http://www.metafilter.com/tags/uiuc Posts tagged with 'uiuc' at MetaFilter. Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:26:36 -0800 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:26:36 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73273/Weather%2DWorld%2D2010 The <a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml">Weather World 2010</a> project at UIUC began as a comprehensive <a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml">meteorology tutorial</a> designed for a high school/undergraduate level. It has since expanded to include guides to <a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/home.rxml">remote sensing</a> and <a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/home.rxml">reading weather maps</a>. (Some highlights include <a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/home.rxml">optical effects</a>, <a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/home.rxml">severe storms</a>, and the basics of <a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fcst/home.rxml">weather forecasting</a>.) For folks in the US, it also has current <a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/surface.rxml">surface</a> and <a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/satellite.rxml">satellite</a> imagery for a number of different atmospheric properties. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73273 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:26:36 -0800 atmosphere atmospheric forecasting imagery maps meteorology optics remotesensing satellite storm storms uiuc weather weathermaps weatherworld2010 world Upton O'Good http://www.metafilter.com/27830/College%2DRankings <a href="http://door.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm">College Rankings!</a> Seems like everyone's <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&edition=us&q=college+ranking&btnG=Search+News">talking</a> about 'em. There's the good ole <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/34027/">controversial</a> US News &amp; World Report <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&edition=us&q=college+ranking&btnG=Search+News">rankings</a>, but thanks to the the librarians at UIUC, this wonderful <a href="http://door.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankgen.htm">site</a> has links to <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2002/37/ma_99_01.html">many</a>, <a href="http://www.newmobility.com/review_article.cfm?id=122&action=browse">many</a>, <a href="http://www.jbhe.com/features/36_leading_universities.html">many</a> different rankings, including ones that let you <a href="http://www.phds.org/rankings/">make your own</a> rankings. There's also rankings of some of the <a href="http://www.gottshall.com/squirrels/campsq.htm">more important</a> non-academic features of colleges, too. Does college rank really matter? tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27830 Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:54:31 -0800 academics college colleges liberalarts librarians rank rankings uiuc universities usnews Jos Bleau