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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Illinois students, cost is a key factor in college choice

In Spring 2022, the office of Governor J.B. Pritzker approached the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC) with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...