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Fortune’s latest ranking finds that programs that value rigor and student success are among the best places for students to learn in-demand data skills.

How a venerable Chicago financial firm became a blockchain kingmaker, then fell back to earth.

An elusive particle proposed in 1956 by theoretical physicist David Pines has just been discovered by a team of scientists led by Peter Abbamonte of the University of Illinois. Scientists long suspected that this particle, called a ‘demon’, plays a fundamental role in the characteristics of several metals, but had…

Leaving the science to the experts, the governor and former Chicago mayor concentrate on bringing attention and funds to support the experimental field of quantum computing, which has the potential for faster development of vaccines and unhackable computers.

New research suggests that adherence to the MIND diet may enhance cognitive development in young students.

A U.S. hiker who was sexually assaulted and killed in Germany last week had just graduated from the University of Illinois with a computer science degree in May

Brandon Johnson’s promise to make $1 billion worth of “investments in people,” makes it tough to imagine him moving a new Chicago Bears stadium to the top of his “to do” list.

Carbon capture sequestration is technology that captures CO2 emissions, then transports and stores those emissions underground.

Two battling quasars powered by supermassive black holes are lighting the center of merging galaxies seen during "cosmic noon" in the early universe.