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U of I System’s Discovery Partners Institute receives $750,000 from Google.org

DPI aims to use support to expand computing and data science programming and tech career pathways for high schoolers, City ...

DPI showcases its pilot cohort of virtual software development trainees

Newest trainees, program alumni and DPI staff at the showcase. Every cohort of Tech Talent Accelerator trainees is special in ...

Where are they now? Maya Sheriff*

Maya Sheriff works at CIBC. Name: Maya Sheriff Current job title: Application developer apprentice, CIBC I'm a full-stack ...

How bold ideas at SRI2025 will inspire lifelong climate changemakers

Ask Ashish Sharma about the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress (SRI2025), and he’ll assure you it’s a vibrant ...

University of Illinois System news

Career advice from “Trailblazers in Tech”

Moderator Jessica JnoBaptiste and panelists Maya Sheriff, Mena Castillo, and Edge Quintanilla at Trailblazers in Tech. A lot of tech ...

Chicago Forum audio transcript

If you missed the Chicago Forum for Responsible AI for Industry: Fintech — or if you want to go back to ...

14 insights on responsible AI in industry

The audience at the Chicago Forum for Responsible AI in Industry: Fintech Artificial intelligence, or AI, is everywhere now. It ...

Mapping Chicago’s tech ecosystem

Study participants illustrate potential tech career paths. A new research project from the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC) ...

Report: Only half of computer science teachers in Illinois meet recommended qualifications

IWERC releases third report on state of computer science education in the state Chicago — (Mar 25, 2025) A new report ...

Know your deltas: The difference between 8, 9, and 10

Hemp at 40x magnification. Credit: Edward Dowlman via Wikimedia Commons. You’ve probably seen signs for delta-8 in smoke ...

Where are they now? Lateef Idris*

Lateef Idris finished DPI’s tech workforce training program in the spring of 2023. Name: Lateef Idris Current job title: ...

DPI hosts its first game design class for young women and gender-expansive youth

Students at the first narrative game design workshop specifically for young women and gender-expansive youth. When DPI’s Discover ...

U of I System’s Discovery Partners Institute receives $750,000 from Google.org

DPI aims to use support to expand computing and data science programming and tech career pathways for high schoolers, City ...

DPI showcases its pilot cohort of virtual software development trainees

Newest trainees, program alumni and DPI staff at the showcase. Every cohort of Tech Talent Accelerator trainees is special in ...

Where are they now? Maya Sheriff*

Maya Sheriff works at CIBC. Name: Maya Sheriff Current job title: Application developer apprentice, CIBC I'm a full-stack ...