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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 ...

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 ...

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 (...

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 (...

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 (...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DPI Partners to Expand I-Corps Programs in Chicago

The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) has launched its inaugural I-Corps program, a virtual boot camp with 11 teams representing ...

DPI and P33 Launch TechReady Illinois in response to COVID-19

P33 and Discovery Partners Institute today launched TechReady Illinois, an effort to help Illinois residents hurt by COVID-19 gain ...

DPI launches education and workforce research center

The Discovery Partners Institute has launched a new education and workforce research center, the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (...

Gov. Pritzker commits $500 million to IIN and DPI

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday announced that the State of Illinois is moving forward with $500 million in capital funding ...

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 ...

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 ...

NBC 5 Investigates: Searching The Sewers For COVID-19 at the Cook County Jail

The Discover Partners Institute Wastewater-based Epidemiology team was featured for their collaboration with the Cook County Jail to develop ...