Champaign-Urbana AgTech Week Returns for Sixth Year
The annual Champaign-Urbana AgTech Week, presented by Champaign County Economic Development Corporation, University of Illinois Research Park, and Make It Champaign-Urbana, returns for its sixth celebration March 3-7.
iFAB Tech Hub catalyzes ‘agricultural biologicals’ innovations through growing partnerships
Today, MicroMGx celebrates the opening of its new research facility at the University of Illinois Research Park, part of the Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing (iFAB) Tech Hub, which is a testament to rapid advancements and increasing investment to realize agricultural innovations through precision fermentation.
College of ACES welcomes largest class in 50 years, strengthens faculty with 11 promotions and 14 new hires
The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is entering the new academic year with significant growth, welcoming both its largest freshman class in 50 years and a talented cohort of faculty members.
iFAB awarded $51 million EDA Tech Hubs grant to propel Central Illinois as a biomanufacturing leader
The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing (iFAB) Tech Hub has been awarded approximately $51 million from the Tech Hubs Program through the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.