UI research center in Singapore 'in full swing'

3/7/2013 Christine Des Garennes, The News-Gazette

URBANA — A research program "built from the ground up" more than 9,000 miles from Champaign-Urbana is "in full swing now" with more than a dozen projects and 100 employees, according to a director at the University of Illinois' first international research center in the Pacific Rim.

Written by Christine Des Garennes, The News-Gazette

URBANA — A research program "built from the ground up" more than 9,000 miles from Champaign-Urbana is "in full swing now" with more than a dozen projects and 100 employees, according to a director at the University of Illinois' first international research center in the Pacific Rim.

Four years into a $50 million research program in Singapore, organizers are calling the program a success and are considering options for continuing the university's presence there after the grant ends.

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This story was published March 7, 2013.