(Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator for Illinois Press Release, August 26, 2025)
CHICAGO – Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined a ribbon cutting ceremony for the National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI), two new institutes hosted by Northwestern University with support from NSF and in partnership with the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois.
“Today’s ribbon cutting is an example of the incredible things we can achieve when Illinois’ outstanding universities and the federal government come together, especially at a time when funding for scientific research is under attack,” said Durbin. “Alongside the NSF and Simons Foundation, the National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology and SkAI will contribute to the next generation of discovery, and our state will continue to lead the way in the industries of the future.” To read more, see https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-joins-ribbon-cutting-for-national-science-foundation-institutes-hosted-by-northwestern-university
The SkAI Institute is one of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation.
Information on National AI Institutes is available at aiinstitutes.org.
