▁scholar ships , ▁financial ▁aid ▁and ▁career ▁opportun ities . ▁ ▁D iversity ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁Illinois ▁at ▁Chicago ▁is ▁a ▁feder ally ▁designated ▁His pan ic ▁Ser ving ▁Institution ▁( H SI ) ▁and ▁is ▁among ▁the ▁most ▁eth n ically ▁diverse ▁univers ities ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Camp us ▁ ▁U IC ▁is ▁Chicago ' s ▁largest ▁university ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 3 , 0 0 0 ▁students , ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁employees , ▁ 1 6 ▁colleg es ▁and ▁the ▁state ' s ▁major ▁public ▁medical ▁center . ▁ ▁The ▁East ▁Camp us ▁was ▁designed ▁in ▁the ▁brut al ist ▁style ▁by ▁Walter ▁Net sch . ▁ ▁The ▁plan ▁included ▁second - story ▁walk ways ▁that ▁connected ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁buildings . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁later ▁buildings ▁in ▁Net sch ' s ▁design ▁were ▁not ▁rect il ine ar ▁( the ▁Be havior al ▁Sciences ▁Building ) ▁and ▁even ▁irregular ly ▁sh aped ▁( S cience ▁and ▁Engineering ▁South , ▁and ▁the ▁never - comple ted ▁Art ▁& ▁Architecture ▁building ). ▁These ▁demonstrated ▁his ▁idea ▁of ▁" field ▁theory ": ▁designs ▁which ▁used ▁squares ▁and ▁rot ations ▁of ▁squares ▁super im posed ▁on ▁one ▁another . ▁While ▁the ▁buildings ▁are ▁largely ▁int act , ▁the ▁walk ways ▁were ▁taken ▁down ▁in ▁phases ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁campus ▁more ▁wel coming . ▁Consider able ▁effort ▁has ▁been ▁exp ended ▁to ▁modify ▁the ▁original ▁Net sch