Intern Events

The Annual Research Park Table Tennis Tournament made a return to EnterpriseWorks this summer for its 12th year on June 27 and 28. The results of Round-Robin games on day one were used to seed participants for the single-elimination tournament played on day two. In these games, companies were awarded points based on the placing of their players, leading to Yahoo! securing the Golden Paddle Trophy for earning the most points for their company. Check out the Table Tennis Tournament webpage here.

Each year, the Research Park celebrates the hard work and dedication of its interns during the Summer Intern Awards. On July 28, 2020, the Research Park community had the chance to pick up complimentary food from Jurassic Grill and Just Get It Grill before virtually joining the awards ceremony. These University of Illinois students honored as finalists and winners come from a variety of academic backgrounds, exemplifying the interdisciplinary work that occurs at the Park. This album commemorates the winners of Summer Intern Awards 2020. Learn more about the awards and these students in the press release or watch the whole ceremony on our YouTube channel. Visit Research Park Intern Events to learn more about the Park’s student-focused events.

The Research Park community continues to innovate and grow, whether people are working from home or from the office. Work Flex 2020 is an ongoing campaign that celebrates the work of outstanding individuals in the Park. Any community member of the Research Park can be highlighted, including current student interns, their supervisors, and Site Directors. We think it’s important to share what you do, big and small, because your impact always matters. Want to highlight yourself or someone else for #WorkFlex? Submit your story to go.researchpark.illinois.edu/WorkFlex today.

Research Park offers the Graduate Student Networking Event at EnterpriseWorks, the startup incubator, annually. Graduate students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are invited to connect with interested companies and startups from around the Park.