This Week in Illinois Research
Building Bridges
A beautiful fall weekend in Champaign-Urbana, a football tailgate, and great conversations about research—there are few better ways to welcome international visitors and show off what makes our campus special! Last week, our UK colleagues from the University of Birmingham visited Illinois to mark our decade-plus partnership through BRIDGE—the Birmingham-Illinois Partnership for Discovery, Engagement and Education, led by Illinois International.
While the football game didn't turn out the way we wanted, the visit itself was a success! Birmingham and Illinois may be thousands of miles apart, but we share a similar outlook and a "let's roll up our sleeves and get to work" ethic that brings talented people from different backgrounds together to tackle tough challenges.
Since our partnership launched in 2014, researchers from both universities have collaborated in areas ranging from health and sustainability to advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence. We're building bridges across disciplines, across continents, and across communities—and that's a win for all of us!
Sincerely,
Susan
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