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Groundbreaking celebration held for
NIU proton therapy center

A groundbreaking celebration for the Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center—the first cancer treatment and research center of its kind in Illinois—was held Thursday, June 19, at the facility site in suburban West Chicago.

The $159 million state-of-the-art center will be located at 777 Discovery Drive in the DuPage National Technology Park, about 35 miles west of Chicago.

Groundbreaking Materials

• Location Map (PDF)
• Press Release 
• Brochure (PDF)
• News Coverage
• Ceremony Video Clips

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Proton Center in
the News

• NIU to build cancer treatment center
  The Daily Herald,
  June 20, 2008
• Student proton-therapy researcher wins poster award at conference on accelerators
  Northern Today,
  Sept. 15, 2008
• More Headlines >>

News Releases

• Physicist with Fermilab roots joins NIU faculty, named technical director of proton center 
  December 2, 2008
• Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation Signs Long-Term Agreement to be the Provider of Doctors for Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center (PDF)
  November 6, 2008
• Northern Illinois Proton Center Officials Inspect 220 Ton Cyclotron Under Construction in Germany (PDF)
  October 16, 2008
• More News Releases >>