City of Urbana
town in and county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United Stateswww.urbanail.gov
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Nov 3, 2026
Jeanne SparrowHOST
Researchers Jeffrey Brown and Matthias Cronlund say if the $3.3 billion endowment had simply matched that standard, it would be worth nearly $4.1 billion today.
Jeanne SparrowHOST
The professors estimate the extra funds could have generated an additional $31 million every year for scholarships, professorships, and campus programs across Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield.
Jeanne SparrowHOST
The report points to costly active management and underperforming private investments as main drivers of the shortfall, suggesting the university would be better off using low-cost index funds.
Jeanne SparrowHOST
Because the University of Illinois Foundation operates as an independent nonprofit, it isn't subject to state public records laws, leaving many details of its investment strategy out of public view.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Be sure you get out to vote.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Fall leaf collection starts in Urbana today.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Residents asked to have bag leaves of the curb for the city's November 2nd through November 6th collection period.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Additional Urbana collection period scheduled for November 16th through the 20th and November 30th through December 4th.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Once again, be sure you do your best.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Get out and vote today.
26 MINS LATER
Lillian WuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
America's listening to Fox News.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Here's a look at local news.
Brian ByersHOST
You know what's strange? Not strange, just I didn't realize.
Brian ByersHOST
I was looking at the University of Illinois Urbana's Facebook page or scrolling through something and saw on the news feed that actor Alan Ruck, who was, I guess, if you have to say most known for it, has to be Ferris Bueller's Day Off, although he played a big role in Succession.
Brian ByersHOST
the HBO show that won all the awards and had all of the critics.
Brian ByersHOST
He's 70 years old.
Lisa RuthHOST
yeah
Lisa MooreGUEST
and I just remember thinking oh my god look at that place you know anyway I didn't dare audition for Juilliard so I auditioned for this university that this professor was at, which was Champaign-Urbana, University of Illinois.
Lisa MooreGUEST
And I got in.
Lisa MooreGUEST
So I transferred in my junior year.
Brian MackeyHOST
Her book is called How to Raise a Citizen and Why It's Up to You to Do It.
Brian MackeyHOST
I'm Brian Mackey, and that's coming up today on The 21st Show, which is a production of Illinois Public Media, airing on WILL in Urbana, WUIS in Springfield, WNIJ in Rockford DeKalb, WVIK in the Quad Cities, WSIU in Carbondale, and Tri-States Public Radio in Macomb, Galesburg, and Keokuk.
Brian MackeyHOST
But first, news.
Brian MackeyHOST
From Illinois Public Media, this is The 21st Show.
Jeanne IvesHOST
Vote yes.
Jeanne IvesHOST
Those communities are Champaign, Cunningham, Urbana, Peoria, Kickapoo, Medina, Normal, DuPage, and Oak Park.
Jeanne IvesHOST
For example, I got a notice from somebody, a DuPage township reference.
Jeanne IvesHOST
representative in DuPage Township, if you're in that township, this is on your ballot.
JordanGUEST
I had a mentor at the time and he really encouraged me to go back to school, um, to pursue a master's in business and MBA.
JordanGUEST
Um, and so I did that at the university of Illinois, uh, at Urbana-Champaign did that online.
JordanGUEST
Thank God.
JordanGUEST
There's no way I could do that in person.
Greg SouljeCORRESPONDENT
Let's check weather.
Greg SouljeCORRESPONDENT
Free Central Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and Vicinity.
Greg SouljeCORRESPONDENT
Significant moisture maker and some gusty winds, too.
Greg SouljeCORRESPONDENT
Highlighting the weather scene through the first half of the week.
14 MINS LATER
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
The driver of the car was not hurt.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Nearly 11 months after a devastating fire, Ilmo Products Company rebuilding its Mattoon operation, family-owned distributor of industrial gases and welding supplies, broke ground last week on a new branch office at 4112 Lakeland Boulevard, the site of its former facility.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Urbana police arresting a 14-year-old Urbana High School student accused of making a social media threat against the school.
Jim MillerCORRESPONDENT
Police say the local FBI office alerted them to a post threatening to shoot up the school.
Michelle GibsonGUEST
It's called the Thumb Fire.
Michelle GibsonGUEST
And those five fires took place on October 8th of 1871, and then there was another fire that took place in Urbana, Illinois, on the 9th of October, all in one weekend.
Michelle GibsonGUEST
And it's was noteworthy, not just because they happened on the same day, but all of the fires had the same characteristics.
Michelle GibsonGUEST
So the one in Chicago was the one that got the most historical attention with the legend about the cow.
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