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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...

The State of Illinois Newsroom

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 ...

Kindergarten readiness in Illinois is linked to academic success in third grade, new report says

Illinois’ Kindergarten Individual Development Survey, or KIDS, can predict how students will perform on state standardized tests, such as the ...

Chalkbeat Chicago

Kindergarten readiness improving in Illinois, but disparities persist

CHICAGO — Since the 2017–18 school year, the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey has been used statewide in Illinois to assess ...

U of I System’s Discovery Partners Institute expands vision to emphasize global leadership in the computing revolution

CHICAGO — The University of Illinois System’s Discovery Partners Institute is committed to making Illinois a global leader in the ...

What to do if you feel you are being scammed

Dr. Venkat Venkatakrishnan, Professor of Computer Science at UIC and Director of Research and Chief Scientist for the Discovery Partners ...

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 ...

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 ...

Know your deltas: The difference between 8, 9, and 10

Hemp at 40x magnification. Credit: Edward Dowlman via Wikimedia Commons. You’ve probably seen signs for delta-8 in smoke ...

Where are they now? Lateef Idris*

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

DPI hosts its first game design class for young women and gender-expansive youth

Students at the first narrative game design workshop specifically for young women and gender-expansive youth. When DPI’s Discover ...