The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) is part of the

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univers ...

and is considered by some to be the top school of

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

-related sciences in the world. Most of the ACES buildings are located on the South Quad. In terms of staff, ACES has 186 tenure-system faculty, 78 specialized faculty, 26 postdoctoral researchers, 493 academic professionals, 565 civil service staff, 323 assistants, and 956 hourly employees.

Facilities

* ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center * Turner Hall * Animal Sciences Laboratory * Edward R. Madigan Laboratory * Agriculture Engineering Sciences Building * Mumford Hall, named for Herbert Windsor Mumford I * Bevier Hall

Departments

* Agricultural and Biological Engineering The undergraduate Agricultural Engineering program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was ranked 1st and the undergraduate engineering program was ranked 5th in the 2008 America's Best Colleges edition of ''U.S. News & World Report'' (published in August 2007). The graduate engineering program at Illinois was ranked 5th in the 2007 Best Graduate Schools issue of ''U.S. News & World Report'' (published in March 2007). (College of Engineering) (ACES News) * Agricultural and Consumer Economics * Agricultural Education * Animal Sciences * Technical Systems Management * Crop Sciences * Food Science and Human Nutrition * Human Development and Family Studies * Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences ** Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program * Division of Nutritional Sciences

Deans

* Herbert Windsor Mumford I (1922–1938) * John R. Campbell (1983–1988) * W. R. (Reg) Gomes (1989–1995) * David L. Chicoine (1996–2001) * Robert A. Easter (2002–2009) * Robert J. Hauser (2009–2016) * Kimberlee K. Kidwell (2017–present)

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