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Nick Holonyak Jr., pioneer of LED lighting, awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize
Nick Holonyak Jr., a renowned innovator of illumination, has been awarded the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering βfor the creation and development of LED lighting, which forms the basis of all solid-state lighting technology.β Holonyak (pronounced huh-LON-yak) is credited with the development of the first practical visible-spectrum LED, now commonly used in light bulbs, device displays and lasers worldwide.Read More ▸ 12-16-20
Chancellor, Provost offer reflections on 1 million COVID-19 tests at Illinois
This past week, here at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, for the one millionth time, we administered the saliva-based, rapid-result PCR COVID-19 test that we developed.Read More ▸ 3-25-20
COVID-19 resources for the University of Illinois
A starting point for information and updates about the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our university.Read More ▸
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