# UI COM Name Usage

## College, university

Capitalize when part of a formal name. Lowercase when standing alone in subsequent references. You may also use an acronym on subsequent references. For example:

> *The College of Medicine was founded more than 145 years ago. The college is still one of the nation’s leading educators of physicians.*

> *The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford won an award because employees of the college nominated it for the Spirit of Medicine Award. UICOMR employs 200-plus people.*

When writing the names of multiple colleges or universities, lowercase the common noun. For example: 

> *The Graduate and Honors colleges are located on the east side of campus.*

Do not hyphenate universitywide or campuswide.

### **UI COM Executive Office**

* The University of Illinois College of Medicine
* Illinois Medicine (in-text reference only)
* SHORTENED: UI COM

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### **UI COM Chicago**

* The University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago
* SHORTENED: UI COMC OR UIC

<mark style="color:red;">**Do not use:**</mark>

* *<mark style="color:red;">UIC College of Medicine</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">UIC Medicine</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">UIC School of Medicine</mark>*

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### **UI COM at Peoria**

* The University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
* SHORTENED: UI COMP, UICOMP

<mark style="color:red;">**Do not use:**</mark>

* *<mark style="color:red;">The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine at Peoria</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">The University of Illinois College of Medicine - Peoria</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">UIC College of Medicine at Peoria</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">Peoria School of Medicine</mark>*

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### **UI COM at Rockford**

* The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
* SHORTENED: UI COMR, UICOMR

<mark style="color:red;">**Do not use:**</mark>

* *<mark style="color:red;">The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine at Rockford</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">The University of Illinois College of Medicine - Rockford</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">UIC College of Medicine at Rockford</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">Rockford School of Medicine</mark>*

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<summary>UI COM at Urbana (Sunset May 2022)</summary>

* The University of Illinois College of Medicine Urbana
* SHORTENED: UI COMUC

<mark style="color:red;">**Do not use:**</mark>

* *<mark style="color:red;">The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">The University of Illinois College of Medicine – Urbana-Champaign</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">UIC College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign</mark>*
* *<mark style="color:red;">UI School of Medicine</mark>*

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