Press Releases
![Don Ort](/ort/sites/lab.igb.illinois.edu.ort/files/styles/news_teaser_square_img_175_106_/public/2019-10/ElevenResearchers_Final.jpg?itok=-qsJLp79)
Eleven Illinois researchers rank among world’s most influential
Eleven faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2018 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list.
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RIPE project receives additional $13 million to accelerate progress to redesign photosynthesis
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation increases RIPE project investment to complement support from FFAR and DFID to improve yields for farmers worldwide.