University of Illinois opens research center in Singapore

University of Illinois officials on Thursday celebrated the opening of the university's first research center outside the United States.

The Advanced Digital Sciences Center in Singapore officially opened in Fusionopolis, a science and technology complex developed by Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research, or A*STAR.

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