Champaign-Urbana Metro area is ranked 4th in the nation among communities large and small as a professional destination for college graduates in 2012. Among the variable measured are: Share of jobs in professional, technical, and creative occupations (BLS) Average salaries and wages for professional, technical, and creative occupations (BLS) Money left over after paying for Read more »
Two Champaign County high schools have earned the bronze ranking from U.S. News and World Report among the nation’s best high schools for student performance. Urbana High School (UHS) and Heritage High School in Broadlands. This is UHS’s second bronze award since 2010. UHS has also earned a place two years in a row on Read more »
Information Source: UC2B website What is UC2B? UC2B is an intergovernmental consortium of the University of Illinois and the cities of Urbana and Champaign dedicated to building and operating an open-access fiber-optic broadband network throughout the Champaign-Urbana area. The project is made possible by a $22.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Read more »
Here are some highlights from last night’s TECH cocktail event. All of the photos can be found on our Facebook page. All of the photos can be found on our Facebook page.
Article Source: Chicago Tribune, Business Section, April 28, 2012 PayPal Max Levchin, who graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in computer science in 1997, helped found the online payments company in 1998 and served as chief technology officer. EBay acquired PayPal in 2002. Levchin went on to found Slide, a Read more »
Article Source: Chicago Tribune, Business Section, by Wailin Wong, April 28, 2012 Promise of stronger pipeline reverses gripe that Illinois loses too many grads to Silicon Valley Chicago’s startup community wants to hire young people like Ravi Pilla. As a high school student at the Illinois Math and Science Academy, Pilla and a few friends Read more »
Champaign County, home to the University of Illinois, features world-class technological resources and superb location and transportation benefits that make it a strategic hub for technology and industrial development.
