepsi Wave Swinger, Light Tower Ride, Remote Control Boats (now removed along with fountain around

632-553: A barber shop, and the Inner Circle (an assortment of fast food restaurants). West Campus housing is composed of the Single Student Residence (SSR, apartments for graduate students) and Polk Street Residence (cluster style rooms). South Campus is home to Marie Robinson Hall and Thomas Beckham Hall, both apartment style buildings. In the fall of 2007, James Stukel Towers opened containing suite style rooms with

711-479: A bathroom and living room. In keeping with UIC culture, students often refer to residence halls by abbreviations instead of their full names (e.g. "TBH" instead of "Thomas Beckham Hall"). The main purpose of the SSR is to house graduate students, undergraduate students of the ages 24 and older, and professional students. The third and fourth floors house undergraduate students of the ages of 21 through 23. The nursing house

790-536: A college degree is a UIC alumnus. Approximately one in eight Illinois physicians is a graduate of the College of Medicine (the nation's largest medical school). One in three Illinois pharmacists is a graduate of the College of Pharmacy . Half of all the dentists in Illinois are graduates of the College of Dentistry . UIC is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity." According to

869-797: A curriculum based on Urbana's courses, and students who successfully completed the first two years' requirements could go on to Urbana and finish their degree. Classes at the CUD campus began in October 1946, and approximately 4,000 students enrolled each semester. Nicknamed " Harvard on the rocks," three-quarters of its students were veterans on the G.I. Bill , many of whom were immigrants and most of whom worked other part-time jobs to support themselves. It also accommodated first-generation college students from working families who commuted from home. (Navy Pier makes an appearance in Robert Pirsig 's Zen and

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948-404: A fortified structure to withstand winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h) and safety glass capable of weathering intense storms. The new Ferris Wheel was unveiled on May 27, 2016. Around April 2019, the pier’s original carousel that had operated since 1995 was dismantled and removed, after the original carousel’s mechanism broke due to cold weather in early 2019 . Around late May into June,

1027-549: A goals-against average (GAA) of 0.36. The GAA was tops in the nation in 2006 and it also ranked fifth all-time in NCAA history. UIC posted 13 shutouts and never allowed more than a single goal in a match. UIC also allowed just two goals after intermission the entire season. Along with the GAA mark, UIC posted the nation's best save percentage with a 0.908 rate. In 2007, UIC soccer's successful season culminated in an Elite-Eight appearance in

1106-442: A landscaped hilltop. The park and performance laws were funded by a $ 20 million donation Navy Pier by the Polk family in 2014, and designed by James Corner Field Operations. The performance venues opened in 2017, as part of Navy Pier's 'Centennial Vision' redevelopment, replacing the pier's unused South Dock. The joint venture Madison Evans Construction Group was hired for the project in 2013. James McHugh Construction contributed to

1185-560: A much-wider selection of the American public. In 1945, Daley, who was then a state senator, introduced four bills calling for a university in Chicago. In 1946, realizing that they would be "besieged with applications," University of Illinois officials opened what was to be a temporary branch campus called the Chicago Undergraduate Division (CUD) on Navy Pier . The campus was not a junior college, but rather had

1264-564: A new carousel was installed in the site of the original. This new carousel had previously operated at Dorney Park from 1986-2016 under the name Chance Carousel. The Chicago Sun-Times has its headquarters in Navy Pier. WBEZ , affiliated with the newspaper, is the lessee of 45,000 square feet (4,200 m ) of space, which has radio and newspaper functions. Navy Pier hosts sightseeing tours from companies such as Seadog Ventures, Shoreline Sightseeing cruises and Water Taxi service, and

1343-507: A pool with adjoining lazy river. There is also a recreational facility on the west side of the campus. The Sport and Fitness Center, SFC, comprises a fitness floor, Olympic pool, steam room, multipurpose courts, and racquetball courts and much more. UIC Campus Recreation also oversees the Outdoor Field Complex, OFC, on the south side of campus. This outdoor complex comprises two large multipurpose fields. Campus Recreation hosts

1422-478: A scene in front of the then-abandoned pier. In the film Divergent , the pier and Ferris wheel are shown abandoned and decayed in a future Chicago and it is stated that they were abandoned by choice a long time before. The Dauntless members play capture the flag in the park. Tris and Four climb the Ferris wheel to spot the opposing team. In the book, the opposing team hides the flag in a park near Navy Pier, while in

1501-555: A variety of programs that promotes the wellness and well-being of students throughout the academic year. Such events includes RecFest, Destress fest, and many more. The University of Illinois College of Medicine offers a four-year program leading to the MD degree at three different sites in Illinois: Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford. (Urbana-Champaign faculty no longer participate in the University of Illinois College of Medicine, with

1580-548: A wider pedestrian space, moving tour-boat moorings to improve the view from a new central stairway centered on the Ferris wheel. Work began on the redevelopment plan, called The Centennial Vision, during the winter of 2013–2014. The purpose of the plan is to fulfill the mission to keep Navy Pier as a world-class public space and to renovate the pier so it will have more evening and year-round entertainment and more compelling landscape and design features. The Polk Family Foundation (founded by Sol Polk ) donated $ 20 million to

1659-620: Is a 10-minute walk or a short CTA ride away. UIC has a wide variety of amenities in its Student Centers . There are two on campus, one on the east side and one on the west side. Spark in the Park is an annual music festival that is held on Harrison field, off Halsted and Harrison, except in 2014 and 2015, when it was held in the UIC Pavilion due to construction on the Eisehower Expressway Interstate 290 . It

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1738-598: Is a 3,300-foot-long (1,010 m) pier on the shoreline of Lake Michigan , located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area in Chicago , Illinois, United States. Navy Pier encompasses over 50 acres (20 ha) of shops, restaurants, live theaters, family attractions, parks (including Polk Bros Park ), gardens, and exhibition facilities and is one of the top destinations in

1817-745: Is a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), and is among the most ethnically diverse universities in the United States. The Illinois–Chicago (UIC) athletic teams are called the Flames, a reference to the 1871 Great Chicago Fire . The university is a member of the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in

1896-418: Is a six-story glass atrium with a 50-foot (15 m) arched ceiling. Many schools come here for field-trips to see and experience the attraction. The Chicago Children's Museum is a part of the pier, with many different exhibits and activities for both children and adults to enjoy. Chicago Shakespeare Theater , a theater that performs Shakespeare's productions, is located there. The original Ferris wheel

1975-506: Is governed by the chancellor who is supported by seven vice chancellors, one CEO for administrative functions, and fifteen college deans. There is a library dean and three regional deans for colleges of medicine. UIC merged with the John Marshall Law School in 2019 and formally became the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law . It is the first public law school in the city of Chicago. One in ten Chicagoans with

2054-514: Is held during the second week of classes in the fall. The first year it was held was in 2010 where Kid Cudi was the headliner, followed by Lupe Fiasco in 2011, Childish Gambino in 2012, Kendrick Lamar in 2013, and J. Cole in 2014. In 2015 Twenty One Pilots were the headliners and also featured Wale . In 2016, rapper Young Thug was the opening act followed by a performance by both Daya and Travis Scott . In 2017, Nick Jonas performed along with DRAM. In 2018 rapper Rich The Kid headlined

2133-712: Is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop . The second campus established under the University of Illinois system , UIC is also the largest university in the Chicago metropolitan area , having more than 33,000 students enrolled in 16 colleges. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity." UIC competes in NCAA Division I Missouri Valley Conference . The University of Illinois Chicago traces its origins to several health colleges founded during

2212-405: Is located on the 16th floor. The fifth floor of the SSR has a pilot program for students with families. The program can house up to 15 families. Residents of the family program are zoned to Chicago Public Schools . Families living in the SSR are assigned to Washington Irving Elementary School and Crane High School . The brand new Academic and Residential Complex, ARC, was opened in response to

2291-565: The Midwestern United States , drawing over nine million visitors annually. It is one of the most visited attractions in the entire Midwest and is Chicago's second-most visited tourist attraction. Navy Pier opened to the public on July 15, 1916. Originally known as the "Municipal Pier", the pier was built by Charles Sumner Frost , a nationally known architect, with a design based on the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett . Its original purpose

2370-822: The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) since the 2022–23 academic year. The Flames previously competed in the D-I Horizon League from 1994–95 to 2021–22; in the D-I Mid-Continent Conference (Mid-Con, now currently known as the Summit League since the 2007–08 school year) from 1982–83 to 1993–94; as an NCAA D-I Independent during the 1981–82 school year; and in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) of

2449-545: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1949–50 to about 1980–81. UIC competes in 18 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball. In September 2006,

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2528-507: The National Science Foundation , UIC spent $ 361 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 69th in the nation. In the 2023 U.S. News & World Report's ranking of colleges and universities, the University of Illinois Chicago ranked as the 82nd best national university and the 40th best national public university . In the 2018 Washington Monthly ranking of national universities, UIC ranked as

2607-687: The collegiate gothic style. The colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Dentistry, Applied Health Sciences and Public Health, as well as the Library of the Health Sciences are all located on the West Campus. The West Campus is in the heart of the Illinois Medical District where the University of Illinois Medical Center is located. The Chicago Transit Authority 's Blue Line , part of the Chicago 'L' , runs through

2686-536: The 26th best national university in the U.S. In 2014–15, Academic Ranking of World Universities placed UIC in the 150–200 bracket in the world and 68–85 in the U.S. In 2016–17, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed UIC 63rd in the U.S. and 200th in the world. In 2014, Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 University Rankings (a comparison of universities less than 50 years old) placed UIC in

2765-560: The 3rd position in the U.S. and 13th in the world. The 2014/15 QS Worldwide University rankings placed UIC in the 186th position. Forbes ranked the University of Illinois Chicago 361st out of 650 universities in "America's Top Colleges 2014". In the 2012 rankings by the Institute of Higher Education in Shanghai, UIC tied for 51st–75th in the subject area of social sciences, 76th–100th in the subject area of medicine, and 101st–150th in

2844-557: The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ; its protagonist taught freshman English there.) Due to high demand for a public university education in Chicago, the university made plans to create a permanent degree-granting campus in Chicago. Students at CUD generally needed to transfer after two years to a more expensive private college in Chicago, or go to the main campus in Champaign–Urbana , where there were fewer opportunities for work, while at

2923-546: The East Campus, Commons West and Commons South are traditional halls with double rooms opening into a common hallway; each floor shares a common bathroom. Courtyard and Commons North are cluster-style buildings with rooms grouped to share a small private bathroom. These four buildings are connected to the Student Center East which houses a cafeteria, the campus bookstore, a convenience store, bowling/billiards,

3002-745: The NCAA tournament by way of wins over No. 12 St. Louis, Northwestern, and No. 8 Creighton. In a bid for a Final-Four appearance, UIC fell to Massachusetts 2–1. At season's end, UIC had a record of 13–6–6 and was named a top 10 team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). UIC's baseball team recorded 30 or more victories in a nine-year stretch from 2001 to 2010, won seven straight Horizon League Championships, and advanced to an NCAA regional four times (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008). UIC baseball has recorded regional wins against No. 1 Long Beach State in 2007 and No. 2 Dallas Baptist University in 2008. In 1978 and 1979

3081-607: The Sustainable SITES Initiative (SITES) rating system, based on its expanded green spaces, improved pedestrian access, energy efficiency, innovative storm water management, and use of recycled local materials. Phase II projects include the development of a seven-story, 240-room hotel, adjacent to the south side of Festival Hall; marquee additions to the East End Plaza, including a proposed arched, elevated overlook walkway and reflective water feature;

3160-412: The UIC Pavilion, a sports arena) was added in 1982. The East Campus is located on the Near West Side , just south of Greektown and a 15-minute walk from downtown Chicago . The juxtaposition of campus and commercial density was a direct result of large-scale urban renewal led by Mayor Richard J. Daley . The West Campus, also on the Near West Side , is much older and includes some buildings built in

3239-534: The UIC men's gymnastics team won the school's only NCAA team titles at the Division II Championships. Following the 1979 season the men's gymnastics program entered Division I competition and finished the season ranked 10th, Nationally. After the successful 1980 season the remainder of the UIC athletic teams ascended to Division I status. The 1996 men's gymnastics team finished the season in 9th place,

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3318-512: The University of Illinois Chicago Professional Colleges . In 1936, the first act of newly elected state representative Richard J. Daley was to introduce a resolution calling for the establishment of an undergraduate Chicago campus of the University of Illinois. As World War II was drawing to a close, Congress passed the G.I. Bill in 1944, which sought to reward veterans for their military service. Among other benefits, it provided educational funding, making college degrees far more attainable to

3397-422: The University of Illinois system consolidated UICC and UIMC to form the University of Illinois at Chicago ( UIC ), later dropping the "at" to become University of Illinois Chicago . In 2000, UIC began developing the south campus. The expansion of UIC south of Roosevelt Road increased on-campus living space and research facilities. In 2019, the John Marshall Law School, founded in 1899, became affiliated with

3476-525: The Wave Swinger), Teacups and the Carousel. New for 2021 is Drop Tower, an S&S Double Shot relocated from the closed Pleasure Island. Amazing Chicago's Funhouse Maze is on the pier. It is a self-paced, full sensory maze experience where a person navigates their way through 4,000 square feet (370 m ) of tunnels and mazes. Crystal Gardens is a one-acre, botanical garden inside the pier. It

3555-515: The West Campus contains two. Until the South Campus expansion, UIC students were still predominantly commuters. However, the administration has worked to change the campus to one where most students are residential. Nearly 6,000 students live within one-and-a-half miles of campus. 3,800 students, including over half of all freshmen, live in UIC's nine residence halls. There are also thousands of apartments within walking distance to classes. On

3634-496: The building. The university has approved a Climate Action Plan. The College of Nursing operates on five other campuses in central and northern Illinois: The University of Illinois Chicago offers over 90 bachelor's degrees, 100 master's degrees, and 60 doctoral degrees through its 16 colleges, in addition to the university's specialized honors college and the omnibus graduate college. UIC offers eleven inter-college programs, some of which are organized as centers. The university

3713-447: The buildings are largely intact, the walkways were taken down in phases during the early 1990s to make the campus more welcoming. Considerable effort has been expended to modify the original Netsch campus plan to create the feel of a traditional college campus. For example, the area in front of the main administration building, University Hall, has been the site of several renovations in the last decade; and, Credit Union 1 Arena (formerly

3792-492: The establishment of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine , hosted entirely at the flagship campus.) UIC is a major part of the Illinois Medical District (IMD). While IMD's billing itself "the nation's largest urban medical district" may be up for debate, the district is a major economic force contributing $ 3.3 billion to the local economy and supporting 50,000 jobs. In popular culture, UIC College of Medicine

3871-548: The film version, the flag is hidden in a tower of the Chicago Children's Museum building. In the video game NASCAR 09 , the pier is featured as a fictional race track. The album/DVD A Long Day's Night by Blue Öyster Cult was recorded live at Navy Pier/Skyline Stage on June 21, 2002. University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago ( UIC ) is a public research university in Chicago , Illinois , United States. Its campus

3950-453: The ground east of University Hall. The energy savings of 20–25% led to Lincoln Hall and Douglas Hall being certified US LEED Gold. Grant Hall did not apply for LEED certification even though it was the prototype for many of the features found on Lincoln and Douglas Halls. The new fascia are all glass and the buildings contain facilities for faculty and students. There are plans to expand the renovation project to every lecture hall cluster if

4029-520: The lake. Possibilities, including the enlarged Ferris wheel and a hotel, are mentioned as more remote possibilities. In March 2012, a competition led to selection of a design concept presented by a team led by James Corner of James Corner Field Operations that focuses on the pier's role as a waterfront promenade. In 2013, the Authority announced plans to carry out the first elements of a streamlined version of that concept, with reworked streetscape and

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4108-722: The late 19th century, including the Chicago College of Pharmacy, which opened in 1859, the College of Physicians and Surgeons (1882), and the Columbian College of Dentistry (1893). The University of Illinois was chartered in 1867 in Champaign-Urbana , as the state's land-grant university . In exchange for agreeing to the Champaign-Urbana location, Chicago-area legislators were promised that

4187-538: The median of the Eisenhower Expressway along the north side of the campus. Three Blue Line stations are close to the university: UIC-Halsted , Racine , and Illinois Medical District . The Pink Line serves UIC's west campus on Polk Street and runs directly to the Loop . UIC offers ten residence halls for its students. The East Campus contains five residence halls, the South Campus contains three, and

4266-516: The men's soccer team earned its highest ranking in school history when the SoccerTimes.com College Coaches Poll pegged the Flames at No. 6 in the country. In November 2006, UIC defeated Western Illinois 3–0 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament before falling in the second round to Notre Dame 1–0. UIC finished the 2006 season as the nation's best defensive squad after allowing a mere eight goals in over 1993 minutes of play during 21 matches for

4345-590: The new campus. In December 1961, the final decision to establish a four-year university in Chicago was made. In that same year, the Chicago Professional Colleges became the University of Illinois at the Medical Center (UIMC). Florence Scala led the fight against Mayor Richard J. Daley's plan to demolish her Italian-American neighborhood to construct the campus. In 1963, the trustees of Hull House accepted an offer of $ 875,000 for

4424-490: The ongoing enrollment increase at the university. The building consists of large lecture halls, smaller discussion section classrooms, meeting rooms, and student housing. The building also has a small gym for student occupants and a Starbucks . The UIC Student Recreation Facility (SRF) is a recreational complex for UIC students. Opened in spring 2006, the SRF features a three-story climbing wall , multipurpose courts for games, and

4503-453: The pavilion, which opened in 2018. The pavilion was underwritten by Peoples Gas . The park has hosted concerts, film screenings, and other events, such as fitness classes, ice cream socials , public art exhibitions, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater 's Shakespeare in the Park series. The space has been considered to host Taste of Chicago . In 2022, the park hosted a pop-up Pixar -themed mini- golf course . Navy Pier Navy Pier

4582-417: The perfect size for children to run through in cloaks of mist emitted from the fountain’s center." The Polk Bros Performance Lawns are a pair of lawns at the park's south end, with stages City Stage and Lake Stage. City Stage has steps to seat approximately 700–750 people, and faces west, and Lake Stage has an east-facing, sloping lawn which can accommodate approximately 1,700 people. The lawns are separated by

4661-687: The pier. The anchor from the naval vessel USS Chicago (CA-136/CG-11) is on display at the far end. Other installations include a statue of actor Bob Newhart on a couch as seen on The Bob Newhart Show , the Captain on the Helm statue dedicated to maritime captains, and the Crack the Whip sculpture of eight children at play holding hands by J. Seward Johnson Jr . The Festival Halls can be used for sporting events. Festival Halls A and B can be turned into

4740-557: The pilot program is successful. Other campus renovations include the roof of the Behavioral Sciences Building and the terrace of the Education, Performing Arts, and Social Work building. A brand new building housing the College of Engineering was opened in 2019 to accommodate the increased enrollment in the college. It features the only high bay structural laboratory in the city of Chicago. To accommodate

4819-481: The public as a mixed-use venue incorporating retail, dining, entertainment and cultural spaces. Efforts to update Navy Pier for the 21st century began on January 13, 2006, when the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority released a proposal for a major renovation of the pier, which including a monorail, a 260-foot (79 m) spokeless Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, floating hotel, and a water park with

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4898-604: The redevelopment effort; the park and fountain at the entrance to the pier was named the Polk Bros Park and Fountain. The park hosts concerts and screens films. A new Ferris wheel for the pier was announced on June 23, 2015. It is 196 feet (60 m) tall, 46 feet (14 m) taller than its predecessor. Rides now last twelve minutes instead of seven and feature three revolutions. The new wheel has brighter lights and opened in May 2016. The Centennial Vision 's first phase

4977-729: The rising enrollment in the computer science department, a new building is being constructed called the Computer Design Research and Learning Center (CDRLC); it is slated to be completed in the fall of 2024, with a budget of $ 117.8 million. The university's Office of Sustainability was founded in January 2008. Current sustainability initiatives include lighting upgrades, building envelope improvements, metering upgrades, and landscape waste composting. Recent work on Grant, Lincoln, and Douglas Halls included upgrading them to use geothermal heat pumps, which efficiently heat and cool

5056-568: The same time as going to school. Daley succeeded in getting the state senate in 1951 to pass a bill calling for a Chicago campus. Daley then became mayor of Chicago in 1955 and pressed the University of Illinois to upgrade the Chicago Undergraduate Center to a full-fledged four-year institution. After a long and controversial site decision process, in 1961, Mayor Daley offered the Harrison and Halsted Streets site for

5135-552: The settlement building. Jessie Binford and Scala took the case to the Supreme Court. Scala led marches to protest the construction. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider an appeal and the settlement was closed on March 28, 1963. During the construction of the 100-acre (0.40 km2) UIC campus, 200 businesses and 800 homes were bulldozed in Little Italy, with 5,000 residents displaced. In 1963, construction began on

5214-546: The show, and in 2019 21 Savage performed at the event. UIC houses 27 social fraternities and sororities, including both general and culturally based organizations. The student body at UIC consists of more than 30,000 total students, of which nearly 21,000 are undergraduate students. Demographic statistics for the student body as of 2023 were: The chancellor operates six diversity-related committees on Asian Americans , Blacks , Latinos , LGBT issues, persons with disabilities , and women. The University of Illinois Chicago

5293-458: The subject areas of life/agricultural sciences and natural sciences and mathematics. In U.S. News & World Report 's 2015 rankings, published in 2014, the University of Illinois Chicago Liautaud Graduate School of Business was ranked 92nd for among best business schools for its full-time MBA program. The university is located near the neighborhoods of Taylor Street, Greektown and Pilsen, with restaurants, and bars nearby. Downtown Chicago

5372-400: The tall ship "Windy". There are also dinner cruises by Entertainment Cruises on their ships the Spirit of Chicago , Odyssey II , and Mystic Blue . The pier has fireworks on Wednesday and Saturday nights during the summer and Saturday nights during the fall. Navy Pier hosts the Fifth Third Bank Winter Wonderfest from December through January. Many outdoor art installations are displayed on

5451-400: The university's new Chicago campus at Harrison and Halsted Streets south of the Greektown neighborhood. In February 1965, the new Chicago campus opened and was named the University of Illinois at Congress Circle (UICC) referencing the nearby Circle Interchange of I-290 and I-90 / I-94 ). Shortly before opening, the Congress Expressway was renamed the Eisenhower Expressway and the campus

5530-412: The university. In 2021, the UI Trustees voted to officially rename UIC John Marshall Law School as UIC School of Law , citing John Marshall's "role as a slave trader, slave owner of hundreds of slaves, pro-slavery jurisprudence, and racist views." UIC is Chicago's largest university with more than 33,000 students, 12,000 employees, 16 colleges and the state's major public medical center. The East Campus

5609-508: Was completed in summer 2016. Work included the redesign of the Pier's public spaces, known as Pierscape, and improvements to the interior of the Family Pavilion and South Arcade. Phase I projects included the transformation of South Dock into a more engaging, greener space, conversion of the South Arcade indoor walkway into a Chicago-themed food experience and creation of a lighted water fountain/ice skating rink in Polk Bros Park. In November 2016, Phase I development achieved Gold certification under

5688-627: Was designed in the brutalist style by Walter Netsch . The plan included second-story walkways that connected all of the buildings. Some of the later buildings in Netsch's design were not rectilinear (the Behavioral Sciences Building) and even irregularly shaped (Science and Engineering South, and the never-completed Art & Architecture building). These demonstrated his idea of "field theory": designs which used squares and rotations of squares superimposed on one another. While

5767-553: Was not done and the pier went into decline. In 1989, the City of Chicago had the Urban Land Institute (ULI) reimagine uses for the pier. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) was created; its responsibility was to manage and operate Navy Pier as well as McCormick Place . The MPEA undertook the redevelopment, incorporating some of ULI's recommendations. In 1995, Navy Pier was redesigned and introduced to

5846-546: Was partly founded as a result. After the university left, Navy Pier became underutilized. In 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened and increased commercial shipping activity at the pier for a short time, though business died down and left for more modern facilities at Lake Calumet . In 1976, the East End buildings were renovated and for a brief period the pier was alive again, home to summer events like ChicagoFest . But maintenance

5925-405: Was released on November 11, 2010, and recommended a more modest set of enhancements aimed at retaining the pier's role as a public space, rather than turning it into a theme park. Suggested elements include a concert venue, an enlarged Chicago Shakespeare Theater space, new restaurants, a renovated commercial area around the pier's entrance and additional park-like features to bring people closer to

6004-476: Was renamed to University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (UICC). UICC was designed in the brutalist style by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill , a Chicago-based architectural firm responsible for many of today's tallest skyscrapers. Unlike the CUD campus, Circle was a degree-granting institution. Within five years of the campus' opening, in addition to undergraduate degrees , virtually every department offered graduate degrees . In September 1982,

6083-599: Was sold on September 27, 2015, and moved to Branson, Missouri , where it opened in 2016. The new 196-foot (60 m) Ferris wheel which replaced it is a DW60 from Dutch Wheels, the Netherlands-based company that built the pier's former wheel. The state-of-the-art DW60 is the first of its kind in the U.S. with similar wheels currently in operation in Hong Kong and Baku, Azerbaijan. Significant features include two-sided cars that allow for easy loading and unloading,

6162-675: Was the Medical School affiliated with Cook County Hospital in the television series E.R. After the major $ 550 million South Campus expansion, the university began renovating existing facilities on campus. This focus is in part due to a constrained state budget: state funds for new buildings are scarce. Since renovation is less costly, this approach is being used to update facilities. The first such renovations were to three original "pillbox" buildings: Grant Hall, Lincoln Hall, and Douglas Hall. The renovated buildings use solar and geothermal power which required digging fifty wells 500 feet into

6241-603: Was to serve as a dock for freighters, passenger ships, and indoor and outdoor recreation; events like expositions and pageants were held there. In mid-1918, the pier was also used as a jail for draft dodgers. In 1927, the pier was renamed Navy Pier to honor the naval veterans who served in World War I . In 1941, during World War II , the pier became a training center for the United States Navy ; about 10,000 people worked, trained and lived there. The pier contained

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