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Gov. Pritzker has released $37.3 million to launch facilities for hubs of the Illinois Innovation Network, including NEIU's Center for Community Sustainability, researching water resources.

Pritzker announced today the release of $37.3 million to launch facilities for five hubs of the Illinois Innovation Network (IIN), created to accelerate job creation and economic growth through groundbreaking education, research, and discovery. Educational institutions including NIU and SIUC are among those looking to prepare students for the jobs of today and tomorrow with new facilities.

Officials from DMG MORI and Illinois Institute of Technology announced their intention to establish a national center for advanced manufacturing, which aims to be one of the nation's first joint university and industry academies to train, develop, and empower the advanced manufacturing workforces of the future.

The University of Chicago has expanded its relationship with Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, supporting collaborative research in quantum information sciences and artificial intelligence. The partnership has awarded more than $1 million in research funding for three collaborative projects that advance the scientific domain.

One of just two finalists, STAR-x, a space mission proposed to the agency's Explorer program that includes three Northwestern University astrophysicists, has been selected as one of two finalists to launch a research facility into space in 2028. As a finalist, STAR-X received $3 million to fund a nine-month-long detailed exploration of the proposed issue.

Loyola University and Illinois Institute of Technology are among the co-recipients of a $51 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that will work to improve health equity, launching a community-based research network of nonprofits and other organizations who want to address the health issues plaguing their members by working with physicians and researchers.

A University of Illinois Chicago Associate Professor, Rachel Poretsky, accepted a Chicago Innovation Award on behalf of a collaborative, multi-institution team effort to monitor the ebb and flow of COVID-19 in Chicago and Illinois by detecting the virus's presence in wastewater. Other collaborators include Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory.

A new program meant to keep college freshmen interested in STEM-related fields in Chicago brings tech employers into the classroom. Schools, including Illinois Institute of Technology, view this new program as way to help students view themselves in  STEM career.

Loyola University Chicago has announced the establishment of a scholarship honoring Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmet Till and a 1971 graduate of the University's Graduate School of Education, continuing her legacy of service to the youth of Chicago and the cause of justice for Black children everywhere by supporting a Chicagoland high school graduate who has been recognized for their engagement with the Black community through leadership or community service.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded its inaugural Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD) to two Illinois Institute of Technology building design programs that are preparing tomorrow's architectural and engineering leaders to design and build the most sustainable buildings possible.