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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...

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 ...

DPI’s teacher training program is a Chicago Innovation Award finalist

Students and teachers learn side by side in a computational summer intensive. The CS Summer Intensives teacher education program at ...

Where are they now? Chenille Lawrence

Chenille Lawrence came back to speak to Digital Scholars in 2025. For this Where Are They Now? segment, we catch ...

A new teacher program and other highlights from PTTL’s summer

Jeremy Riel leads a session in the InnovatEd program for preservice teachers. Since 2020 and the inaugural cohort of Digital ...