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Keely AshmanAssistant Director of Alumni & Corporate Relations 1107 Newmark Civil Engineering Lab(217) 333-6454kashman@illinois.edu
3/23/2020
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A Civil Engineering PhD student from Puerto Rico, Jose Rivera has wanted to help people and build better buildings for as long as he can remember. His research gives him the opportunity to go back home and protect the island and the family he loves.
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This story was published March 23, 2020.