The university operates the Argonne National Laboratory. 该校也负责阿尔贡国家实验室的运作。
York was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism during World War I's Argonne Offensive. 他因一战时期在阿尔贡战役中的英勇表现被授予国会荣誉勋章及优秀士兵十字勋章。
an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
