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  • Fall 2020 welcome

    Aug 25, 2020 10:00 am

    University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen welcomes students, faculty and staff to a fall semester unlike any other.

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  • New Shield T3 board installs inaugural officers

    Aug 19, 2020 4:00 pm

    The Board of Managers of a new organization created to expand the reach of saliva-based COVID-19 testing pioneered by University of Illinois researchers installed its inaugural slate of officers during an organizational meeting Wednesday.

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  • University of Illinois validates saliva-based test

    Aug 19, 2020 3:00 pm

    The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is now performing its new rapid, saliva-based COVID-19 test on all students, faculty and staff. The university validated its laboratory-developed test under CLIA by successfully comparing its performance to an FDA Emergency Use Authorized test.

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  • Public Voices Fellowship

    Aug 18, 2020 9:15 am

    Executive Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs Barb Wilson announced the second cohort for the system-wide Public Voices Fellowship.

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  • UIC breaks ground on new clinical building

    Aug 12, 2020 1:30 pm

    The new 200,000-square-foot Outpatient Surgery Center and Specialty Clinics building will provide expanded space for the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, or UI Health, to serve patients needing GI, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, transplant and urology services. 

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