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Defense Department opens innovation office in Chicago to tap into burgeoning tech ecosystem for 21st century warfare
The office will be located at the Discovery Partners Institute on South Wacker Drive for a two-year lease beginning ...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
University of Illinois’ $250M lab, research facility moves forward in Chicago’s `78’ development
Chicago’s tech researchers are closer to having an expensive new academic research facility after a high-profile real estate ...
The Real Deal
Plans for U of I research center in Chicago move ahead
Discovery Partners Institute gets the title to property in The 78, clearing way for construction of $250 million in academic ...
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
Forget swabs up the nose: Peoria’s sewage might help track down the next COVID outbreak
The sewer pipes beneath the streets of Peoria have always contained clues about the health of the community, but it ...
Peoria Journal Star
Wastewater analysis from UIC helps Chicago track COVID-19 cases, variants
Throughout the pandemic, work on wastewater inside a University of Illinois at Chicago lab has track COVID case trends for ...
ABC 7 NEWS
Scientists Scour Sewage for Coronavirus Clues
Wastewater’s gone mainstream. Epidemiologists and public health officials are using Chicago’s labyrinth of century-old sewer lines to ...
Discover Magazine
Frozen sewage slows down coronavirus surveillance
A promising new science aimed at predicting COVID-19 outbreaks in high-risk communities is running into a challenge: Chicago ...
WBEZ
The unique place researchers are looking for Covid? Wastewater
Scientists are wading through murky water to track Covid from one community to the next. The source? Wastewater. It’s ...
WGN
Is COVID-19 on airplane air filters?
Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have become more interested in how well airplane cabins filter ...
Medical Xpress
Another Chicago winter hazard: Frozen sewage hinders COVID monitoring
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
How wastewater can help cities track COVID community spread
Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory say wastewater could be the key to locating new COVID variants and learning how ...
WBEZ
Somaya named DPI’s first Edwards Scholar, faculty-in-residence
Gies Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Deepak Somaya is looking forward to building bridges that connect technology to the marketplace ...
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DPI Launches First Apprenticeship Program with Cognizant
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DPI and Code Nation Partner on New Space and Annual Chicago Hackathon
May 19, 2022 (CHICAGO) —Code Nation, which prepares high school students living in under-resourced communities for high-wage careers ...
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Defense Department opens innovation office in Chicago to tap into burgeoning tech ecosystem for 21st century warfare
The office will be located at the Discovery Partners Institute on South Wacker Drive for a two-year lease beginning ...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE