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Dow Doubles Down On U Of I Research Park

A subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co. is opening a facility in the research park at the University of Illinois' Champaign-Urbana campus. Indianapolis, Indiana-based Dow AgroSciences and the university have announced the Dow AgroSciences Innovation Center is joining the Dow Chemical Company Innovation Center, which opened in the school's research park in 2013. Dow Chemical is based in Midland, Michigan.  

The company and school say Dow projects at the new facility will focus on the intersection of technology and agriculture. Students, many graduate students, will work at the center. The university's research park also is home to companies like ADM, John Deere, Caterpillar and State Farm.
 

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