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Innovation and Emerging Technology Research Intern

Company Name: AbbVie Category: Software Engineering Position Title: Rapid Application Developer Status: Undergraduate Hourly Hours per week: 10 – 15 during academic year 35 – 40 during summer semester Contact Email: innovationcenter@abbvie.com Who We Are: AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The company’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world’s most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately 25,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. The AbbVie Innovation Center is located in the Research Park at the University of Illinois and provides an opportunity for students and AbbVie’s Research and Development IT group to collaborate on projects to help advance our science. Position Description: The Part-Time Student Program at the AbbVie Innovation Center, located in the Research Park, is designed to augment AbbVie’s regular staff, and is for students who are able to work in parallel to their school schedule. Major duties include: Developing content and supporting novel innovation challenge SharePoint site that includes a collaborative game to support learning Developing marketing campaigns to keep community of ~400 engaged in the game through opportunities to offer insight and curiosity to learn progress Qualifications: Must be registered as a full-time student Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis Undergraduate and Graduate students Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0, or equivalent Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without requiring sponsorship 10 – 15 hours/week during the academic year 35 – 40 hours/week during the summer semester Creative problem solver with ability to understand larger picture but who will focus on details Passion for design and great user experiences Familiarity with user research and usability testing methodologies to prioritize user needs to drive design priorities Ability to design and deliver clean and usable user interface prototypes for desktop Graphic design skills desired Preferred Skills: SharePoint Web development Marketing campaign management Writing Willingness to learn Pipeline Pilot (a RAD platform) JavaScript/JQuery Web development Familiarity with databases Note: The position will be hired through a third-party hiring agency and will begin as soon as possible over the fall semester 2019 with an option to continue through the summer and 2019-2020 academic year. To apply: Submit your resume to Masha Trenhaile at Masha.Trenhaile@abbvie.com Learn more about us at: www.abbvie.com

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Data Scientist

Company Name: AbbVie Category: Data Science Position Title:_Data Scientist Status: Undergraduate Hourly Hours per week: 10 – 15 during academic year 35 – 40 during summer semester Contact Email: Masha.Trenhaile@abbvie.com Who We Are: AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The company’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world’s most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately 25,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. The AbbVie Innovation Center is located in the Research Park at the University of Illinois and provides an opportunity for students and AbbVie’s Research and Development IT group to collaborate on projects to help advance our science. Position Description: The Part-Time Student Program at the AbbVie Innovation Center, located in the Research Park, is designed to augment AbbVie’s regular staff, and is for students who can work in parallel to their school schedule. This student will be responsible for exploration in a broad range of cheminformatics and bioinformatics areas like molecular target design, synthesis and purification, application of property predictions, automation integration, natural language processing and target prediction using machine learning. In this Role students will: • Formulate predictive modeling and learning scenarios and apply cutting-edge machine learning (deep learning) approaches for data-driven decision making. • Development and maintenance of internal benchmarks on a range of machine learning problems, including image recognition, NLP, and cheminformatics. • Applications of generative models in drug discovery and optimization. • Contribute to presentation and reporting of methods, results and conclusions to a publishable standard. Qualifications: • Must be registered as a full-time student • Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis • Undergraduate and Graduate students • Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0, or equivalent • Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without requiring sponsorship • 10 – 15 hours/week during the academic year • 35 – 40 hours/week during the summer semester • Creative problem solver with ability to understand larger picture but who will focus on details • Willingness to learn DevOps and develop automation and configuration scripts Preferred Skills: • Proficiency in a programming language (Python, R, Shiny, Java, C++, Web Services) • JavaScript/JQuery/SQL • Web development • Data base development with Oracle , NoSQL , Postgres, XML • Machine learning Proficiency able to understand python and R libraries for Machine learning. Note: The position will be hired through a third-party hiring agency and will begin as soon as possible summer 2019 with an option to continue through the 2019-2020 academic year. To apply: Submit your resume to Masha Trenhaile at Masha.Trenhaile@abbvie.com Learn more about us at: www.abbvie.com

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Data Analyst Intern

The AGCO Acceleration Center is a Data Analyst Intern who is a self-starter and is interested in using data to solve problems and create progressive solutions.  This person will work on projects as a member of the North America Fuse Team, which is dedicated to using technology to enable greater productivity and profitability to our customers. In addition to being involved with IoT and data analytics, this person will also have opportunities to exhibit their skills in data visualization and marketing.  Join a team in the heart of this technology and data revolution in Precision Agriculture with a Fortune 500 company that is utilizing smart farming solutions to feed the world. Responsibilities: The Data Analyst Intern will play a key role within the Fuse team. This person will work closely with the product marketing function, looking for new ways to use data to create internal value, enable our dealers, reach new customers, and grow precision agriculture technology adoption across North America. Working on varying use cases and access to multiple data sources, there is opportunity to explore new ideas, be creative, and gain experience within a unique organization. This position will focus on data-driven projects but there will be opportunities to dive into other key business functions. Successful candidates will be able to use their data expertise to explore datasets, build dashboards, uncover insights, and ultimately tell a story. If this sounds like you, we are excited to hear from you! Education and Experience Current student pursuing an undergraduate degree Major in business analytics, statistics, computer science, or any quantitative field is strongly preferred Experience with data visualization and analytics Ag-related majors or industry experience is preferred but not required Qualifications and Experience Skilled with Microsoft Excel and relational database software Experience with data visualization tools, such as Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, etc. Exposure to coding languages like SQL, R, or Python Familiar with data analytic tools: Tableau, Alteryx, RStudio, etc. Proficient with statistical analysis Excellent communication and presentation skills Critical thinker, comfortable with experimentation and problem solving without specific process Nice to Have: Data mining and machine learning experience Additional Details: This is a paid, part-time internship for Fall 2019 at the AGCO Acceleration Center in the University of Illinois’ Research Park. Students are required to work 15-20 hours a week on-site at our office in Research Park. ABOUT AGCO/GSI: AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is a Fortune 500 corporation offering solutions across the agriculture chain with a complete product portfolio. Our grain and protein brands include GSI, Cimbria, AP, Cumberland and Tecno – global manufacturers of grain systems, seed processing, and swine and poultry production equipment. We are dedicated to protecting every acre, every harvest and every animal in our customers’ care. By doing this, we help advance agriculture in developing countries and around the world. Location: Champaign, IL, USA To apply click here or visit: https://careers.agcocorp.com/job/Champaign-Intern-Data-Analyst-Job-IL-61820/584948700/?locale=en_US

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AbbVie AWS Student – Spring 2020

The Part-Time Student Program at the AbbVie Innovation Center, located in the Research Park, is designed to augment AbbVie’s regular staff, and is for students who are able to work in parallel to their school schedule. Major duties include: Automating the management processes for AbbVie’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts Developing lambda scripts and other programs to monitor and control activities in AWS Developing small programs and components that will be used to solve problems in the R&D area Researching existing tools and best practices for cloud infrastructure and AWS Who We Are: AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The company’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world’s most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately 25,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. The AbbVie Innovation Center is located in the Research Park at the University of Illinois and provides an opportunity for students and AbbVie’s Research and Development IT group to collaborate on projects to help advance our science. Qualifications: Must be registered as a full-time student Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis Undergraduate and Graduate students Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0, or equivalent Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without requiring sponsorship 10 – 15 hours/week during the academic year 35 – 40 hours/week during the summer semester Creative problem solver with ability to understand larger picture but who will focus on details Willingness to learn AWS and develop automation and configuration scripts Experience working in a Linux/Unix OS environment Preferred Skills: Proficiency in a programming language (Python, Java, C++, etc.) Experience in shell scripting Experience in interfacing with web-based REST APIs Experience in database systems and query languages (SQL, postgreSQL, etc.) Note: The position will be hired through a third-party hiring agency and will begin as soon as possible over the spring semester 2020 with an option to continue through the summer and fall 2020-2021 academic year. To apply, submit your resume to: innovationcenter@abbvie.com Learn more about us at: www.abbvie.com Company Name: AbbVie Category: Computer Science, AWS Position Title: AWS student Status: Undergraduate Hourly Hours per week: 10 – 15 during academic year 35 – 40 during summer semester

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EnterpriseWorks Human Resources Internship-Fall2019

Human Resources Internship EnterpriseWorks & University of Illinois Research Park Who we are Research Park is a technology hub for corporate operations focusing on innovative, cutting edge research and development. EnterpriseWorks is an award-winning incubator at the Research Park that focuses on science and research-based start-up companies commercializing technology from the University of Illinois. We have a multifaceted team of professionals and interns dedicated to helping our startups and corporations thrive in the Research Park. Previous EnterpriseWorks interns have gone onto work at companies including but not limited to: Google, Facebook, IBM, Denodo, All State, Blue Bunny, Yelp, Solstice, and Surface 51. Human Resources Do you like interpersonal relationships? Do you want to develop your decision-making skills? The Human Resources intern will be part of the EnterpriseWorks team to support the growth of the workforce in the Research Park. The position will directly assist internal efforts with a wide range of projects related to planning and recruiting, management and strategy, programming and event planning in the progression of a talent pipeline, and the development of new initiatives and programs that retain and grow the technology workforce in the Research Park. What You’ll Do As a Human Resource Intern, you will be responsible of various internal and external projects for EnterpriseWorks and Research Park. This includes managing the Research Park Job Board which consists of communicating with over 100 companies at Research Park, representing Research Park at multiple Career Fairs and campus recruiting events, updating EnterpriseWorks Intern Onboarding Manual and Company Recruitment Guide, organize hiring process of EnterpriseWorks Interns which includes promoting positions and screening interviews. The ideal candidate will be able to have excellent communication, organization and management skills. It is important to have interpersonal skills to maintain relationships with Research Park companies and EnterpriseWorks staff. This position will begin training at the beginning of Fall 2019 and will continue throughout the semester into Spring 2019, up to 20 hours per week. Eligibility Requirements: You must meet these requirements to be eligible for this internship. Graduation date of August 2020 or later Must be a full-time enrolled student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the time of employment Must be available to work 10-20 hours/week during Fall 2019 upon performance review, the internship will continue onto Spring 2020 Qualifications: Previous HR experience or demonstrated ability to successfully manage and organize teams Strong organizational, verbal and written communication skills Demonstrates initiative and leadership experience Ability to work on a deadline, handle multiple projects and think creatively and able to work in fast-paced environments and team setting Nice to have:  Students from the School of Labor and Employer Relations or Human Resource Development preferred HR experience in any student organization or other organization Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite For your application, please prepare: Resume Cover letter explaining how your experience makes you a good fit for this position Business Writing Sample Apply online here:  https://go.researchpark.illinois.edu/HRInternApp Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, we are looking to fill this position as soon as possible. Compensation: Hourly wage will be $12.00-$14.00 per hour based on experience and will be paid by the University of Illinois. Timing: Student is expected to work 10-20 hours per week during the academic year. Pending successful performance reviews, the internship can continue through multiple semesters including a full-time internship during the summer. For more information, please visit researchpark.illinois.edu. For questions please send an email to uirp-jobs@illinois.edu.

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EnterpriseWorks Customer Service/Student Worker – Fall 2019

Customer Service/ Student Worker Internship EnterpriseWorks & University of Illinois Research Park Who we are Research Park is a technology hub for corporate operations focusing on innovative, cutting edge research and development. EnterpriseWorks is an award-winning incubator at the Research Park that focuses on science and research-based start-up companies commercializing technology from the University of Illinois. We have a multifaceted team of professionals and interns dedicated to helping our startups and corporations thrive in the Research Park. Previous EnterpriseWorks interns have gone onto work at companies including but not limited to: Google, Facebook, IBM, Denodo, All State, Blue Bunny, Yelp, Solstice, and Surface 51. Customer Service Student Worker Do you enjoy getting to know new people? Does the idea of getting your feet wet in a professional environment excite you? Would you like to learn more about the world of entrepreneurship? We are looking for a personable student to assist the Administrative Aide at EnterpriseWorks on different front desk tasks such as greeting guests, answering phone calls, etc. It is a good chance for anyone who wants to develop their communication and interpersonal skills. The Customer Service Student Worker will serve as the front line representative of EnterpriseWorks. What You’ll Do As the customer service student worker you will have the opportunity to work in a professional environment and learn about the start-up endeavors being done at EnterpriseWorks in the Research Park. You will work alongside the Administrative Aide to represent EnterpriseWorks positively when taking phone calls at the front desk, answering inquiries about companies and employees, and handling all incoming and outgoing mail parcels. You will also be responsible for maintaining and restocking the EW kitchen and inventory. You may also be asked to Assist with any other duties as assigned by EnterpriseWorks staff. This position will begin training at the beginning of Fall 2019 and will continue on throughout the semester and upon performance review continue on to Spring 2020. Eligibility Requirements: You must meet these requirements to be eligible for this internship. Preferably underclassman – Freshman or Sophomore Applicants must be available to work 10-20 hours per week during Fall 2019 At the time of employment, you must be a full-time enrolled student at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Graduation date must be December 2019 or after Qualifications: Excellent customer and personal service skills by meeting quality standards for services Strong clerical skills by understanding administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records Strong computer and phone skills Ability to use printer and copy machine Nice to have:  Customer Service Experience For your application, please prepare: Resume Cover letter explaining how your experience makes you a good fit for this position Apply online here:  https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/8591538 Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, we are looking to fill this position as soon as possible. Compensation: Hourly wage will be $10.00 per hour based on experience and will be paid by the University of Illinois. Timing: Student is expected to work 10-20 hours per week during the academic year. Pending successful performance reviews, the internship can continue through multiple semesters including a full-time internship during the summer. For more information, please visit researchpark.illinois.edu. For questions please email uirp-jobs@illinois.edu.

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AXIS Research Center Communications Intern

This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital – a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance.  We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture.  As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry. Summary AXIS Capital (NYSE: AXS) is a global insurance and reinsurance company with 28 offices across over 15 countries. Our Communications team serves as a strategic partner to the business, overseeing external communications and internal communications/employee engagement on a global scale. The AXIS Research Center Communications Intern is a new role at the AXIS Research Center (ARC) at the University of Illinois. The goal of the AXIS Research Center is and has always been to leverage access to academic resources at the University of Illinois to assist AXIS in solving relevant business problems. We are seeking an individual to play an important role in both external and internal global communications of the ARC and AXIS Capital. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual looking for valuable real-world experience who enjoys writing, storytelling, being creative, and is interesting in learning about international business, research and insurance’s role in the global economy. Time Commitment This is a part-time paid position during the semester while school is in session. Interns are expected to work 15-20 hours per week in blocks of no less than 2 hours. The AXIS Research Center is located in the University’s Research Park and is accessible by public bus. Responsibilities may include: Write and edit a range of internal and external AXIS/ARC content such as: Write stories for intranet/company newsletters Write, review, create graphics and post content to AXIS Capital social media channels, and contribute story ideas for the social media editorial calendar Contribute story ideas for the social media editorial calendar Develop fact sheets and briefing memos on ARC activities/research for internal stakeholders Manage content plan for ARC on-site digital message boards, create content or provide direction to content creators Support internal communication and drive awareness Assist with the coordination and planning of ARC events, including the November 8 Climate Risk Symposium, including: Event planning and preparation (e.g., logistics, speaker preparation and content development, pre-event promotion) On-site support including working with on-site press Track effectiveness of communications and identify insights to help optimize performance and engagement across communication initiatives Actively monitor AXIS Capital-related communications such as: Social media channels Media coverage for mentions of AXIS and ARC Skills Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint Solid written and verbal communication skills Solid understanding of different social networks Capability to effectively multi-task and meet deadlines Strict attention to detail Ability to communicate in a professional manner with internal and external contacts PR/social media analytics a plus, not required Graphic design skills a plus, not required Qualifications A self-starter with high personal integrity Attention to detail Excellent organizational and project management skills Exceptional interpersonal, listening and writing/editing skills Intellectual curiosity and a growth mindset Interest in a wide array of subjects and industries, such as climate risk, renewable energies, cyber, maritime, aviation, health insurance, agriculture and casualty protection Previous internship in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations or social media preferred Public relations/social media analytics preferred, not required Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree from the University of Illinois, preferred area of study from the College of Media or related liberal arts field (e.g., English, history, political science) The ability to be extremely flexible and manage multiple projects To apply, please send your resume to David Hays, David.hays@axiscapital.com

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