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By sharing our time, talent, and technology, we aim to inspire, support, and empower our communities, our employees, and the next generation.

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Education

The Future Is Bright Campaign Expands Into China
Every year for DNA Day in April, Illumina teams organize “The Future Is Bright” activities around the world to inspire students’ STEM learning through community partners and educators teaching genomics in their classrooms.

Education

The Future is Bright Campaign Reaches More Than 90,000 STEM Learners
In 2003, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives declared April 25 “DNA Day” to celebrate the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

Education

Illumina Expands STEM Education Efforts at BizTown Opening
On May 31, Illumina celebrated the official opening of the newest storefront in The McGrath Family Junior Achievement (JA) BizTown, in San Diego, California.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Illumina Employees Volunteer Their Time at Over 100 Events in Celebration of Global Volunteer Month
Illumina strives to create a purpose-driven culture with opportunities for employees to volunteer in their community through organizations that matter most to them.

Education

Cambridge Launchpad As Illumina Targets Five Million STEM Learners
Cambridge is unveiled as the launchpad for the biggest long-term initiative ever unveiled on this side of the Atlantic to get more youngsters involved in STEM careers – thanks to US genomics giant Illumina.

Education

Illumina's Nonprofit Partner Future Kings Is Cultivating the Next Generation of STEM Leaders
As a middle school math teacher in Woodbridge, Virginia, Dr. Arik King saw firsthand how boys of color trailed their peers in test scores, attendance, and graduation rates—part of an alarming and persistent national trend.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

JAMA Network Open: How HBCU Used Covid Testing to Keep Campus Open
A new research study on how frequent COVID testing coupled with other safety measures enabled a historically Black college to safely remain open even as many other universities shut down their campuses has been published Monday by the JAMA Network Open, a member of JAMA Network.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mumbai's Only Genome Sequencing Lab Is Five Months Old and Fronted by Six Women
Dr Jayanthi Shastri, professor and head of the microbiology department at BYL Nair hospital, was in the US last December to visit her children, when a new COVID variant, Alpha (B.1.1.7), was identified in the UK

Social Impact & Volunteering

Illumina's Shanghai Employees and Families Help Conserve Wetland Reserve
On October 23, more than 30 Illumina employees and their families volunteered at Shanghai Chongming Dongtan Wetland Reserve, cleaning up marine litter and plastic bottles and learning about wetland biology and the severity of marine litter.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

San Diego Squared Announces 2021 STEM Educators Awards Recipients
San Diego Squared, a local nonprofit, announced the four winners of the $5,000 SD2 STEM Educators Awards, powered by the Illumina Corporate Foundation and Neurocrine Biosciences.
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