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Tom Kuczmarski and Luke Tanen: Chicago has reinvented itself from a Rust Belt city to an innovation center

Chicago Tribune – Twenty-five years ago, when people talked about innovation in America, Chicago was rarely the first city mentioned — if at all. Remember the Rust Belt? The conversation…

UChicago PME explains quantum to Chicago teens with ice cream & cell phones

Quantum Zeitgeist – Teachers at James H. Bowen High School are using ice cream, cell phones, and card games to explain the complexities of quantum science to students, a shift spurred…

Harley Johnson: Here’s why concerns over Chicago’s quantum park should give way to hope

Chicago Tribune – The former U.S. Steel South Works site on Chicago’s South Side is giving rise to something that hasn’t been there in decades — hope. I first saw…

How the Bloch’s new operations chief Matthew Zajac aims to grow the local quantum scene

Chicago Business Journal – The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub got one of its biggest wins to date when it received a $30 million award from the U.S. Economic Development Administration…

INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR: Leading by Example

Site Selection – When Zero Point Cryogenics announced on July 22 that it would establish its first U.S. location at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) on Chicago’s South…

The Grainger College of Engineering students can now minor in quantum science

Quantum Zeitgeist – The Grainger College of Engineering will launch a new undergraduate minor in Quantum Information Science this fall, preparing students for a field predicted to be worth $2 trillion…

It’s time to stop sleeping on quantum computing: 48 experts on what to watch for next

Fast Company – The media continues to sleep on quantum. No surprise, really, between the AI boom and the fact that the science behind the technology can feel inscrutable. But while most…

Bronzeville Festival Designed To Inspire & Equip South Side Youth To Pursue S.T.E.A.M. Careers

Citizen Newspaper Group – The sky is limitless for today’s youth when it comes to career paths.  However proper choices, skill training, education and devoted mentorship are certainly a few…

Diraq Establishes First US Quantum Laboratory at Chicago’s IQMP On-Ramp Hub

Quantum Computing Report – Silicon spin-qubit hardware developer Diraq has opened its first U.S. research and measurement laboratory in Chicago, Illinois. Situated within the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) On-Ramp program hosted at…

New quantum computing facility in South Chicago expected to have economic impact in Illinois

CBS News Chicago – State leaders hope the new massive quantum computing development on the city’s South Side helps position Illinois as the next Silicon Valley. Getting it built was a priority…