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Engineering
  • Twenty-four students from South Korea’s Chungnam National University, their advisor, and two Global Education and Training staff members, pose for a group photo in front of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Alma statue on July 17, 2026.

    Four weeks, new perspectives, lifelong connections: GET summer break program goes beyond research for student participants

    Oct 1, 2026 4:45 pm

    Analicia Haynes, storytelling coordinator at Illinois International, shares a first-hand account from her experience covering the first day and the last day of a month-long summer program for students at South Korea's Chungnam National University. The AI and Generative Models: From Algorithms to Applications research program was coordinated by Global Education and Training and took place from July 13 through August 7, 2026 on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.