UI's Brilliant Futures fund campaign passes halfway mark

They're more than halfway there.

Just over $1 billion has been raised for the Urbana campus as part of the University of Illinois Brilliant Futures campaign.

Money raised from the campaign will go toward undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, endowed faculty chairs and professorships, program support and research, plus facilities, equipment, library materials and works of art.

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