Chicago Inno (May 9) -- Several Illinois universities, including the Illinois Institute of Technology, the U. of I. and DePaul University, are featuring tech leaders in their commencement ceremonies. Jeff Huber, a former Google executive and the current CEO of Grail, will speak at Illinois. Also: Daily Illini (March 31), Smile Politely (March 31), Network World (April 4), News-Gazette (May 4).
Related story: Chicago Tribune (May 17) -- Jeff Huber, CEO of Silicon Valley biotechnology startup Grail, and former executive at the Google X research lab and eBay, spoke at his alma mater, the U. of I., about how failure at a job turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to him.