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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

The University of Illinois is the state’s leading and most comprehensive public university with campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield. Other teaching and service sites include a hospital and clinics in Chicago, regional campuses in Peoria and Rockford, and other facilities throughout the state. Online classes expand educational opportunities for residents of the state of Illinois and beyond.

The University serves the people of Illinois through a shared commitment to excellence in teaching, research, public service, and economic development. University of Illinois faculty, staff, and students share their knowledge and expertise and the resources of the University with citizens in every corner of the state through more than 700 public service and outreach programs.

The University attracts many of the nation’s most talented students to hundreds of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs—many of them ranked among the best in the United States. Faculty members are world leaders in research and discovery and contribute new knowledge and life-changing breakthroughs to a variety of fields including engineering, agriculture, law, veterinary medicine, the arts, business, liberal arts and sciences, and medicine and the health sciences.

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY FALL 2015

Total enrollment 80,292Full-time equivalent employees 24,974 Faculty 6,068 Administrative and professional 7,632 Support staff 11,274Graduate assistant (headcount) 9,451Degrees awarded (2014–2015) 20,915Operating budget* $5.64 billion Separately funded research $747.3 millionLiving alumni** 693,581Student organizations 1,757* Operating budget includes $1.12 billion in payments made on behalf of the

University for employee benefits and $36.9 million for the Academic Facilities Maintenance Fund Assessment (AFMFA).

**All are members of the Alumni Association.

Numbers from 2014–2015. 2015–2016 data not available because state budget was not finalized at time of printing.

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Campuses

Campus locations: Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield. The UIC College of Medicine has regional campuses in Rockford, Peoria, and Urbana. The UIC College of Pharmacy offers a graduate program in Rockford. The UIC College of Nursing has branch programs in the Quad Cities, Peoria, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. The University of Illinois at Springfield offers academic programs at the Peoria Center. The Urbana campus offers classes in downtown and suburban Chicago. All three campuses offer online classes.• More than 800 buildings with replacement of $9.9

billion.• The three campuses encompass 2,433 on-campus acres

with 10,520 acres in other land holdings.

UILLINOIS.EDU

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CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

Thanks to a proposal by recent UIS graduate James Welt, the National Park Service added the 1850s-era Strawbridge-Shepherd House, located on the southern edge of the UIS campus, to the National Register of Historic Places.

Outside at the Research Park, a series of public outdoor summer concerts that are popular with music lovers in the greater Champaign-Urbana area, is a partnership between the Research Park, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and Fox/Atkins Development, LLC.

Chicago Star Scholars, from City Colleges of Chicago, who transfer to UIC and meet academic criteria are now eligible to receive a UIC Star Scholar Award of $5,000 over two years towards a bachelor’s degree.

In late summer, the UIS Survey Research Office released the results of a national survey gauging views on transgender rights and supportive policies in key areas including health care, prisons, military service, and K–12 education.

The UIC Council on Teacher Education is responsible for Illinois State Board of Education licensure of elementary and secondary school teachers, accreditation of professional education programs, and supervision of pre-service field experience for K-12 educators.

UIC College of Nursing and Applied Health Sciences researchers have found that a novel biomarker of alcohol consumption is significantly higher in binge drinkers than in those who consume alcohol moderately. This finding could help screen young adults for binge drinking or heavy episodic alcohol use.

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Homeowners may soon be spared tedious lawn mowing, thanks to Urbana mechanical science and engineering PhD candidate Junho Yang who, along with two professors and funding from John Deere, has developed a robotic lawn mower with an omnidirectional vision system.

Students participating in the UIS Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center’s 2016 Alternative Spring Break program will travel to Puerto Rico, spending the break volunteering and creating social change, with a focus on sustainability and youth and education-related work.

The Urbana campus College of Business now offers online iMBA courses with a variety of learning options. Students may apply for the online-only Master of Business Administration degree program, take individual for-credit specialization courses and apply for the program later, or try out one of the free non-credit courses simply to expand their knowledge base.

An analysis of

eight years

of data from

the National

Health and

Nutrition

Examination

Survey by

Rupoeng

An, Urbana

kinesiology

and

community

health

professor,

revealed that

eating at a

full-service

restaurant

can be more

unhealthy

than eating

at a fast-food

restaurant,

due to

increased

cholesterol

and sodium

intake.

Scholars from around the globe

convene on UIC’s campus each year for

the Great Cities Institute symposium

to discuss urban development, social

welfare, economic vitality, corporate

responsibility, and international trade.

The UIS Biology Club planted a butterfly garden on campus with milkweed and nectar plants to help the declining butterfly population as part of the #SaveMilkweedSaveMonarchs Challenge from Monarch Joint Venture, a partnership of federal and state agencies and non-government organizations working to protect monarch migration.

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ADMINISTRATION HIGHLIGHTS

Students from all three campuses participated in ThinkChicago, a program designed to showcase Chicago tech industry opportunities for young, skilled leaders. ThinkChicago is a key part of the University’s retention strategy to keep top talent in Illinois.

In 2015, UI Health earned certification as an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center from the Joint Commission, the nationally recognized health care accrediting agency. This designation, held by only 70 hospitals around the country and just five in Illinois, acknowledges the hospital’s state-of-the-art infrastructure, training, and treatment protocols for stroke patients.

All three

University

of Illinois

campuses

were

ranked as

Best Online

Programs

by U.S.

News &

World

Report for

2015.

The Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at UI Health is the only center in the Chicagoland area to treat both children and adults. It offers the only known cure for the disease, stem cell transplantation, and has functionally cured 12 adult sickle cell patients.

The University of Illinois serves as an affiliate partner with national Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a K–12 STEM education program. PLTW Illinois helps support 800 teachers from more than 300 schools statewide to promote pre-engineering, biomedical sciences, computer science, and elementary/middle school STEM courses.

The University’s

robust innovation

pipeline brings

research, technology

commercialization, and

entrepreneurial education

together to elevate ideas

from the laboratory

to the marketplace. In

FY2015, U of I research

led to the creation of 15

startup companies.

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UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP

Board of Trustees (with year term expires)

Ramón Cepeda, Chicago, 2021

Ricardo Estrada, Chicago, 2017

Patrick Fitzgerald, Chicago, 2019

Karen A. Hasara, Springfield, 2017

Patricia Brown Holmes, Chicago, 2017

Timothy N. Koritz, Roscoe, 2019

Edward L. McMillan, Greenville, 2021

James D. Montgomery, Chicago, 2019

Jill B. Smart, Downers Grove, 2021

Three student trustees, one from each campus, are elected to one-year terms; one has a binding vote and two have advisory votes.

Executive OfficersTimothy L. Killeen, PhD, President

Michael D. Amiridis, PhD, Chancellor, U of I at Chicago; Vice President, U of I

Susan J. Koch, PhD, Chancellor, U of I at Springfield; Vice President, U of I

Barbara J. Wilson, PhD, Interim Chancellor, U of I at Urbana-Champaign; Vice President, U of I

Jerry L. Bauman, PharmD, Interim Vice President for Health Affairs

Thomas R. Bearrows, JD, University Counsel

Thomas P. Hardy, MS, Executive Director for University Relations

Susan Kies, EdD, Secretary of the University

Walter K. Knorr, BA, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President

Christophe Pierre, PhD, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Lawrence Schook, PhD, Vice President for Research

Vacant, Executive Director for Governmental Relations

Officers of University-related OrganizationsJames H. Moore, Jr., MS, President/CEO, University of Illinois Foundation

Loren R. Taylor, MA, President, University of Illinois Alumni Association

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URBANA-CHAMPAIGNILLINOIS.EDU

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is dedicated to building upon its tradition of excellence in education, research, public engagement and economic development. Its more than 3,000 faculty members discover and create new knowledge. Their work is an economic engine for the state and is recognized with many of the world’s top academic and creative awards. The campus’ outstanding academic programs, extraordinary resources, and bountiful opportunities attract top-caliber students. They join research teams, spend semesters abroad, create art in old and new ways, and lead and participate in hundreds of student organizations. The Urbana campus has more than 425,000 alumni who are global leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor.

Birth order has no meaningful effect on personality or IQBeing born first doesn’t mean that you are automatically smarter or more outgoing than a younger sibling. The differences in personality traits between firstborn children and “laterborns” are not significant or meaningful, according to a largest-of-its-kind study of 377,000 high school students conducted by psychology professor Brent Roberts, along with postdoctoral researcher Rodica Damian. The study confirmed previous studies that showed that firstborns do enjoy a one-IQ-point advantage over laterborns and tend to be more extroverted, agreeable, and conscientious. These differences are “infinitesimally small,” according to Roberts.

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN FALL 2015

Full-time equivalent employees 11,435 Faculty 3,151 Administrative and professional 4,006 Support staff 4,278Graduate assistant (headcount) 5,877Degrees awarded (2014–2015) 12,456Operating budget* $2.04 billionSeparately funded research $468.1 million* Operating budget excludes payments on behalf and the Academic Facilities

Maintenance Fund Assessment (AFMFA).

Numbers from 2014–2015. 2015–2016 data not available because state budget was not finalized at time of printing.

ENROLLMENT FALL 2015 HEADCOUNT PERCENTAGE

Total 45,842 Undergraduate 33,368 72.8% Male 18,729 56.1% Female 14,639 43.9% Black 1,801 5.4% Hispanic 3,133 9.4% American Indian/Alaska Native 22 0.1% Asian 5,757 17.3% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 25 0.1% Two or More Races 950 2.8%Graduate 11,482 25.0%Professional 992 2.2%Illinois residents* 28,245 61.6%Out-of-state residents* 7,173 15.6%International 10,424 22.7%* based on permanent home address

Mobile app promotes safetyAn Urbana student patrol officer was named the first recipient of the Dave Benton Outstanding Champaign County Crime Fighter Award by Crime Stoppers of Champaign County for his efforts in developing the university’s SafeWalks mobile app. Safewalks is a courtesy service provided to U of I students, faculty, and staff that provides a walking escort in dark areas in an effort to significantly reduce the chances being targeted by a criminal. The service, previously only available by making a phone call, can now be requested quickly and easily through the GPS-enabled app developed by computer engineering student Michael Hao.

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ACADEMIC UNITS WITH FALL 2015 ALL STUDENT ENROLLMENTS

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences 3,387College of Applied Health Sciences 2,240College of Business 4,336College of Education 1,403College of Engineering 10,858College of Fine and Applied Arts 2,321Division of General Studies 2,790Graduate College 78School of Labor and Employment Relations 206College of Law 580College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 14,113Graduate School of Library and Information Science 555College of Media 1,104School of Social Work 537College of Veterinary Medicine 567Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning Undergraduate 481 Graduate 286

Telling stories of African-American men through danceKemal Nance, a post-doctoral lecturer in the Department of Dance, brings expertise in African-American dance and a valued male perspective to the field. Nance is the first male teacher of a dance form called Umfundalai—an African dance technique created 45 years ago. It is a stylized form of dance that combines traditional African dance with Afro-Caribbean and contemporary African-American dance. He created a program about African-American masculinity for Krannert Art Museum and has had his work performed at the American College Dance Association regional conference.

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CAMPUS INFORMATION

Admissions

Urbana-ChampaignOffice of Admissions and Records, MC-061901 West Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801217-333-0302admissions.illinois.edu

ChicagoOffice of Admissions and Records, MC-018 1200 West Harrison Street, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60607-7161312-996-4350admissions.uic.edu

SpringfieldOffice of Admissions and Records, MS UHB 1080One University Plaza, Springfield, IL 627031-888-977-4847 or 217-206-4847uis.edu/admissions

Athletics

Urbana-ChampaignA charter member of the Big Ten Conference, Urbana competes in Division I of the NCAA.

ChicagoUIC is part of the Horizon League and competes in Division I of the NCAA.

SpringfieldUIS is part of the Great Lakes Valley Conference and competes in Division II of the NCAA.

Libraries

University Library at Urbana-Champaignlibrary.illinois.edu

University Library at UIClibrary.uic.edu

Brookens Library at UISlibrary.uis.edu

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CHICAGOUIC.EDU

The University of Illinois at Chicago is the city’s largest university and a research institution of growing national and international prominence. With the nation’s largest college of medicine and colleges of dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, social work, and applied health sciences, UIC is the state’s principal educator of health professionals. In every college, UIC faculty, students, and staff work with neighborhood, foundation, and government partners on a wide range of projects to improve the quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world. By emphasizing practical research along with a commitment to students who reflect the diversity of the United States, UIC sets a high standard for the dynamic, vibrant, and engaged 21st century urban university.

Let’s give them a handDrew Reed received a very special gift on his sixth birthday from the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) student organization in the form of a custom-made, 3D-printed prosthetic arm. Drew, born without a right hand or wrist, was matched to the team through a network called e-NABLE that enlists volunteer groups to build 3D-printed prosthetics for children. A 3D-printed arm is lightweight, kid-friendly, and low-cost, making it easy to produce another after a growth spurt, unlike a traditional prosthetic device. Because Drew’s case was more severe, none of the available open-source designs would work, so BMES designed an arm just for him.

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO FALL 2015

Full-time equivalent employees 11,613 Faculty 2,637 Administrative and professional 2,680 Support staff 6,296Graduate assistant (headcount) 3,324Degrees awarded (2014–2015) 6,950Operating budget* $2.10 billionSeparately funded research $258.1 million* Operating budget excludes payments on behalf and the Academic Facilities

Maintenance Fund Assessment (AFMFA).

Numbers from 2014–2015. 2015–2016 data not available because state budget was not finalized at time of printing.

ENROLLMENT FALL 2015 HEADCOUNT PERCENTAGE

Total 29,048Undergraduate 17,575 60.5% Male 8,770 49.9% Female 8,805 50.1% Black 1,423 8.1% Hispanic 4,957 28.2% American Indian/Alaska Native 15 0.1% Asian 3,894 22.2% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 35 0.2% Two or More Races 470 2.7%Graduate 8,540 29.4%Professional 2,933 10.1%Illinois residents* 23,818 82.0%Out-of-state residents* 2,102 7.2%International 3,128 10.8%*based on permanent home address

Industrial design can be fun and gamesJuniors in the School of Design spent part of their spring 2015 semester researching, conceptualizing, and building model games with a goal of having a game selected for manufacture by Marbles: the Brain Store. The winning design was “Newton’s Marbles,” a game similar to Connect Four and Pentago, designed by students Ricardo Salazar and Christian Cappet, who will have their names credited on the product. Newton’s Marbles uses gravity, a rotating wooden board, and glass marbles and is expected to be available in stores in 2016.

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Honors college student chosen as Rangel ScholarUsama Ibrahim, a dual-degree candidate in neuroscience and political science, was one of 15 scholars selected nationwide for the 2015 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment program. He is the first UIC student ever chosen for the six-week program promoting greater diversity in U.S. representation abroad. He spent the summer of 2015 at Howard University learning about foreign policy, international affairs, and related career opportunities. Ibrahim is also a UIC President’s Award Program Honors Scholar and was awarded a 2015 Chancellor’s Student and Leadership Award for commitment to service and community engagement.

ACADEMIC UNITS WITH FALL 2015 ALL STUDENT ENROLLMENTS

College of Applied Health Sciences 1,936College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts 1,154College of Business Administration 3,233College of Dentistry 404College of Education 978College of Engineering 4,635Graduate College 247College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 10,552College of Medicine at Chicago 955 at Peoria 167 at Rockford 207 at Urbana-Champaign 252College of Nursing 1,344College of Pharmacy 916School of Public Health 891Jane Addams College of Social Work 475College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs 455School of Continuing Studies Undergraduate 2 Graduate 245

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Campus Urbana 217-333-1000Chicago 312-996-7000Springfield 217-206-6600

News MediaUniversity Administration 217-333-6400Urbana 217-333-1085Chicago 312-996-3456Springfield 217-206-6716

Alumni Associationuiaa.org 800-355-2586

Foundation/Campus Developmentuif.uillinois.edu 217-333-0810

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SPRINGFIELDUIS.EDU

The University of Illinois at Springfield emphasizes a strong liberal arts core and a broad engagement in public affairs issues of the day. Students and faculty conduct research and public service projects in the living laboratory that is the Illinois state capital to improve regional, state, national, and global communities. The diverse student body, comprised of traditional, non-traditional, and international students, thrives in a friendly learning environment that offers substantial student-faculty interaction. The campus offers more than 40 degree-granting programs and is a recognized leader in online education. Students may also attend classes at UIS’ Peoria Center.

Youth get inventive through national camp experienceMore than 100 first through sixth graders spent a week last summer exploring connections between science, technology, engineering, and innovation through fun, hands-on activities on campus at Camp Invention. Directed by chemistry professor Harsh Bapat, with UIS faculty and area elementary teachers as instructors, the camp is a partnership between the university and Invent Now, a national non-profit organization, in association with the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. UIS was one of 1,200 sites nationwide to offer the camp, designed to create a positive impact on children’s interest in STEM and invention.

ACADEMIC UNITS WITH FALL 2015 ALL STUDENT ENROLLMENT

College of Business and Management 1,455College of Education and Human Services 408College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2,409College of Public Affairs and Administration 820Non-degree seeking and Undecided 310

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44th commencement largest yet for UISIn 2015 the Springfield campus celebrated its 20th year as a campus of the University of Illinois. On May 16, a record 967 students took part in the 44th Commencement ceremony at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in downtown Springfield, with more than 6,000 guests in attendance. The address was delivered by alumnus Thom Serafin, one of the founders of the UIS Public Reporting program, a one-year graduate program with an emphasis on experiential learning.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD FALL 2015

Full-time equivalent employees 789 Faculty 273 Administrative and professional 212 Support staff 304Graduate assistant (headcount) 231Degrees awarded (2014–2015) 1,509Operating budget* $88.8 millionSeparately funded research $1.52 million* Operating budget excludes payments on behalf and the Academic Facilities

Maintenance Fund Assessment (AFMFA).

Numbers from 2014–2015. 2015–2016 data not available because state budget was not finalized at time of printing.

ENROLLMENT FALL 2015 HEADCOUNT PERCENTAGE

Total 5,402 Undergraduate 2,937 54.4% Male 1,446 49.2% Female 1,491 50.8% Black 451 15.4% Hispanic 198 6.7% American Indian/Alaska Native 6 0.2% Asian 108 3.7% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 3 0.1% Two or More Races 83 2.8%Graduate 2,465 45.6%Illinois residents* 3,634 67.3%Out-of-state residents* 724 13.4%International 1,044 19.3%* based on permanent home address

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ACADEMIC YEAR COSTS

2015–16, TWO SEMESTERS Urbana UIC UISUndergraduate in-state base tuition1, 2 $12,036 $10,584 $9,405Graduate in-state base tuition1,2,3 $12,060 $11,480 $7,896Mandatory fees4 $3,590 $4,220 $2,998On-campus housing5 $10,180 $10,332 $9,6501 Undergraduate figures are the four-year guaranteed base rate for entering

students. Graduate rates reflect the general base rate. UIS students enrolled in the Capital Scholars Honors Program are assessed an additional $500.

2 Out-of-state and international students are charged higher rates than in-state students.

3 The following are professional in-state tuition rates: Speech and Hearing Science $12,216; Dentistry $47,670 (3 terms); Law entering Summer 2013 and after $38,250; Law entering Fall 2012 $37,100; Law entering Fall 2011 $36,400; Medicine $35,442; Nursing Practice $22,250; Pharmacy $24,920; Physical Therapy $16,100; and Veterinary Medicine $26,634.

4 Mandatory fees exclude refundable fees. Chicago Medicine students are charged $4,274; Springfield graduate students are charged $3,534; Urbana-Champaign graduate students are charged $3,758; Urbana-Champaign Veterinary Medicine students are charged $3,958; and Urbana-Champaign Law students are charged $3,843.

5 Rates vary based on room capacity and meal plans.

Student Financial AidFinancial aid of more than $1.41 billion assisted U of I students in 2013–14, the latest year for which numbers are available. A total of 172,891 awards were made to 62,659 students in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield. “Gift” aid, including scholarships, grants, fellowships, and tuition and fee waivers, accounted for 49 percent of the total. Employment and loans covered 51 percent. Students earned more than $192.6 million from university-related jobs in 2013–14.

Voluntary SupportFiscal Year 2015: $251.5 millionIn FY15, 157,964 separate gifts were made to the University of Illinois. During the five years ending in June 2015, the University and University of Illinois Foundation received more than $1.17 billion in gift income.

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Where does the money come from?

UNIVERSITY FINANCIALS

The total operating budget* for the University of Illinois is $5.64 billion.

How is the money spent?

Student Tuition and Fees 20.1%State Payments on Behalf 19.9%

State Revenues 11.9%Earnings, misc. (e.g., hospital and medical

services plans) 13.5%

US Grants and Contracts/Federal Appropriations

13.3%

Auxiliary and Departmental Operations

(e.g., bookstores, housing) 12.6%

Institutional Funds 5.9%Private Gifts 2.8%

Instructional and Departmental Research 19.9%

Separately Budgeted Research 16.7%

Hospital Operations 12.6%Academic Support 10.3%

Auxiliary and Independent Enterprises

9.8%

Extension and Public Service 9.6%Administration and General 6.8%

Physical Plant 6.0%Student Aid 5.6%

Student Services 2.7%

* Includes $1.12 billion in payments made on behalf of the University for employee benefits and $36.9 million for the Academic Facilities Maintenance Fund Assessment (AFMFA).

Numbers from 2014–2015. 2015–2016 data not available because state budget was not finalized at time of printing.

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Pocket Facts is produced by the Office for University Relations. Data are provided by the Office for Planning and Budgeting. Both offices are units of University Administration. Photos courtesy of each campus.

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