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Tech Apprenticeship Program is a Chicago Innovation Award finalist

Pritzker Tech Talent Labs’ Tech Apprenticeship program at DPI has been selected as one of the top 100 finalists for ...

Illinois computer science programs are enrolling far more women

Computer science programs at Illinois colleges and universities are less white and male than they used to be, but they’...

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Minority students underrepresented in computer science programs at Illinois colleges

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A series of three reports were conducted to get to the bottom of why enrollment of minority ...

While computer science enrollment nearly doubles at Illinois colleges in past decade, female, Black and Latino students remain underrepresented

IWERC director Meg Bates discusses the group’s study on CS college education. Student voices point to solutions in new ...

DPI’s Morgan Diamond, Reggie Gaudino, and Kay Monelle honored by Crain’s

Reggie Gaudino, Morgan Diamond, and Kay Monelle were selected among Crain’s Notable Black Leaders. Photo by Alex Garcia. Three ...

Discovery Partners Institute announces 2024 science team grants

Five grantees cover medicine, AI, and the humanities CHICAGO - A rapid-detection sensor for toxic gas, an AI tool for ...

Haneen Omar, Anuj Tiwari win DPI’s first staff service excellence awards

Haneen Omar and Anuj Tiwari pose with Deba Dutta, DPI's interim executive director, along with PTTL Director Mark Harris ...

How did ESSER funding relate to student achievement? IWERC’s latest research

Photo of an elementary school student wearing a facemask, seated at a desk with a plastic shield. Photo by Allison ...

International partnership fuels transportation equity, EV buy-in

A more than $10 million vote of confidence supports the tenet that global science requires contributions from a wide range ...

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Cannabis Research Institute opens in Chicago, looking to dig deep into marijuana

Nearly a year and a half after it was announced, the Cannabis Research Institute is getting operations underway in Chicago, ...

Lived experiences drive apprentices learning to code in the Pritzker Tech Talent Labs

At their showcase, DPI’s software development apprentices showed off the apps they developed. Ricardo Juarez used to be a ...

Alvin Chin and Lav Varshney: AI is here. How can we make it less scary and safer?

We believe there is a need for white-box AI systems that are directly human-controllable and require very little ...

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Tech Apprenticeship Program is a Chicago Innovation Award finalist

Pritzker Tech Talent Labs’ Tech Apprenticeship program at DPI has been selected as one of the top 100 finalists for ...

Illinois computer science programs are enrolling far more women

Computer science programs at Illinois colleges and universities are less white and male than they used to be, but they’...

CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS

Minority students underrepresented in computer science programs at Illinois colleges

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A series of three reports were conducted to get to the bottom of why enrollment of minority ...