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“The kitchen table of the University:" Statewide tour highlights Extension’s local impact

JOLIET, Ill. — From neighborhood gardens to community partnerships, University of Illinois Extension is helping residents access research-based solutions close to home. Members of the Illinois Extension leadership team...

Illinois Extension volunteers drive $353K in local impact across three Northern Illinois counties

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — For more than a century, University of Illinois Extension has developed educational programs, extended knowledge, and built partnerships to support people...

ACES marks 150 years of the Morrow Plots, our nation's oldest research field

URBANA, Ill. — A lot has changed on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus since its founding in 1867, but a storied plot of land near the south quad has been preserved nearly intact for a century and...

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October 11, 2019

Counting for Dollars: Census 2020 Free Local Government Education Webinar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University of Illinois Extension will host a free webinar to educate the public on how to ensure an accurate count for the upcoming decennial census, an issue on which billions of dollars of federal funding for everyday government expenditures is hinged. The...

May 7, 2018

Dudley Smith Farm Field Day to be held June 20th
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