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DPI previews K–12 climate education platform at meteorology conference

Ishika Sharma and Ansh Kumar discuss Sky Scouts with the US Department of Energy’s Gary Geernaert. Climate researchers and ...

Hemp Loophole Causing Chaos In City Hall, Springfield — But Smoke Shop Owners ‘Ready To Fight’

Ald. Marty Quinn is pushing an ordinance that would force smoke shops selling hemp-derived THC to close while Democratic ...

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO

Where are they now? Mena Castillo*

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

What’s the best way to “green the gray”? Ask DPI researchers.

The intersection of local knowledge and scientific knowledge is crucial to adapt to climate change. A new partnership with Chicago’...

Making art and tracking makeup with DPI’s latest tech workforce trainees

DPI trainees present their apps to guests at the showcase. As an operations associate at Sephora, “testers” are a big ...

Inside DPI’s software development team

A diagram is an early stage in every software development project. Photo illustration by Jonathon Berlin. The work of Discovery ...

The Cannabis Research Institute: “From Seed to Social Impact”

Reggie Gaudino speaks at the CRI riverside chat as Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado and Nathaniel Inglis Steinfeld listen. When Illinois ...

State sets yet another pot industry precedent

Illinois has consistently set records as it establishes its cannabis industry. First, by enacting reform with a governor’s signature ...

DPI’s Ruben Abarca honored by Crain’s

Photo credit: Alex Garcia Ruben Abarca, a corporate partnerships lead for DPI’s Pritzker Tech Talent Labs (PTTL), has been ...

Gov. Pritzker Joins DPI to Launch Cannabis Research Institute (CRI)

Joint effort from State, City, and University of Illinois, CRI will inform data-driven policymaking...

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Cannabis Research Institute livestreams Friday panel discussion

Experts to discuss cannabis “From Seed to Social Impact” CHICAGO – State officials will join the director of the Cannabis Research ...

Introducing “gatekeepers” to the tech education world

The CS Educator Workshop for Chicago Public Schools administrators and counselors toured an Amazon facility. Jobs of the future — and ...

DPI previews K–12 climate education platform at meteorology conference

Ishika Sharma and Ansh Kumar discuss Sky Scouts with the US Department of Energy’s Gary Geernaert. Climate researchers and ...

Hemp Loophole Causing Chaos In City Hall, Springfield — But Smoke Shop Owners ‘Ready To Fight’

Ald. Marty Quinn is pushing an ordinance that would force smoke shops selling hemp-derived THC to close while Democratic ...

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO

Where are they now? Mena Castillo*

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