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What’s new, expanded in PTTL’s postsecondary programs this summer

Career Catalyst participants at Wintrust in May Pritzker Tech Talent Labs at DPI is hosting its biggest summer ever, already ...

Where are they now? John Paul Fababaer*

John Paul Fababaer works at TopBloc. Current title: Help desk integration consultant at TopBloc, which provides technical support for the ...

A record year for Discovery Partners Institute tech training programs

Pritzker Tech Talent Labs reached 1,750 participants from middle school to K-12 teachers to adults in the workforce; ...

Urban climate science needs to step out

Cities are growing and warming, and urban climate science tackles the processes and implications of these changes. Ashish Sharma argues ...

Tech Pulse 2030 makes its DPI debut

A packed house at DPI for Tech Pulse 2030. The popular event series Tech Pulse 2030 made its debut at ...

DPI and Cardiff University announce grants for 2025

Seed and travel grants support collaborative, multi-institutional research with impact. CHICAGO — Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), part of the University ...

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 ...

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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 ...

What’s new, expanded in PTTL’s postsecondary programs this summer

Career Catalyst participants at Wintrust in May Pritzker Tech Talent Labs at DPI is hosting its biggest summer ever, already ...

Where are they now? John Paul Fababaer*

John Paul Fababaer works at TopBloc. Current title: Help desk integration consultant at TopBloc, which provides technical support for the ...

A record year for Discovery Partners Institute tech training programs

Pritzker Tech Talent Labs reached 1,750 participants from middle school to K-12 teachers to adults in the workforce; ...