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Illinois
Illinois runs from Hyde Park rigor and Evanston’s AI major to Urbana–Champaign’s national supercomputing center and Chicago’s public urban research university. These Campus Future guides follow how campuses and cities shape Midwest AI, startups, and talent—and who gets to stay.
Campuses
4 campuses live.
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University of Chicago
Chicago
Live
DSI AI Initiative, interdisciplinary research, Third Coast Foundry.
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Northwestern University
Evanston
Live
Fall 2026 AI major and collaborative intelligence network.
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UIUC
Urbana–Champaign
Live
NCSA, DeltaAI, and the Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation.
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University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago
Live
Health AI, trustworthy LLMs, and AI-managed cyberinfrastructure.