NewsroomThe Corporate Center NewsletterThe Research Park NewsletterThe Research Park in the NewsWolfram Announces Cloud Computing Partnership The "I" Has It/Deere Funds Research Park Facility Illinois Alumni Association-Vol 21 Issue 2, September/October 2008: The newly opened I Hotel and Conference Center stands ready to welcome guests. This hotels makes guest feel comfortable by designing the hotel to AAA 4 diamond standards. Deere and Company are investing $1 million to create a John Deere Technology Innovation Center at Research Park. This center will be used to leverage the skills and knowledge of faculty members and students in the areas of agriculture, business, engineering, and information technology. Wall Street Journal-September 3, 2008: Former Motorola executives say the company will be hard-pressed to replace some of its staff, including researchers being laid off from Motorola Labs, or the expertise lost when a group of software-testing experts laid off from Motorola in Urbana-Champaign, Ill., successfully marketed themselves as a team to Yahoo Inc. Funds boost intersection plan Champaign, IL-Parkland College: Parkland Channel has a TV program that talks about the benefits and history of Reserch Park at the University of Illinois. Champaign, IL-July 5, 2008: Laura Frerichs, Vice President of Business Development & Marketing, has a radio interview with Alex Ruggieri about managing the Research Park at the University of Illinois. UI Students begin work with Deere's engineers Champaign, IL-News Gazette-June 30, 2008: Deere & Co.'s research center at the University of Illinois moves to a new home this week, but already students are working with Deere engineers on projects. Former Motorola building gets new owner Cancer, microfluidics projects win Cozad event News-Gazette, March 8, 2008: Business ideas based on cancer-detection devices and microfluidics claimed top honors in the annual V. Dale Cozad Business Plan Competition on the University of Illinois campus this week. Benefactors offer help with entrepreneurship program News-Gazette, February 26, 2008: Champaign developer Peter Fox and venture capitalist G. Steven Burrill have pledged a total of $200,000 to help support a new University of Illinois program that provides life science students with training in entrepreneurship and management. Three firms set up new office in UI Research Park News-Gazette, February 10, 2008: Three new companies have taken up quarters in the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign. Danville-based Time-O-Matic, which sells LED signs under the Watchfire Signs name, San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology moved its Urbana office to the second floor of the iCyt building, and Ploughman Analytics has opened a small office in the Information Technology Center building, the same building occupied by Yahoo. Illinois Alumni, November/December 2007: Yahoo!'s timely arrival in Launched in October 2002, IllinoisVENTURES is a limited liability company created by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to help fledging science and technology firms get their ideas into the market. The company invests in newcomers, advises strategy, helps establish management teams and commercializes innovations. News-Gazette, November 7, 2007: Last week area residents had a chance to board a bus and tour Champaign, Urbana and the University of Illinois to see what's new in the area. If you weren't on the us for tech-Tour, here's a sampling of what you missed. Central Illinois Business, November 2007: Peter Fox and Clint Atkins believed it was important to include sculptures and other art in the University of Illinois Research Park in order to recruit innovative businesses as tenants, according to Laura Frerichs, the vice president of marketing and business development for Fox Development in Champaign. Houlihan's restaurant to open near UI facility News-Gazette, September 20, 2007: Houlihan's, a casual-dining chain, will open a restaurant and bar next to the new hotel and conference center on the University of Illinois' south campus. American Hotel Furnishings Contracted For University Of Illinois Conference Center August 30, 2007: Fox/Atkins Development has contracted American Hotel Furnishings to provide design and FF&E procurement services for the planned I Hotel and Conference Center project at the University of Illinois here. Greencards have fan, promoter in Krannert events chief News-Gazette, August 26, 2007: If you dug the Greencards last week at Outside at Research Park, you have Tom Blake to thank. The events technical director at Krannert Center has been a fan of the terrific "new-grass" group for a few years now-he even spends his own money to help promote the talented trio by buying and distributing Greencards hats. Wireless giant to open office in Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, August 16, 2007: Wireless technology giant Qualcomm Inc. will open a software development office in Champaign-Urbana next month employing at least 20 people, many of them former Motorola employees. ADM Lays out plans for center in UI Research Park News-Gazette, August 14, 2007: Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. plans to open a mathematical modeling center in the University of Illinois Research Park this fall in hopes of improving the company's operating efficiency. I Hotel & Conference Center Press Release August 9, 2007: The new major hotel, restaurant, and conference center now under construction at the corner of First Street and St. Mary’s Road in the Research Park on the University of Illinois campus has been named. Fox/Atkins Development, LLC, developer and owner of the hotel and restaurant, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, owner of the conference center, announced the new name today, the I Hotel and Conference Center. Tabbed “the I” for short, the complex will open in August, 2008, directly south of the Assembly Hall in The Research Park at the University of Illinois. The Illinois Natural History Survey to Host Free Event at Research Park August 8, 2007: Family and Friends are invited to share an evening with the insects. The Illinois Natural History Survey and Fox/Atkins Development, LLC, will host An Evening of Entomology at the UI Research Park Amphitheatre on Saturday, September 22, from 4-7 pm. Yahoo to open C-U office in September News-Gazette, August 2, 2007: Yahoo plans to hire "upwards of 100 people" from the Motorola software design center in Champaign and have an office up and running in a month or so, a Yahoo vice president said today. Roundtable to Move into the Research Park News-Gazette, August 5, 2007: Roundtable, a full-service advertising agency with third-floor offices in the old Illinois Central train station as 116 N. Chestnut St., C, plans to move to the University of Illinois Research Park later this month. Krannert & Fox/Atkins Present OUTSIDE at the UI Research Park July 7, 2007: A new place to play is emerging with great music, fresh food, and a green state of mind. The first of three FREE summer concerts features Funkadesi on July 7, Patty Larkin on July 20 and The Greencards on August 17. Job Help Offered to Motorola Workers News-Gazette, June 20, 2007: Fox/Atkins Development LLC will lead an initiative to place Motorola employees at other employers in the Champaign-Urbana area. Fox/Atkins representatives hope to introduce Motorola employees to local employers, such as Amdocs and Catepillar, in hopes of finding skill matches. State Farm Launches New Research Center Web Site June 2007: State Farm recently launched their Research Center web site detailing opportunities at their location in the Research Park and informing about their relationship with the University of Illinois. Venture Company Sees Half its Firm Mature News-Gazette, April 15, 2007: Open Prairie has provided early-stage capital to 15 companies. It remains invested in eight of them, successfully exited from another and wrote off or wrote down investments in six others. RiverGlass to Take Part in Event Management Framwork Contract Awarded by DISA February 25, 2007: RiverGlass, Inc. announced today it will team with Science Applications International Corporation [NYSE: SAI] (SAIC) of San Diego, California, to support a contract from the Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency for Advanced Systems & Concepts, Command and Control, Event Management Framework, Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration. U of I Scholars Collecting, Analyzing Constitutions from Around the World U of I News, February 12, 2007: Thomas Jefferson believed that a country's constitution should be rewritten every 19 years. Instead, the U.S. Constitution, which Jefferson did not help to write, has prevailed since 1789. Individuals from Entrepreneurial Tech Firms Mingle News-Gazette, December 27, 2006: The iCyt Companies and Fox Development Corp. sponsored December's techMix! Bioequipment Firm Takes on Cell Sorter Big Names News-Gazette, December 10, 2006: iCyt Mission Technology's cell-sorter, the Reflection, competing with some of the biggest names in the industry. Carle, UI, iCyt Teaming Up to Better Isolate Adult Stem Cells News-Gazette, December 10, 2006: Carle Foundation, the University of Illinois and iCyt Mission Technology are preparing to join forces to use iCyt's technology to isolate adult stem cells for research purposes. Chicago artist, Barry Tinsley, now has three of his sculptures in the University of Illinois Research Park. Central Illinois Business Magazine, June 2006: Chancellor Richard Herman and the University of Illinois are poised for more technology growth. Fox Development in the NewsOctober 6, 2008, Principals Professional Conference: Peter Fox receives Partner in Education Award. Champaign Public Library Foundation Septermber 25, 2008: Thanks to Peter and Kim Fox's donation, the Champaign Public Library Foundation has had a successful Live Homework Help service.I Hotel offers luxury, close to campus University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign News Bureaa, September 4, 2008: Football fans and other campus visitors have a new place to stay this fall is close to the action at Memorial Stadium. The I Hotel and Conference Center at the corner of St. Mary's Road and First Street opened August 11, 2008. Peter Fox receives Partners in Education Award News LinksUIUC News BureauePrairie - Midwest Technology Business Publication |