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Portrait of ECE Associate professor Besma Smida poses for a photo with a Single-antenna in-band full-duplex systems at UIC Engineering

April 3, 2026

Celebrating extraordinary women driving discovery

Learn about women powering some of the top discoveries from the University of Illinois System in the last five years.

Discovery Partners Institute

October 31, 2017

U of I System selected to lead Chicago-based research institute

Discovery Partners Institute to be developed on donated site in downtown Chicago

Piggy bank next to a graduation cap and diploma

March 17, 2017

University proposes new financial aid commitment

University’s plan would earmark $170M annually to keep students in state