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OpEd – Meg Bates and Mariana Barragan Torres: How to keep students in Illinois for college

Monday is college decision day for high school seniors, and Illinois has a problem. Despite the many fine colleges here, ...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Our Turn | Teacher shortages: Everything old is new again, or is it?

Headlines about teacher shortages abound as schools recover from the pandemic. ...
The News-Gazette

The Discovery Partners Institute and the Illinois Department of Public Health launch an Online COVID-19 Tracker

The new website enables Illinois residents to see coronavirus levels in their own communities....
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New website tracks and shares COVID-19 levels in Illinois wastewater to help residents ‘make informed decisions’

The site offers snapshots of COVID-19 transmission in communities around 75 wastewater treatment facilities in Illinois....
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

IDPH launches online tool that tracks COVID-19

An online tool that tracks pathogens in wastewater samples across Illinois is now accessible to the public....
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COVID-19 tracker launched online in Illinois

A new way to track COVID-19 in wastewater samples is now live online for many locations in Illinois....
WSILTV

IDPH launch online COVID-19 tracker

The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced a new website that tracks the ...
ABC 20- WICS

Illinois Department of Public Health launches online COVID tracker using wastewater

Now that residents have switched to at-home COVID testing, wastewater is a way for public health officials to receive ...
CBS Chicago

How Much COVID-19 Is in Your Wastewater? New Online Tracker Shares Illinois Data With Public

Wastewater sampling has been a key early-warning tool for detecting spikes in the spread of COVID-19, and now ...
WTTW-TV

New website tracks COVID-19 in wastewater across 75 Illinois treatment plants

As more people test for the virus at home and less people report cases to authorities, wastewater testing has become ...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

The Cannabis Research Institute coming to Chicago

Chicago and the state of Illinois are partnering with Discovery Partners Institute to take a closer look at cannabis use....
FOX 32 CHICAGO

Chicago-based pot studies center aims to lead on research and policy

The Cannabis Research Institute, run by the city, state and Discovery Partners Institute, will examine social equity, medicinal and health ...
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

National University of Singapore Launches Innovation Programs and Establishes a Chicago Presence in Partnership with the University of Illinois System

U of I’s Discovery Partners Institute Will Support the Companies and Students June 1, 2023 (CHICAGO) —Discovery Partners Institute (...
DPI Articles

Discovery Partners Institute celebrates new partnership with Chicago Public Schools to engage high school students in tech 

Pilot workshop series helped students build interest in computing and tech pathways; make connections to Chicago’s tech community April ...
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OpEd – Meg Bates and Mariana Barragan Torres: How to keep students in Illinois for college

Monday is college decision day for high school seniors, and Illinois has a problem. Despite the many fine colleges here, ...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE