2021 Annual Report

Welcome

2021 was a historic year as we focused on the recovery of health, societal, and economic changes. We at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign fueled by our students, faculty and staff leveraged our prowess in interdisciplinary research and innovation to support the following exciting updates -

New Discovery Accelerator Institute Launched in Partnership with IBM SHIELD: Target, Test, Tell Makes In-Person Classes Possible for Students Across the Country

Mckechnie Family Life Home Ready to Work With Corporate Partners

ADMI Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

Diversity Partners FOCUS Offers New Opportunities to Underrepresented Students

Illinois Autonomous and Connected Track (I-ACT) Leads the Future of Advanced Mobility

In addition to celebrating these accomplishments, we enhanced our team by growing to include new team members. With reorganized portfolios and improved processes, We seek to be more efficient in serving our internal and external partners. As we embark on the new academic year of 2022, the OCR is excited to host you on campus once more! We look forward to hosting you on campus to meet our students, faculty, partner in research, tour labs, and reinvigorate relationships. Please reach out to us to learn more about the OCR and how we can help you leverage the talent, research, technology at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign.

Pradeep Khanna Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Corporate Relations

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OCR Annual Report / 2021

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