UIUC College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES) is part of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and is considered by some to be the top school of agriculture-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. [1]

UIUC College of
Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
Mumford Hall on the South Quad houses the Office of the Dean of ACES
TypeLand-Grant, Public, State
Established1867
Parent institution
University of Illinois
DeanKimberlee K. Kidwell
Academic staff
260
Administrative staff
1,378
Students3,470
Undergraduates2,732
Postgraduates738
Location
Urbana
,
Illinois
,
U.S.

40.103647°N 88.226015°W / 40.103647; -88.226015
NicknameCollege of ACES
Websiteaces.illinois.edu

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[2]

The undergraduate Agricultural Engineering program at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is ranked 1st and the undergraduate engineering program is 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 is ranked 5th in the Best Graduate Schools issue of U.S. News & World Report (published in March 2007). (College of Engineering) (ACES News)

  • Agricultural and Consumer Economics[3]
  • Agricultural Education[4]
  • Animal Sciences[5]
  • Crop Sciences[6]
  • Food Science and Human Nutrition[7]
  • Human Development and Family Studies[8]
  • Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences[9]
    • Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program[10]
  • Division of Nutritional Sciences[11]

Deans
  • Herbert Windsor Mumford I (1922–1938)
  • John R. Campbell (1983–1988)
  • W. R. (Reg) Gomes (1989–1995)[12]
  • David L. Chicoine (1996–2001)[13]
  • Robert A. Easter (2002–2009)[14]
  • Robert J. Hauser (2009–2016)[15]
  • Kimberlee K. Kidwell (2017–present)[16]

References
  1. "Overview of ACES".
  2. "Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". abe.illinois.edu/. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. "Agricultural and Consumer Economics :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". ace.illinois.edu/. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  4. "Agricultural Education :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". aged.illinois.edu/. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  5. "Department of Animal Sciences :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". ansc.illinois.edu/. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  6. "Crop Sciences :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign". cropsciences.illinois.edu/. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  7. "Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". fshn.illinois.edu/. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  8. "Department of Human Development and Family Studies :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". hdfs.illinois.edu/. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  9. "Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". nres.illinois.edu/. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  10. http://agroecologyandsustainableagriculture.org/
  11. "Division of Nutritional Sciences :: College of ACES, University of Illinois". nutrsci.illinois.edu/. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  12. https://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1995/0426/ag.html
  13. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/208221
  14. https://www.uillinois.edu/cms/one.aspx?portalId=1324&pageId=137005
  15. http://news.aces.illinois.edu/news/kidwell-named-college-agricultural-consumer-and-environmental-sciences-dean
  16. https://aces.illinois.edu/about/leadership/kimberlee-kidwell


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