Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wants University of Illinois Students To Choose Chicago Over Silicon Valley
BY: Kathryn Hough | October 5, 2012
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will do almost anything to keep the heavily recruited University of Illinois students from leaving the state to go work in Silicon Valley. This week, he appeared in front of a group of students at the Urbana-Champaign campus, imploring them to consider starting their careers in Chicago rather than heading off to work at Facebook or Apple on the west coast.
Emanuel was joined by representatives from 40 of the city’s tech companies. Boeing, Google, and GrubHub were among the companies that were involved with the talk.
The event was held at the.....
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