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DPI at the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress

A mural at SRI. The Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress came to the United States for the first time in ...

Growing knowledge, connections with the Cannabis Research Institute

Cannabis Research Institute logo. After its formal launch in November, the Cannabis Research Institute is now headed into Year 2. ...

DPI hosts City Scholars this spring

An image from Find and Connect, the app on which Billy Huang worked as a City Scholar. Billy Huang and ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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) ...

New report shows higher education leads to higher income in Illinois

However, disparities persist in college access, employment outcomes, earnings. CHICAGO – The value of a college education has been under scrutiny ...

Report: Illinois graduates who earn college degrees make more money, but racial disparities persist

Illinois high school students who went on to obtain a college degree earn more money than their peers with only ...

DPI at the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress

A mural at SRI. The Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress came to the United States for the first time in ...