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  Program moves early childhood educators to next level in careers

  Jan 13, 2023 11:15 am

  At University of Illinois Chicago, dozens of early childhood teachers and their families celebrated the UIC Early Childhood Education Alternative Licensure Program. The program focuses on helping early childhood education professionals further their careers with tuition and fees covered by the City of Chicago Early Learning Workforce scholarship. 

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  Real Impact: AP training equips high school teachers for stronger programs

  Jan 13, 2023 10:00 am

  Students from many Illinois high schools don't have full access to a key opportunity for success: Advanced Placement courses. During summer 2023, the University of Illinois System will offer – for the first time – Advanced Placement Summer Institutes at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois Springfield.

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  New hybrid option improves access for future science communicators

  Jan 6, 2023 9:45 am

  New online master’s program and individual course modules reduce barries for journalists and prospective journalists who want to improve and specialize in science writing.

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  DPI expands efforts to boost diverse tech pipeline with Google support

  Dec 5, 2022 1:30 pm

  To kick off Computer Science Education Week, Discovery Partners Institute, part of the University of Illinois System, today announced a $200,000 grant from Google to expand its efforts to develop promising and diverse tech talent in Chicago.

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  Universities' Salute events strive to keep top students in Illinois

  Nov 14, 2022 3:30 pm

  Robust U of I System events and other interactions give students from historically underrepresented groups information and experiences to help them see how they’d fit in at U of I System universities in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield, as well as at the state’s other public universities.

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  Future genetic counselor tells her own Illinois Commitment story

  Oct 28, 2022 11:15 am

  "When I look back at it, that one tiny mutation in (my sister's) DNA had a significant effect on the evolution of our family. For me, it set me on a path that brought me to Illinois."

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  DPI wins Joyce Foundation grant to examine dual-credit outcomes

  Oct 25, 2022 12:00 pm

  The Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC) has been awarded $94,191 by the Joyce Foundation to fund a two-year study of Illinois’ dual-credit program, which enables high school students to undertake coursework that counts for high school and college credit.

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  UIC to lead $8.8M grant analyzing what 'Blackness' means in STEM

  Oct 25, 2022 10:45 am

  UIC is one of six institutions that will split an $8.8 million National Science Foundation grant to develop theories, research methods and tools to help expand and tailor the field of STEM education to support Black students.

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  DPI launches statewide mobile app development program for K-12 educators

  Oct 12, 2022 8:45 am

  The Discovery Partners Institute, in partnership with Apple, is launching a training program for teachers in mobile app development using Swift, enabling participants to gain programming skills and bring CS concepts into their K-12 classrooms.

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  UIC-led manufacturing consortium earns $5M DOD grant

  Oct 10, 2022 10:00 am

  A consortium led by the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement at the University of Illinois Chicago received a five-year, $5 million grant through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program.

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