Officials broke ground for the Illinois Accelerator Research Center at Fermilab Dec. 16. From left: Bob Kephart, IARC Project Director; Jim Siegrist, associate director of the Office of Science for the Office of High Energy Physics; Michael Weis, DOE Fermilab site manager for the Office of Science; William Brinkman, director of the Office of Science for the DOE; Pier Oddone, Fermilab director; Warren Ribley, director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; Linda Holmes, Illinois state senator; and Michael Fortner, Illinois state representative.