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Here are some other bits and pieces:
- Our past graduates.
- Our PhD program ranks as 22-41 in the ranking privided by phds.org if the main priorities are (1) research productivity, (2) placement rate (finding a job), (3) faculty-student ratio, (4) low tuition and (5) NCR survey-based quality.
- Some retro bits and pieces: 1. Ernie Shult, famous for his contributions to the theory of finite groups, studied and worked for a while at SIUC (see p.4)..
- Centers where our faculty have collaborative ties: Philip Feinsilver at Nancy, France.
- One of our colleagues, Lane Clark, has Erdös Number 1. Most of our faculty have Erdös Number 2 or 3, while the worldwide mean Erdös Number among mathematicians is about 5. (More on this piece of mathematical folklore).