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The University of Chicago announces partnership with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative biomedical research hub, looking to solve grand challenges in science and foster interinstitutional collaboration

DePaul University has teamed up with NeighborSpace and the City of Chicago to evaluate a pilot program that could improve food access in the city by creating compositing sites at community gardens across the city

SAIC's Art Auction raises over $641,000 for student scholarships, with 67 groundbreaking works by SAIC alums and faculty members being purchased, helping make SAIC more accessible to students regardless of economic background

UIC received two grants totaling nearly $1.3 million from the Mellon Foundation to support threatened humanities scholars from Latin America & a new program concerning critical race & gender analysis

Gov. Pritzker has released $37.3 million to launch facilities for hubs of the Illinois Innovation Network, including NEIU's Center for Community Sustainability, researching water resources.

Pritzker announced today the release of $37.3 million to launch facilities for five hubs of the Illinois Innovation Network (IIN), created to accelerate job creation and economic growth through groundbreaking education, research, and discovery. Educational institutions including NIU and SIUC are among those looking to prepare students for the jobs of today and tomorrow with new facilities.

Officials from DMG MORI and Illinois Institute of Technology announced their intention to establish a national center for advanced manufacturing, which aims to be one of the nation's first joint university and industry academies to train, develop, and empower the advanced manufacturing workforces of the future.

The University of Chicago has expanded its relationship with Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, supporting collaborative research in quantum information sciences and artificial intelligence. The partnership has awarded more than $1 million in research funding for three collaborative projects that advance the scientific domain.

One of just two finalists, STAR-x, a space mission proposed to the agency's Explorer program that includes three Northwestern University astrophysicists, has been selected as one of two finalists to launch a research facility into space in 2028. As a finalist, STAR-X received $3 million to fund a nine-month-long detailed exploration of the proposed issue.

Loyola University and Illinois Institute of Technology are among the co-recipients of a $51 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that will work to improve health equity, launching a community-based research network of nonprofits and other organizations who want to address the health issues plaguing their members by working with physicians and researchers.