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28 receive U of I System honor for leading COVID-19 response 

URBANA, Ill. – University of Illinois President Tim Killeen on Monday honored 28 key leaders of the system’s COVID-19 ...
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Illinois Department of Public Health and the Discovery Partners Institute Announce Statewide System to Monitor COVID-19 in Wastewater 

Illinois Department of Public Health and the Discovery Partners Institute Announce Statewide System to Monitor COVID-19 in Wastewater Analysis ...
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DPI and Wilbur Wright College Announce Partnership To Build More Diverse Tech Talent Pipeline 

The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) and Wilbur Wright College today announced a new partnership to support and develop promising and ...
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U of I’s College of Education and DPI Launch Computer Science Teaching Endorsement and Network 

U of I’s College of Education and DPI Launch Computer Science Teaching Endorsement and Network Effort will address shortage ...
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DPI and UIC CHANCE Announce Expansion of Digital Scholars Program 

The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) and University of Illinois Chicago (UIC’s) CHANCE program today announced the expansion of its ...
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DPI Begins Ramp Up; Hiring Six New Leaders 

The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) has hired six tech leaders to develop promising and diverse tech talent and increase funding ...
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Pritzker Foundation Donates $10 Million to DPI to Develop More Inclusive Tech Talent 

The Pritzker Foundation announced today it is giving $10 million over the next five years to The Discovery Partners Institute (...
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Discovery Partners Institute Hires IWERC Director 

The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) has appointed Meg Bates the founding director of the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (...
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Walder Foundation Awards Discovery Partners Institute $1.25 Million 

The Walder Foundation has awarded a Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) science team led by the University of Illinois at Chicago (...
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City Scholars Program Expands At Discovery Partners Institute 

The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) and The Grainger College of Engineering are expanding the City Scholars program to now include ...
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U of I trustees approve lease to expand DPI space 

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees on Thursday approved a lease that will roughly double the amount of space ...
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DPI Awards More Than $1 Million in R&D Grants 

The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) is launching eight, world-class research teams from the University of Illinois System and partner ...
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For DPI students who designed a delivery drone, the sky’s the limit

Companies ranging from Amazon to startups are testing delivery drones. Add to that list an ambitious team of undergrad students ...
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28 receive U of I System honor for leading COVID-19 response 

URBANA, Ill. – University of Illinois President Tim Killeen on Monday honored 28 key leaders of the system’s COVID-19 ...
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A shortage of computer science teachers is a problem Illinois can fix

Illinois has a problem. A computer science-education problem. Despite being one of the country’s largest producers of computer ...
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