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  U of I Board of Trustees approves Urbana office building purchase

  Jul 17, 2025 12:00 pm

  The University of Illinois Board of Trustees today approved the purchase of a three-story office building at 901 W. University Ave., Urbana. The facility will help address growing space needs of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Carle Illinois College of Medicine and other campus units.

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  Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress sparks action and inspiration in Chicago

  Jul 14, 2025 2:45 pm

  What happens when researchers, changemakers, and sustainability enthusiasts gather? More insightful discussions, actionable solutions, and next steps than you might imagine.

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  Energy efficiency technical assistance unit moves to U of I System offices

  Jul 1, 2025 10:15 am

  The University of Illinois System’s Office of the Vice President of Economic Development and Innovation has announced the transfer of EnergySense Resilience Center to provide better alignment with the unit’s mission and goals. EnergySense was formerly known as Smart Energy Design Assistance Center and was housed in the department of landscape architecture within the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Fine and Applied Arts. The transfer was effective July 1.

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  Illini Angels-backed AI startup sends research to market in a flash

  Jun 25, 2025 8:00 am

  Powered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduates, startup FirstIgnite is using its technology to help researchers, thanks to a growing alumni investor network out of the University of Illinois System.

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  Charles Lee Isbell Jr. named University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign chancellor and U of I System vice president

  Jun 5, 2025 11:00 am

  Charles Lee Isbell Jr., a leading computer scientist, academic innovator and provost at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will become the 11th chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and vice president of the University of Illinois System, U of I System President Tim Killeen announced today.

  Isbell will formally assume the role Aug. 1, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. He will serve in a designate capacity beginning July 16 as current Chancellor Robert Jones completes his term.

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